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Topic: Banjo rolls ??!...
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Terry Edwards
Member From: Layton, UT
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posted 07 November 2003 02:05 PM
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Come on folks! "banjo rolls"?Why can't we call them something else. Why not dobro rolls? I'm going through some training materials and the licks I am supposed to learn are "banjo rolls". This is a steel guitar course. Where's the steel guitar rolls? Don't they have any? Sheeesh! OK, where's my medication? Terry |
Mike Cass
Member From: Nashville,Tn. U.S.A.
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posted 07 November 2003 09:45 PM
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Kaiser Rolls?? |
David L. Donald
Member From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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posted 08 November 2003 01:25 AM
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Royce Rolls, Hay Rolls, Screen Roles. By whatever name they still work.I suspect they are called banjo rolls because they were being done well before the dobro or steel was invented. |
Eric West
Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA
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posted 08 November 2003 01:34 AM
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Well Terry, I think the "Banjo Agenda" is going to have to do "Baby Steps" instead of a Blitzkrieg.We just got a notable amount of steel players to admit that they own and play one. I was glad to "stand up" with the rest that perhaps uneasily "came out". I hope I can support further inroads to "Banjo Acceptance", but I must warn that I don't want to endanger long held alliances with Banjo Haters, and Banjophobes in positions of Power. I, like a few others of the recent "Closet Banjors" that "came out" on the last Banjo String have a lot to lose from just taking these recent steps. I know you understand and are sensitive to "Our Position". For now, I'm afraid I'll have to go along with the Status Quo. I hope you don't think less of me. For now, it's still "Banjo Rolls" around my neighborhood..  EJL[This message was edited by Eric West on 08 November 2003 at 01:38 AM.] |
Donny Hinson
Member From: Balto., Md. U.S.A.
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posted 08 November 2003 05:10 AM
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Why can't we call them something else.
'Cause telling a lie would serve no purpose? Seriously, they were developed by banjo players. (But you knew that already, didn't you?) |
Chuck McGill
Member From: Jackson, Tn
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posted 08 November 2003 06:03 AM
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Hipnotic |
Terry Edwards
Member From: Layton, UT
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posted 08 November 2003 08:38 AM
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OK, I admit to owning a banjo. And I am a bluegrass player on guitar and mandolin. But I don't pick the banjo. I clawhamer it like my grandad did.I think I'll write me a steel guitar clawhammer tune!
Terry |
Joe Henry
Member From: Ebersberg, Germany
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posted 08 November 2003 11:17 AM
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To express it in a more simple way:
The purpose of b@njo rolls is to show the b@njo pickers that we can play that stuff too!Joe H. |
Ernie Renn
Member From: Brainerd, Minnesota USA
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posted 08 November 2003 12:22 PM
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From what I've heard the Thunder Rolls. Rolls what? Dice or something...------------------
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Terry Wendt
Member From: Nashville, TN, USA
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posted 08 November 2003 03:06 PM
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...they are called that because they liken only to that same sound that is created when a banjo goes rolling end-over-end at a high revolution per minute down the side of a Rocky Mountain  ------------------
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Eric West
Member From: Portland, Oregon, USA
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posted 08 November 2003 03:36 PM
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Then there's the Banjo Swish, where you through it in a dumpster without hitting the sides.. Or is that "Perfect Pitch"...Sorry. I did indeed Come Out with my Banjuality, but I've still got a foot in the Closet. EJL |
David L. Donald
Member From: Koh Samui Island, Thailand
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posted 08 November 2003 07:31 PM
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Clawhammer... hmm,
I always thought that's what wives use on steelers who have bought one too many steels.Seems about right!  |
Chris Lasher
Member From: Athens, Georgia, USA
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posted 09 November 2003 11:31 AM
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Or is that "Perfect Pitch"
Hahahahahahahahahaha!!!!....Aw, c'mon, what's wrong with banjos? |
Ricky Littleton
Member From: Steely-Eyed Missile Man from Orlando, Florida USA
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posted 16 November 2003 12:41 PM
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I have a banjo. I put it on the dash of my truck so I can use the handicap spaces at Wal-Mart...------------------
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Bobby Lee
Sysop From: Cloverdale, North California, USA
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posted 16 November 2003 05:17 PM
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The secret to rolling a banjo is to find a really steep hill. Otherwise the neck stops it. |
John Drury
Member From: Gallatin, Tn USA
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posted 17 November 2003 03:09 AM
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Chris,A banjo is kinda like a hand grenade, by the time you hear either one it is too late! John Drury
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