I started playing guitar when I was in junior high; played in a couple of high school rock and roll bands. After I got a little older, I realized that the guitar was not nearly annoying enough to my fellow musicians, so I made a life changing decision.
In the middle 1970�s, I started taking banjo lessons from the late, great Claymon Sawyer, and I�ve been pickin� ever since. I�ve even developed a skill that Edgar called �noodle-ing�. It�s an unconscious, mindless habit of picking the banjo whenever I have it in my hands. It�s kinda like the banjo�s still running (in idle), whenever someone is trying to talk or discuss anything. It�s constant background music and I can�t control it; but best of all, it drives the other guys CRAZY!
The band does not play on Friday nights because of me. I�m the chief, cook, bottle washer, owner, and maintenance man at the 3/8 mile dirt track, Dixieland Speedway in Elizabeth City, and we run every Friday night.... Hey, it�s a living.
Come by some Friday night and DO IT IN THE DIRT!!. |
