Forum - Banjo Ben Clark

What are y'all up to?

#904

Pike County Breakdown is cool too, I don’t know how people can flat pick that fast and clean. It’s Sierra Hull on the album, right?

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#905
  1. Hickory Snow
  2. Along the Coast
  3. Waltz for Colleen
  4. Star City
  5. Black and White Rag

(The top 5 list, probably)

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#906

Yep

#907

I put most of my focus on banjo because I like it and I think I could possibly actually get good at it someday. I hear Sierra play mandolin or Jake play guitar and I’m like “I’ll never be able to do that…” :joy:

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#908

Fiddle players too :sweat_smile: They are da most impressive…

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#909

I hear Jake on mandolin and I’m like
“I could never do that” lol

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#910

Oh, I totally gave up fiddle. I can’t even get decent at that :rofl:

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#911

Jake has a cool mandolin style. He plays it like a guitar in my opinion, I tried to tell my sister that and she said it makes semi sense haha.

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#912

He’d have still made it if his only instrument was mandolin :joy:

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#913

He does! But it’s still great
And Andy Leftwitch plays it like a fiddle in his own words.

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#914

I think I saw some Instagram post where he was playing banjo on stage for Ancient Tones.

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#915

Exactly! It’s hard to explain, but you can just tell that his mandolin playing is very influenced by his guitar techniques. It’s not a bad thing, it sounds great. It’s just unique.

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#916

Underrated as a mandolinist
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#917

My brother plays the mandolin WAY too much like a guitar lol
Anybody see our Daybreak in Dixie vid?:rofl:

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#918

Yes!
One of my top 3 favorites

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#919

*bangs open chords for rhythm

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#920

Jake could’ve also been a successful heavy metal guitarist… :joy: He’s as good as or better than all the famous ones I’ve heard.

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#921

No way man

#922

Slash is way better than any of these guys.

#923

Slash is overrated