I prevailed over the tyrant and rented a banjo last Wednesday. It's a beginner's Deering Goodtime -- the one that I wanted. And, the nice thing is that the rental fees can be applied toward the actual cost of the banjo should I decide buy the thing.
The fruits of my labor.
Extra points to the person who can actually tell what song I'm playing.
Now, if I only had a banjo strap...



Hang Down Your Head, Tom Dooley (and here).
I think I would have recognized it on my own (nice work!), but your MP3 metadata gave it away... ;)
Posted by: Brad Choate | July 14, 2002 at 07:33 PM
heyyy sounds good! ;]
Posted by: Dezi | July 14, 2002 at 07:56 PM
Hang your head Tom Doooollleyyy...
Posted by: Morgan | July 14, 2002 at 08:00 PM
Oh MAN I didn't see Brad's link. I swear I got it just by listening... It's still one of the few songs I can play on a guitar (that and friar jacques)
Posted by: Morgan | July 14, 2002 at 08:03 PM
You didn't just pick up the banjo and start playing like that, did you? Very nice!
Posted by: Solonor | July 14, 2002 at 08:42 PM
Better than I could do at any rate. :)
(Tone deaf or something like it.)
Posted by: Pfish | July 14, 2002 at 08:50 PM
When did you rent this thing? Sounds like you've had it for a while. Is it the first time you played? If Ben doesn't let you buy one now, then we'll have to donate for sure. You're great!!
Posted by: Camille | July 14, 2002 at 09:02 PM
Oh, Ben's all talk. He supports all my banjo endeavors.
Posted by: Mena | July 14, 2002 at 09:18 PM
Is that "Go Tell Aunt Rhody"? I like that the file's hosted on stupidfool.org.
Posted by: Anil | July 14, 2002 at 09:19 PM
Wow! That sounds great!
I thought it was going to be one of those beginner songs like "Camptown Races" or something similar to what I got stuck with during my Accordion Years.
Posted by: paula | July 15, 2002 at 04:57 AM
Why isn't there a "Thank you, thank you." at the end?
Posted by: Kevin | July 15, 2002 at 08:10 AM
Ok. Jury vote is in. You deserve your own banjo, regardless of whose bank account it comes out of ...
Posted by: SmartAss | July 15, 2002 at 03:29 PM
Ok. Jury vote is in. You deserve your own banjo regardless of whose bank account it comes out of.
Posted by: SmartAss | July 15, 2002 at 03:30 PM
When i was a kid, i took banjo lessons for many years from Jim Smoak. I haven't picked mine up in ages...I probably have a spare capo, some finger picks and a banjo strap if you need 'em.
Posted by: webchick | July 16, 2002 at 07:15 AM
Damn. Okay, that's it, I'm renting a fiddle tomorrow.
Posted by: scottandrew | July 17, 2002 at 11:24 AM
I thought it was a Zeppelin song at first.
But, alas.
Posted by: Aaron | July 17, 2002 at 03:46 PM
I think it's 'Hell Is My Fury' by Bollock Wrencher & The Ghost of Auschwitz
Posted by: Stuart | July 18, 2002 at 06:42 AM
>Damn. Okay, that's it, I'm
>renting a fiddle tomorrow.
But who will play the washboard? :-)
Posted by: webchick | July 18, 2002 at 09:06 PM
Sounds a bit out of tune, but not bad! You could be the Sonic Youth of the banjo circuit.
Posted by: Ed | July 19, 2002 at 07:43 AM
:::Holds up lighter:::
Posted by: Jere | July 25, 2002 at 02:43 PM
Sounds fine, but it needs to be about 400% faster!
Posted by: brendog | July 26, 2002 at 07:57 AM