Always ask...

[jbsegal]

So, last weekend, Kimberly and I ate at Traveller's Book Restaurant in CT while coming home from my Mother's 70th birthday celebration.

One of the books I got was "How To Play The 5-String Banjo" by Pete Seeger - 3rd Ed. revised 1962, with the 1985 foreward.

I've been kinda thinking about playing around with learning to play the banjo for, well, ages.

Subsequently, I've been ocassionally asking if anyone has a banjo I could borrow.

I asked at a party I was at tonight, just because.

I got _two_ positive responses - one from one of the hosts.

I now have a loaner banjo.

Always ask.

Comments

[moominmolly.livejournal.com]

Eee, I love that restaurant!

Also, congratulations on the banjo! That's awesome.

[anna-phylaxis.livejournal.com]

Oh, hooray! Have fun playing!

[jostajam.livejournal.com]

Hey - Happy birthday to your Mom! Now do you want an autoharp too?

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Do you have one??

Yay!

[capriuni.livejournal.com]

The banjo may get a bad rap and/or teasing rap from certain quarters, with its unfortunate association with blackface vaudeville (despite it being a native instrument of West Africa), and its unsexy shape.

But I dare anyone to listen to a well-played banjo tune and remain depressed.

[cme]

Is this the "Food Books" place just off the Pike?

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

It is. Not great food, but serviceable and books!

[theletterelle.livejournal.com]

Oh man, I love banjo music.

I have nothing else to contribute. Just that. :)

[paigemom.livejournal.com]

Banjos are so versatile (says the kid who grew up in central Kentucky). I even hear them in Irish bands sometimes.

I love banjos.

[whuffle.livejournal.com]

If you are considering learning banjo, you should know about the summer music camp for grown-ups that is run by local radio station WUMB. Go look on their website. Its a really neat event for folk musicians.