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Banjo Players

#16

Since this thread is titled Banjo Players, in the plural, I thought Iā€™d introduce another one. There are so many great ones we all know that could be discussed here and Mean Mary was a new one me and I really enjoyed exploring her music.

I stumbled on this guy on YouTube just recently and Iā€™ve been quite taken with him. Have yā€™all ever heard of Dave Hum? He was a busker in the UK and he has a unique sound that I really like. He has a couple of pretty good albums (I downloaded them from Amazon Music). A good mix of Bluegrass and Celtic. Here he is playing Nashville Blues.

Here is his YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcGxV6qGVoBGFm_wnDodK2A

Here is his website: http://davehum.com/home.html

And I found this article on him in the Banjo Newsletter: https://banjonews.com/2015-01/who_was_dave_hum.html

#17

Hi @Maggie Dave Hum passed away in 2009, He was a very popular folk musician and street entertainer. Dave and his band the Huckleberries also did comedy.

https://www.davehum.com/

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#18

Yep, sheā€™s way cool. I met her and her Brother Frank a few years back in Bodega Bay, Ca. Sat and chatted with them during one of their spectacular performancesā€¦ True to form, plays barefoot too. Not that that makes her any quicker, lol, idk. it might. :face_with_raised_eyebrow:

#19

Yeah, I only discovered him a couple months ago and really got into his music and realized just recently he had passed when I read that article in the newsletter. How sad.

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#20

Hard to see yes, but she showed me what she uses. These are the little speed picks.

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#21

I got the chance to try these out at camp. Funny thing is, my thumb didnā€™t move any speedier. Mustā€™ve been a faulty productā€¦

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#22

Yep, that must be it, faulty product. You should get a refund.

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#23

Do you give them a :+1: or a :-1:?

#24

Yeah, Iā€™d give 'em a :+1:

I liked it better than the golden gates Iā€™ve always used, but I also had a very kind fellow picker buy me a blue chip during camp and I love that thing.

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#25

I love mine. (JD Crowe model) Blue chip picks are the real-deal.

#26

Iā€™ve using a Blue Chip JD Crowe for about a year and itā€™s the best Iā€™ve tried. Sure was a great camp!

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#27

Good to hear from you, Larry! I enjoyed meeting you at camp.

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#28

I purchased a Blue Chip at camp. It fit my thumb perfectly. I didnā€™t get to try it out until this afternoon. The sound is much better. It is longer than the pick I was using so it will take a few hours of picking to adjust.

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#29

Either that, or I wonder if a guy could just sand it down a bit to suit? Mine was a JD Crowe thumbpick which I believe is one of the shorter ones anyway. In my opinion, the blue chip thumbpicks really are a premium pick in terms of quality.

#30

Hopefully that Blue Chip will help you not have to get your kerosene rags out :wink:

It was good to meet you at camp, Jeff!

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#31

@5stringpreacher My fingers are now tougher ! It was fantastic to meet you. With your inspiration, I am now the 5 stringpilgrim.

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#32

I look forward to seeing a Video of your new Signature song ā€œI AM A PILGRIMā€ :wink: :star_struck:

#33

@Deere_Crossing. Iā€™m a little better banjo picker than guitar. The banjo camp slots filled up so I went with guitar. The camp was great.

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#34

Mean Mary posted a new one on YouTube today (or yesterday, I only saw it today) itā€™s called the dark woods

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#35

Wow. She does different stuff and I like it. I could take or leave her voice though, but when she gets to pickin, yeah, Iā€™m digginā€™ that.

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