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Ding Ding Lick

#1

Hey Folks,

I feel about like Nebuchadnezzar and his dreams these days, he said to the wise men in the book of Daniel 2:5 (KJV)
5 The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me:

Back in the seventy’s I took banjo lessons from an outstanding banjo teacher named, Judge Parker, and he taught me a great lick on the banjo and like Nebuchadnezzar, “its gone from me”.

I went looking for the lick and I think I found it played by none other than Judge Parker, he’s playing with Josh Grigsby and the County Line Band, The lick I would love to get back is on their album called, “Ruby Lane Memories”, its on a YouTube movie and the song is: “I Hung My Head and I Cried”. Judge is the only banjo player I’ve heard play this lick, I call it Judge’s “Ding, Ding” lick.

Here’s the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJ7921s6cZ8 The lick starts around 1:50 / 2:21 on the time line.

Many thanks folks.

Butch

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#2

Not seeing it Butch are you sure you got all the link. Maybe it’s just not available this side of the big pond.

#3

Archie, Came through fine here.

Butch, the lick with the triplets?

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#4

Must be blocked for the UK. It happens quite a lot but I don’t understand why :confused:. :rage::sob:

:sunglasses: Tiny tantrum subsides to a state of normality :blush:

#5

That triplet was the only lick that stood out to me, too.

#6

Perhaps this is it:

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#7

Hey Ben,

You nailed it, only he was doing the ding, three times, actually that part can be changed 1-2-3 dings, this we used in place of the old “g” lick.

Many thanks to all of you for taking the time to work on this, I surly appreciate it.

Butch

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#9

Hey Archie,

Thanks for your time, see Ben’s post below, he got it.

Butch

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#10

Mark,

Many thanks, yeah wanted the triple dingie thing, thanks for your help.

Butch

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#11

Hey James your very welcome. Thank you for the great post we are All that bit wiser for you asking and Ben’s response.

#12

Archie, thanks for the kind words, I appreciate it.

Butch