Music Style Old-time Clawhammer Banjo

Similar Artists Tommy Jarrell, Fred Cockerham, Dock Boggs, Uncle Dave Macon, Roscoe Holcomb, Clarence Ashley, Frank Lee, Bod Carlin, Bruce Molsky, Brad Leftwich, Art Rosenbaum

Artist History In 1997 I went to the Walnut Valley Festival in Winfield, Kansas. There was a lot of music out in the grove where we camped, but I did not own an instrument and could only fill-in on guitar if one of my friends set theirs down. So I decided that by the time I made it to another festival I would be playing banjo. I started out playing bluegrass banjo but switched to clawhammer after a brief lesson from Frank Lee of the Freight Hoppers at the Santa Fe Trails Bluegrass Festival that was held in Gardener, Kansas. And I've never look back.

Group Members The Smith

Instruments Fretted Banjo - Mike Ramsey Special, Fretless Banjo - Mike Ramsey Special with African carved neck

Location Shawnee Mission, Kansas - USA

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