Monthly Archives: March 2019
The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover: Little Annie
What got me excited was Don’s “tag” or ending of his banjo break. It’s four beats of pure delight, sort of going off sideways like a plot twist in an Alfred Hitchcock film! Continue reading
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Tagged banjo, bluegrass, don stover, lilly brothers
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Earl Johnson, a Wild Georgia Fiddler
Earl was a Georgia, short-bow fiddler with a brisk attack, highlighted by upward slides in the melody that pushed his tunes forward impressively. Mississippi Sawyer (a descriptive term for a river snag, long-used by steamboat pilots) was very popular in … Continue reading
