lockdown ! a time for study

well what with one thing and another keeping me occupied during these last peculiar weeks I have finally got around to cracking open the Fr…

Started by nick Kelly in Classic Banjo

Hello World,

I thought to introduce myself, since I have been hanging around and reading. I’m Jack, from Wyoming, new to the banjo, but already enjoying…

Started by Jack in Classic Banjo

Sunflower Rag (1911)...Percy Wenrich

I don't think PW ever wrote a bad tune and this is no exception. It's ragtime at its best and very playable on banjo. The original score wa…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

Banjos, minstrels and the royals...

I have been doing some research into minstrelsy for my book on the history of pierrots and wondered if there was any conclusive proof of th…

Started by Uncle Tacko! in Classic Banjo

Quarantined? Nope...just retired.

Started by Trapdoor2 in Classic Banjo

I am even getting abuse from my friends!!!!!!!

Started by thereallyniceman in Classic Banjo

fourth string woes

Hi,  the bass string on my openback nylon strung banjo sounds bad, i have tried a few and they all sound dead - all are metal wound, is th…

Started by ritchie thomson in Classic Banjo

Dreams of Ragtime (1908)...T.W.Thurban

I arranged this following a request from Ian. It's a very tuneful cakewalk and one of the few ragtime tunes written by a British composer.…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

Bob's Chilli Rag (1921)....Robert E. Cleary

This is a gem of a rag with an interesting backstory. Around 1905, Cleary opened a Chilli Parlour in Spokane, Washington, which he called F…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo