Browsing my old BMG mags I came across this photo announcing the death of a banjo player, no explanation, no obituary notice, just this picture and the one liner.

It got me thinking.. How would you like be remembered ?

Anyone famous/brave enough to come up with a one liner to go under their photo when they shuffle off to Banjo Heaven??

My claim to fame could be:

 "The World's fattest, handbell ringing, banjoist."

Ian

ps. "I told you I was ill"  will not be accepted  ;-)

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Thanks for the odd injection on a light note Ian.   The banjo does lay claim to being the happiest instrument of them all.    I have it documented that I was the first banjoist to play his instrument in the New Millenium.  At one minute past 12 oclock Australian Eastern Standard Time,  I picked up my banjo and played Banjoland.    Ah, yes, that's fame for you.   Ray

Hey Ray,

Fame indeed!  You may have been the first in the new Millenium, but I see that you were one minute late, so I guess that your notice would be:

       "Ray Jones, the late, late banjoist."

Thanks for joining in Ray, it is only a bit of fun!

;-)

Ray, for years I resisted the notion that the banjo was "happy". Then I did some tests and close observation in an open minded way. There is only one possible conclusion to my research and experiments: The banjo makes people happy.  

Ray Jones said:

   The banjo does lay claim to being the happiest instrument of them all.    

When SLOB (Secret Life Of Banjos) was performing regularly Bill Evans and I thought we needed a special product to sell at our shows along with CDs. We came up with the idea of BANJO PANTS. Trouble was we couldn't decide what the characteristics of banjo pants might be. We even wrote an advert jingle. Can you guess the words? that's right: "banjo pants, banjo pants, banjo pants, banjo pants".   I suggest for my caption: "Captain Banjo Pants" .   No?  All right then here's another idea. Bear in mind that in the USA "smart " means intelligent whereas in most parts of the UK it means "well turned out". The following anecdote and suggestion is using the former meaning. Years ago I had a young student with the unfortunate mental habit of thinking in categories. It was clear to her that I was astute about certain things but dumb as bag of hammers about others and this bothered her because I fit neither of her categories. One day she blurted out: " I can't decide if you are the world's smartest stupid person or the stupidest smart person!"  So then, how 'bout for my obit caption: "The World's Smartest Stupid Banjo Player"?   Is "stupid banjo player" redundant? In that case:  "The World's Stupidest Smart Banjo Player".

Yes and sometimes the banjo is himself happy ; I think of some banjos , grade A  , diameter  31,4159265
cm ( 12  _  7/16 inches )
Jody Stecher said:

Ray, for years I resisted the notion that the banjo was "happy". Then I did some tests and close observation in an open minded way. There is only one possible conclusion to my research and experiments: The banjo makes people happy.  

Ray Jones said:

   The banjo does lay claim to being the happiest instrument of them all.    

When it came to the ' Happiest Instrument ' it was easy to see which instruments lost out.     From memory I think it was the Sackbut and the Serpent,  closely followed by the One String Fiddle.

"How would you liked to be remembered?"

 

Hmmm...

 

"Who is dead?"

"That banjo guy. You know, the fat old banjo collector with the Ferraris and the personal jet."

"What happened?"

"His wife finally had enough of the banjo and konked him over the head with a #10 frying pan. I saw her driving the Ferrari this morning..."

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