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Post by Chesapeake on Mar 3, 2012 17:48:23 GMT -5
A man walks into a bar with an alligator. He asks the bartender, "Do you serve banjo players?"
"Absolutely," says the barkeep.
"Okay, I'll have a beer for me and a banjo player for my alligator."
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Post by brucemacneill on Mar 3, 2012 18:46:18 GMT -5
I think the ridicule is because a banjo appears to have been designed by a committee or a kid going through the scrap pile behind a music store. Doesn't help that there are only 4 or 5 folks who can actually play the darned things and there aren't any more real banjo songs once they've played Foggy Mountain Breakdown. I take mine out occasionally, say "Oh yeah I meant to get strings for this" put it back in it's bag and forget about it for another year.
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Post by millring on Mar 3, 2012 18:48:45 GMT -5
The limbaugh thread and now this.
Oh, the humanity.
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Post by Chesapeake on Mar 3, 2012 19:24:02 GMT -5
Q: What do you say to a banjo player wearing a suit and tie?
A: Will the defendant please rise?
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Post by brucemacneill on Mar 3, 2012 19:29:30 GMT -5
Did anyone notice there's a lack of diplomacy coming out of D.C. lately?
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Post by drlj on Mar 3, 2012 19:29:43 GMT -5
Answer: 6
Question: How many teeth are there in the front row at a banjo concert.
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Post by brucemacneill on Mar 3, 2012 19:32:18 GMT -5
Answer: 6 Question: How many teeth are there in the front row at a banjo concert. I just did a quick count and damn, you're right. |
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Post by drlj on Mar 3, 2012 19:36:19 GMT -5
All banjos should have a pick-up on them so at least a person could turn the damned thing down.
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Post by millring on Mar 3, 2012 19:36:53 GMT -5
I've been having my friends, Todd and Greg over during lunch hour once a week for some fiddle tunes. Todd's an engineer with one of the local orthopedic companies. Beyond that, he's a heck of a craftsman who likes making funky banjos. He's built gourd banjos, short scale banjos (D-scale), all kinds of weird banjos made with found materials. He loves to go to Gil's junkyard and take apart cars and make things with the parts. Last jam, he showed up with a cart he'd made by cutting up some banjo cases and putting wheels to it so he can cart around a three banjo banjo stand.
Here's the banjo he showed up with on Wednesday.
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Post by millring on Mar 3, 2012 19:38:17 GMT -5
This is the top. He took advantage of the semi-transparent skin and spun paint onto it. The paint is on the backside of the top.
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Post by RickW on Mar 3, 2012 19:45:22 GMT -5
Heh. That's fun stuff.
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Post by brucemacneill on Mar 3, 2012 20:45:32 GMT -5
So, I can rest my case then?
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Post by Cornflake on Mar 3, 2012 21:12:57 GMT -5
"What is it about banjo that attracts such ridicule?"
The sound.
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Mar 3, 2012 21:43:35 GMT -5
"What is it about banjo that attracts such ridicule?" The sound. ....and the banjo-ness |
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Post by millring on Mar 3, 2012 21:51:10 GMT -5
banjo
banjis
banjit
banjimus
banjitis
banjunt
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Post by Village Idiot on Mar 3, 2012 22:30:20 GMT -5
I like my banjo. But I can't play it. I get discouraged, and put it away. I need another lesson from Tamarack.
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Post by Chesapeake on Mar 3, 2012 22:41:00 GMT -5
What you need is a more expensive banjo.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Mar 3, 2012 22:54:07 GMT -5
You know, a year or two back I went to see Beck Bela Fleck play at the Schnitz. Freakin' killer good musician, show, music, you name it, at the intersection of Jazz, Americana, blues, fusion... I don't even know what to call that music but can only dream of being as competent a musician.
Mike
On Edit: Opps. Made a little mistake there. Fixed now.
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Post by Village Idiot on Mar 3, 2012 22:58:13 GMT -5
You know how NPR's All Things Considered keeps its short music intro, but changes it every now and then by having it played by different people and/or instruments? I chuckle on the occasion when I hear a banjo play it, which happens occasionally.
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Mar 3, 2012 23:07:46 GMT -5
Mike
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