Comments on: Woodrat Podcast 4: Banjo Jam! http://www.vianegativa.us/2010/02/woodrat-podcast-4-banjo-jam/ How can we live without the unknown before us? —Rene Char Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:48:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2010/02/woodrat-podcast-4-banjo-jam/#comment-13130 Dave Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:46:38 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=6650#comment-13130 Yeah, I need to see if the Penn State library has it. Tony was talking it up, too. I think you have a point about the resemblance to a hammered dulcimer. Yeah, I need to see if the Penn State library has it. Tony was talking it up, too.

I think you have a point about the resemblance to a hammered dulcimer.

]]> By: Dave http://www.vianegativa.us/2010/02/woodrat-podcast-4-banjo-jam/#comment-13129 Dave Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:44:39 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=6650#comment-13129 Glad you made those connections. "Pretty Polly" is a great ballad, no doubt about it. I'm kind of partial to the Dock Boggs version, but this kid who calls himself Uncle Sinner is a good find -- thanks. I really like that style of playing and singing. Glad you made those connections. “Pretty Polly” is a great ballad, no doubt about it. I’m kind of partial to the Dock Boggs version, but this kid who calls himself Uncle Sinner is a good find — thanks. I really like that style of playing and singing.

]]> By: Beer Activist http://www.vianegativa.us/2010/02/woodrat-podcast-4-banjo-jam/#comment-13128 Beer Activist Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:50:24 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=6650#comment-13128 As always, really loving your photos (from the last few days). And thanks for posting this banjo jam. It turned me on to the Hillbilly Gypsies, which turned me on to the song Pretty Polly, which turned me on to Uncle Sinner, whose version of Pretty Polly is creepy as hell and When Jesus Comes is also great. As always, really loving your photos (from the last few days). And thanks for posting this banjo jam. It turned me on to the Hillbilly Gypsies, which turned me on to the song Pretty Polly, which turned me on to Uncle Sinner, whose version of Pretty Polly is creepy as hell and When Jesus Comes is also great.

]]> By: Rachel Barenblat http://www.vianegativa.us/2010/02/woodrat-podcast-4-banjo-jam/#comment-13127 Rachel Barenblat Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:16:22 +0000 http://www.vianegativa.us/?p=6650#comment-13127 I love your point that writers have a lot to learn from musicians -- the way they collaborate, e.g. (I always think there ought to be more creative collaboration.) I'm listening to the podcast now, with Drew, who's just finished a midafternoon snack, and we're both digging it a lot. Listening to this now, I'm struck by how much a group of banjos played in concert sounds like hammered dulcimer to me. By the way, if you haven't heard <i>Throw Down Your Heart</i>, Bela Fleck's banjo album recorded with some of West Africa's finest musicians, you really should. I love your point that writers have a lot to learn from musicians — the way they collaborate, e.g. (I always think there ought to be more creative collaboration.) I’m listening to the podcast now, with Drew, who’s just finished a midafternoon snack, and we’re both digging it a lot.

Listening to this now, I’m struck by how much a group of banjos played in concert sounds like hammered dulcimer to me.

By the way, if you haven’t heard Throw Down Your Heart, Bela Fleck’s banjo album recorded with some of West Africa’s finest musicians, you really should.

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