The Ultimate Banjo Songbookby Janet Davis Customer Comments
Dear Janet,
I just received my copy of your new "The Ultimate Bluegrass Songbook". I
really think it's going to help me develop leads, fills, and backup
techniques for a lot of songs that people around Southwestern Virginia like
to jam on. Several songs are classic, but have stymied me because but I
haven't found some of them anywhere else, or I lacked an up-the-neck
technique for the song, or I wasn't able to find the right version or the
right lick. Some that jump out at me include Gold Rush, Farewell Blues,
Alabama Jubilee, Roanoke, Wheel Hoss, and Bugle Call Rag. Others are ones
I've known, but you've given me something to use that I didn't have before.
Some of the phrasing and licks in the book/CD are right where I want to be
stylistically, but I just haven't been able take that step until now.
The text is wonderful, and adds to my understanding of the culture and
history of the songs, which is important to the whole bluegrass banjo
tradition. For example, I never knew what "a wheel hoss" was, in all the
meanings of that expression. Now that I do, it helps explain why I've always
been drawn to the song and to the title.
I think you gave up some trade secrets with this one, Janet.
Thanks,
Jay V
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