| robrecht |
A music forum--what a great idea! This thread will be dedicated to the banjo (or Merrywang). Let's hear from all you banjo enthusiasts out there!
The Merrywang has such a wonderful cheerful and surprising sound! I just love the banjo but don't play it enough to be really any good at it. I actually have a custom 6-string banjo (which I can play like a guitar) and a cheap 5-string that I play around with every once in a while. I'll post pictures soon.
But in the meantime, you have to check out Strumelia Harmonia's hilarious banjo website. Here's her life story in pictures (A Girl's Story of Musical Corruption, WARNING: Tasteful vintage nudity posted only as a warning of the dangers that can befall merrywangsters!):
http://harmonias.com/page5.htm
Here's her Northeastern Hightone Headknockers chapter of the International Merrywang Society:
http://harmonias.com/Merrywang_banjo.html
BTW, does anyone know where I can get a copy of 1,001 Banjos by Akira Tsumura? |
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| robrecht |
| Here we are leaving for our honeymoon, a very long canoe ride to Switzerland! Well, someone had to paddle while I provided the romantic music! |
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| robrecht |
| Here's our little Merrywanger at a couple of months, already practicing his rolls, of baby fat that is! |
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| robrecht |
| Yer all welcome in our music parlor anytime ye wanna come over to make some tunes! |
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| robrecht |
| Red banjos make the best music for some reason. |
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| robrecht |
| Of course it's always nice to have a geetar at the ready! |
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| robrecht |
| Or a mandolin ... |
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| Or even a folk harp ... |
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| robrecht |
| An' sometimes we just crank up the new fangled music machine in a box ... |
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| On a clear night, we can even get the Grand Ole Opry on our new radio! |
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| The cows like to come over and listen to that ... |
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| And watch the sun set ... |
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| And the moon rise ... |
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| And the thread drift ... |
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| robrecht |
| "Thank God I'm a Country Boy!" |
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| kemosabe |
robrecht: One of your photos is backwards...
...you will see that this image is a mirror image of the displayed "photo" on the end table in this picture!!! :8: |
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| robrecht |
| kemosabe, you're amazing!. Yes, our wedding photographer sure knew a whole lot about them new camera thingies but he didn't know a lot 'bout most banjos. He reversed the negative and made me left handed in the photo that my wife framed. |
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| kemosabe |
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Originally posted by robrecht
kemosabe, you're amazing!. Yes, our wedding photographer sure knew a whole lot about them new camera thingies but he didn't know a lot 'bout most banjos. He reversed the negative and made me left handed in the photo that my wife framed.
Amazing? Nah... I just enjoy looking at all the photos and pictures that honda-pilot.org members post in the forums -- sometimes oddities like that jump out, other times, whoosh right over my head!!! :p :p :p
Thanks for splaining the difference!!! Keep up the nice images!!! :29: |
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| tmcguinn1 |
LOVE your music parlor, robrecht! i may have to steal a few of your decorating ideas for my living room! as soon as my son's merrywang gets here, that is!!
BTW your little country boy is ADORABLE!!:2: |
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| jay |
Great thread. I love the banjo and mandolin. I still use Loggins and Messina's Mother Lode album with the mandolin to test new sound systems!
I have only one regret in life. I was born with cerebral palsy, a birth defect that affected the right side of my body. I've done absolutely everything in life that I wanted to do (with patience, practice, or plain old perseverance), except play a banjo. I don't have the fine motor skills in my right hand to play it, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying the music of those who can!:D |
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anyone recognize this? got it from ebay and don't know much about it! |
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| tmcguinn1 |
sorry, can't get my picture to print! :rolleyes:
anyway, it's a galvaston banjo. anyone ever heard of them or know where i can look it up?
thanks! |
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| robrecht |
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Originally posted by tmcguinn1
LOVE your music parlor, robrecht! i may have to steal a few of your decorating ideas for my living room! as soon as my son's merrywang gets here, that is!!
BTW your little country boy is ADORABLE!!:2:
Thanks, he's the music in our hearts everyday! We thought it was silly how nobody uses their living rooms anymore so we wanted to make ours into something that would get used, hence our music parlor! |
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| robrecht |
quote:
Originally posted by jay
Great thread. I love the banjo and mandolin. I still use Loggins and Messina's Mother Lode album with the mandolin to test new sound systems!
I have only one regret in life. I was born with cerebral palsy, a birth defect that affected the right side of my body. I've done absolutely everything in life that I wanted to do (with patience, practice, or plain old perseverance), except play a banjo. I don't have the fine motor skills in my right hand to play it, but that doesn't stop me from enjoying the music of those who can!:D
Wow, your post makes me want to cry! How beautiful is your appreciation of banjo music and life! |
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| robrecht |
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Originally posted by tmcguinn1
sorry, can't get my picture to print! :rolleyes:
anyway, it's a galvaston banjo. anyone ever heard of them or know where i can look it up?
thanks!
I'd take a drive up to Mandolin Brothers in Staten Island and ask the sales people there. Don't let the name fool you--I'm sure they have more guitars and banjos than mandolins, tons of vintage (and new) instruments worth thousands of dollars. Paul McCartney had his personal assistant fly over from England to hand deliver his fameous lefty Hofner violin bass guitar when it needed a repair. Every time I visit, I feel like I died and went to heaven! Of course, you could also call or email, but then you wouldn't get to visit their truly amazing store!
Mandolin Brothers, Ltd.
629 Forest Avenue
Staten Island, New York 10310-2576
Phone 718 981-8585, 718 981-3226
Fax 718 816-4416
Email: mandolin@ix.netcom.com
Website: http://www.mandoweb.com/ |
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| jay |
robrecht, I was on a Wal-Mart run looking for Maisto Pilot's today, and saw a personalized plate that made me think of you. I tried to get an image from the VA DMV website, but that didn't work; it was:
"GOT BNJO"
:D --jay |
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| robrecht |
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Originally posted by jay
robrecht, I was on a Wal-Mart run looking for Maisto Pilot's today, and saw a personalized plate that made me think of you. I tried to get an image from the VA DMV website, but that didn't work; it was:
"GOT BNJO"
:D --jay
Thanks for thinking of me, Jay! We were only one state away, visiting my wife's grandmother in West Virginia--just got back last night. Pretty country, didn't get a chance to hear any banjo music though. |
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| jay |
I was a day late, but wished robrecht a Happy Birthday yesterday on the MDX board while we were moving to a new server.
Well, here we are on a new server, and it's only appropriate. Happy Belated Birthday, robrecht. Here's to many more! :7: |
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| robrecht |
Thanks, Jay!
Weren't you supposed to come over to dinner a while back? I still have some Chateau neuf du Pape ... |
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| robrecht |
Because of the recent upsurge in interest in the mandolin and Banjo, thought I'd post this brief message here 'bout a new song I wrote.
It's called "Recall Them Dandy Tranny Days," and I'd like to dedicate it to all you sad Pilot owners out there.
Recall them dandy tranny days
When all gears worked together as one?
Don't got no slippin' clutch
Nothin' bothern' me much
Everything was just automatic
'Xcept when we needed VTM-4 lock
Recall when a recall was
Only for governors 'n' General Motors?
Then them 10 cars whent an' died
And the jester went and stole his crown
Uh ... Drove my Chevy to the levy
But the levy was dry
... it sorta just trails off from there, but you get the idea. |
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