Here’s my rendition of Pike County Breakdown played on my walnut Gibson style 2 conversion banjo. The banjo is an early 1930s one-piece flange banjo with a Huber HR-30 tone ring…
Allow me a confession: I love Gibson prewar banjos! I’ve caught a lot of flack over the years for being an amateur banjo player because people tend to assume I don’t have teeth. The complex was so bad that after graduate school I kept my “hobby” a secret so I could appear “intellectual.” (Hey, we all have our moments.) Here’s me on an early 1930s prewar Gibson walnut style 2. There’s more information below the video. I feel lucky sometimes, (well each day to be alive but…
Rian Adams Covers Distantly In Love by Jimmy Buffett Anyone who knows me knows I’m a Parrothead. I love Jimmy because his music has soul therefore it’s not simply about a black or a white worldview. To me this song is not about a person as much as it is about an idea. Life is complex. Most of all it has good memories, I sang it with friends at the Green Bean at Bagram Air Field. That’s why I wanted to record my simple version of Distantly In Love. Meaning I enjoy this…