Tag Archives: banjo

Whiskey Flat – Jam Session 1965

Posted on September 11, 2020 by Peter Feldmann

We both agreed that Art Chambers, a two-finger stylist on the five string banjo was a special gem among the people there. Art had accompanied Fiddlin’ Van Cunningham in the contest, and he was rarin’ to go to demonstrate some of his  banjo showpieces. Continue reading →

Posted in General | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Lilly Brothers and Don Stover: Little Annie

Posted on March 7, 2019 by Peter Feldmann

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 →

Posted in General, History, Ramblings | Tagged , , , | 4 Comments

The Sixties in Folk Music / 13. Todd Grant

Posted on July 2, 2018 by Peter Feldmann

I guess it all started when I was about 10 years old. That would have been 1951. Lots of Hank Williams on the radio, Ernest Tubb, Benny Goodman—you remember the days. I lived on the east side of town, down … Continue reading →

Posted in History, Santa Barbara Folk Music: The 1960s | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Sixties in Folk Music / 11. Gene McGeorge

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Peter Feldmann

When I first met Peter Feldmann in Santa Barbara in the early 60s, I had been playing in a Mariachi band with some of my fellow construction friends. My style was too classical-formal (after five years of childhood training), but … Continue reading →

Posted in Santa Barbara Folk Music: The 1960s | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment

The Sixties in Folk Music / 10. Kajsa Ohman

Posted on July 1, 2018 by Peter Feldmann

Giving up music for life is something I do periodically. Whether this is due to some innate fear of failure or another fear—that music is so wonderful and powerful it might take over my life—I don’t know. I do know … Continue reading →

Posted in General, Santa Barbara Folk Music: The 1960s | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | Leave a comment