Welcome, Ray! Looking forward to your usual wit and humor.

How do I change my photo, as I've cut the top of my head off. Thank you for your welcome

Hi Ray ; yes ; eric is a more than 30 years old friend and we started a banjo band where i played the cello it ' s there :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-GnwF0BX48&feature=channel_page
But last year he moved in the center of france for professional reasons ; happy new year @+m

Hi Marc. Pardon I am not able to speak French. We shall have to invite Eric to join our group. Bonne Anne'e Ray

Ray, Shawnee Mission is a suburb of Kansas City. An Indian mission was built in the 1840's near here that is still standing, and sometimes haunted by a certain local oddball banjo player.

Dots for Riverside Schottische-
http://www.milfordmusic.com/Banjo%20Clubhouse/Books/Converse%20Book/Converse%25201886-1.pdf
page 58

Okay, that link is a little complicated.

Google Banjo Clubhouse.
Go to Banjo Clubhouse.
Scroll down to the Converse Analytical (it's the white one).
Click on Converse Analytical.
On the bottom of the Converse Analytical page, click on the pdf thing.
Go to page 58.
Enjoy The Riverside Schottische.

and me too ; but i will keep the cello on my avatar , better than .....wine & cheese

Looks like you traded your Zither in on a Boucher.

That's not a Boucher mate. That's a Bouncer. They are speciall made for Kangaroos on the Hop.

I'll fly the flag for them...

Hi Ray!
Waow ! the kisses was good but i had not enough time to shave my cheeks, hope it was good for you ! ;-)
Ole sambo is a really nice tune, and ladbroke was well walked Mate !
Well done in Aussie !

Ray, I'll talk about the tour when I get back from the Scott Joplin
Festival next week. I make it sound like I'm working a lot,
but I ain't.
CB

The thing is to enjoy what you are doing. Imagine pulling a lever in a factory all your life and hating every minute of it. You only get one go around, you know. You are bringing a lot of pleasure to lots of people. That's got to be worth many Brownie Points for a start.

Yes. Thank you! I have begun to chip away at it. I may have it down in a year or two.

If you want the other parts of the music, I have them. Ray

Om Shanti, is a mantra too deep for me mate. Is there a banjo part for it?

Gone for lunch? Did we make you hungry with all the cookbook talk? Take your banjo with you! Maybe they'll give you a free lunch if you play them a pretty tune!

Ray, Ray, Ray. There can only be one Ernest Jones at a time! My youngest brother, John, is living proof of this...only one John Smith at a time! ;-)

Hi Ray. I would like to buy you a beer for Christmas, enjoy it in good health, and I hope you and yours have a Merry Christmas.

Hi Ray. Thanks so much for Donkey Laugh. I can't wait to work on it. I will surely send you any music I come across that you may like. Thanks a bunch and have a Merry Christmas!

She said that they are going to review it in a couple of weeks. Now, with 'Mary Mackillop' having just been made Australia's very first 'Saint', I think your Mojo could be working. So stay cool. Ray

Hi Ray, I am the eldest of 3 sons of Tom Barriball "The Banjo Man" and live in Launceston, Cornwall, England. I am trying to find out as much about him as I am able to see if there is sufficient to write a biography of his life. He died of Cancer a few years ago now and I am named after his "Banjo Idol" the great "Tarrant Bailey Jnr". He also had two daughters and was married twice. We, the family, are trying to find out what happened to his banjo's as when he died we never saw any of them at all and he had several, some of them very precious & irreplaceable

My father used to play traditional/classic banjo pieces as well as "dance band" type music. One of his favourites was a piece called "Cromarty" which was in 2/4 time and he used to try and get me to accompany him on the piano when I was 12yrs of age. Way beyond my capabilities at that time but I used to do my best which was never good enough for him. Regards - Tarry Barriball

Please accept this token as a gesture of thanks and accept it ikn the spirit in which it is intended. Father would be tickled pink to know I had been in touch with you. Tarry

Hi Ray,

 

Yes back in the land of the living, not been on top form for some time, but I am getting back into the banjo world, will put some more photos on my page when I have time. Thanks for asking about me.