289 November 1997: ART ROSENBAUM. Interview by Ken Perlman. The Traveling Banjoist by Danny Barnes; Jazz Phrase of the Month (#5); Installing a Skin Head; Flecklogy; Playing Slow Songs, Part 6 (C&S); Joe Mullins (OTR); Rare Earl (EW); That Shining Path: On The Road; Don Wayne Reno and Scott Vestal (BU); Licks & Letters. TABS: Shady Grove (2 versions, A. Rosenbaum), Fire on the Mountain, Spanish Fandango, Virginny Dance, County Clare (BF), Greensleeves, Brighter Mansion, Wake Up Show, Charlotte Breakdown.

290 December 1997: MICHAEL J. MILES. Tale Of The Headless BanjoGord Acri Interview; Jazz Phrase Of The Month #6; The Road To Louisville IBMA 1997 (BU); Review: "American BACH" by M. Miles; Reed Martin (MC); Marc Pruett Rules! (OTR); Review: Alan Munde (AcuTab Vol. 1) By Wayne Shrubsall; Fiddling' Around By Merle Harrison; Yet (BC); Bill Keith. TABS: Bach's Cello Suite III in C MajorGigue; Suite For The Americas, Gigue and Dorian movements (all by Michael Miles), Fifty Dollars, Little Maggie, Panhandle Country, Blue Ridge Cabin Home, Last Chance, Little Billy Wilson, Color Tones, Dance of the Sugarplum Fairies

291 January 1998: BARRY ABERNATHY. Profile: Jimmy Costa; Jazz Phrase of the Month #7; 1997A Personal View of the Year in Music by Bill Evans; Barry Abernathy (BU); The Skip-Stroke Revisited (MC); Keith Little (OTR); Reviews: Pat Cloud, Larry Perkins, The New Primitives, Hubie King and Diane Jones; Celtic 3-Finger; Sam McGee (Old Time 3-Finger); Classical Banjo; Earl's Way, Drop Thumb Banjo; "It, Son of Yet" (BC); Playing Slow Songs, Part 7 (C&S). TABS: Glory-Land Way, Sweet Rosie Jones, Back in My Babies Arms Again (all by B. Abernathy), Big Jim River (MC), Rights of Man, Needlecase, Sonata in C Major by Mozart, The Train that Carried my Girl from Town (EW), The Battle of Waterloo (OT), Greensleeves.

292 February 1998: AKIRA SATAKE INTERVIEW BY TONY TRISCHKA. Reviews: A. Satake, The MBA VIDEO. Jazz Phrase # 8: Rhythm Changes; Licks (EW); Profile: Reed Martin; Installing a Skin Head Part 2, by Bob Flesher; Monroe for Banjo by Wayne Shrubsall; On the Road; Earl, J.D., & R. McCoury (OTR); O'Banjo; Playing Slow Slongs Part 8 (C&S); Stretching the Limits by Dan Levenson; Basic Licks (BC). TABS: All Else Pales, Mississippi Sawyer, Heel & Toe Polka, Shuckin' The Corn, Dog House Blues, Faded Love, Hangman's Reel in C.

293 March 1998: TOM PALEY Interview by Stephen Wade. REVIEW: Bach on the Banjo by John Bullard. Jazz Phrase #9; Profile: Reed Martin (Conclusion); Celtic 3-Finger; Returning to Oz (MC); Improvising (OTR); Bill Emerson (OTR); Tony Trischka & Altered Tunings (BU); Interview with J.D. Crowe (BC); Tremolo Playing Slow Songs Part 9. TABS: Polonaise by J.S. Bach, Old Molly Hare (OT), Ducks on the Millpond (OT), Colored Aristocracy, Carolan's Ramble to Cashel, Trip to Duro, Opening Day, Man in the Middle, Unfaithful One, Amazing Grace.

294 April 1998: GRANDPA JONES: In Memory. Tom Paley (Conclusion). Jazz Phrase #10; Profile: Banjo Builder Kevin Enoch; Reviews: Ross Nickerson, Stephen Wade, Rhythm Rats, Lick Cards, Sammy Shelor AcuTab Transcriptions Vol. II, Arnie Naiman & Chris Coole. Four New Clawhammer CDs (MC); Listening (OTR); Dock Boggs (OTR); Playing in C Craig Smith (BU); Fleckology; Single String Tremolo, Slow Songs Part 10. TABS: Jazz Blues, San Antonio Rose, Indian Ate the Woodchuck, Pretty Little Girl, Two Pathways, Pretty Polly, Country Blues, Prosperity Special, Metric Lips, Winfield's Folly (OT), Don Valley Ramble (OT), Unfaithful One (Part 1).

295 May 1998: BOBBY THOMPSON Interview by Tony Trischka. Reviews: Sampson Banjo Bridges, Dan Levenson. Musical Form (BU); Maryland Banjo Academy #2; Tribute to Bobby Thompson by Buddy Blackmon; Drop Thumb Banjo; Stretching the Limits: Singing & Clawhammer; Earl's Way; Banjolin Revisited (MC); Needs More Water (OTR); Eddie Adcock (OTR); Tremolo, Playing Slow Songs #11 (C&S); J.D. Crowe Interview conclusion (BC). TABS: Banjo Buster, Sugarfoot Rag, Lady Madonna, Columbus Stockade Blues, Hee Haw Closing Licks (all by Bobby Thompson), Roseville Fair, Lonesome and a Long Way From Home, Tine's Scottische (MC), Silver Bell, Lara's Theme, Unfaithful One (Part 2)

296 June 1998: GEOFF STELLING Interview by Mike Ramsey. Reviews: Stelling Glyde-Cote Finish, Homespun Tapes "Getting Started on 5-String Banjo" by David Holt, Dave Bing, Larry Wallace. Drop Thumb Banjo; Bobby Thompson (Conclusion of Interview); Don Reno (OTR); Joe Morley (Classic Banjo); Combining Scruggs, Reno & Melodic into Celtic Fingerstyle, by Tom Hanway; Right-hand Exercises (MC); Andy Boarman (OTR); Music Theory (BC); Tremolo, Playing Slow Songs #12 (C&S). TABS: Sally in the Garden Sifting Sand (OT), Four and Twenty Blackbirds Dancing on a Fawnskin (OT), Bunch of Keys (OT), Tallahassee, Casey Jones, Dixie Hoedown, Banjo Special, Thumbs Up(CB), Soldier's Joy, Lost Wild Indian (OT), Reel St. Jean, Abide With Me.

297 July 1998: BRUCE MOLSKY, Interview by Ken Perlman. Reviews: Bruce Molsky; Nechvillle's Enterprise bridge, Alison Brown. Fretless Banjo; Reno Banjo; Sending Tabs by Email; Steve Dilling (OTR); EW; Stretching the Limits (D. Levenson); Playing in C (BC); Ron Block (BC). TABS: Gun Street Girl (OT), Elzic's Farewell (both clawhammer & 3-finger), Road to Corrosol (A. Brown), Little Rabbit (S. Dilling), Bringing in the Georgia Mail (EW), Worried Man Blues, High Lonesome Sound (R. Block).

298 August 1998: BELA FLECK Interview by Bill Evans. Bobby Thompson Discography; Sonny Osborne; Earl in Ohio (EW); Fleckology; Mirror Images Fleck Style (BU); Wade Ward (OT); Systems of Learning, Intro (CS); Derek Dilling; Playing in C Part 2 (BC); Warm-up Exercises for Left Hand (MC); OTR. TABS: Bluegrass Music's Really Gone to Town, Me and My Old Banjo (S. Osborne), Up and Running (BF), UFO-TOFU, A & B (BF), Peach Bottom Creek (OT), Polly Put the Kettle On (OT), Dilly's Breakdown, Levantine's Barrel (MC), Fling Ding (R. Stanley).

299 September 1998: STEVE HUBER Interview by Bill Evans. BELA FLECK interview, Part 2, by Bill Evans. Back-up: Sagami Rorrim; North-South Banjo Camp (MC); Building a Bigger Corral (BC); EW; Civil War Banjo (MB); Reviews: Homespun's "Old Time Clawhammer Banjo, taught by Frank Lee," Video; The Vintage Flathead Tonering. Augusta'98 (OTR); The Demonstrative Learning Method (CS), Alan Munde (OTR). TABS: Shaving a Dead Man (OT), Big Country (BF), UFO TOFU (Parts C & D, BF), Sandy Boys (MC), The Old Home Place (EW), Rose of Alabama (MB), Jenny's Desire (AM).

300 October 1998: Country Current's KEITH ARNESON Interview by Dave Wells. Reviews: "Ceilidh Tunes for 5-String," tab book by Iain Maclachlan. Helpful Hints on Compensation by Geoff Stelling; Celtic Polkas (Drop Thumb); Maryland Banjo Academy #2; O'Banjo; Jim Mills (OTR); Beginning Clawhammer by Dan Levenson; Sammy Shelor (BU); Why Drop Thumb? (MC); Beginner's Corner; Old Time Finger Style; I've Been Everywhere (OTR); The Visual Learning Method (CS); TABS: Garian Ghniomh go Leith (OT); Dog Remembers Bacon (OB), Rebecca (J. Mills), Longing for the Old Days (Shelor), Ducks on the Pond (MC), In & Out of Nashville, Pretty Polly, Shandon Bells (Ce;ltic Banjo). Volume XVII

301 November 1998: STEPHEN WADE By Geoffrey Himes. Reviews: David Crisler's "Bopjo" and "Banjo Spirits" video; On The Road: Are We Having Fun Yet?; Beginner's Corner: The Key of C Revisited; Off The Record: Don Wayne Reno; C&S: Systems of Learning, Part 4: The Aural Method; Southern Clawhammer: Frank Lee; Back Up:Bela and Tony; Monroe For Banjo; Drop Thumb Banjo: Bill Driver; Capturing The Melody. TABS: Four (JB), Reckless Rufus (OT), Footprints in the Snow (BC-Part 1), Remington Ride, Logan County Blues (OT), Old Kentucky Whiskey (OT), Whiskey Before Breakfast, Green Willis (back-up & lead), Footprints in the Snow, Fire on the Mountain, Bill Driver's Tune (OT). BANJO NEWSLETTER TAB INDEX, Vol. XXV (Nov. '97Oct. '98)


302 December 1998: WAYNE SHRUBSALL by Janet Davis; Xmas tabs; Stretching the Limits by Dan Levenson: The Folk Police, Review: Deering's Goodtime Banjo; OTR: IBMA 98; EW; The Maryland Banjo Academy; MC: Minstrel Banjo; BC: The Key of C Revisited, Part 2; C&S: Questionnaire Results; BU; OTR: Greg Cahill. TABS: Coventry Carol, Jingle Bells (OT), Santa Claus is Coming to Town (JB), Deck the Halls (OT), Stinson's #2 (OT), When the Angel's Carry Me Home (EW), Hall's Blueribbon March (CB), Turnpike Side (MC), Footprints in the Snow (BC), Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer, Strawberry Point (G. Cahill).


303 January 1999: THE MARYLAND BANJO ACADEMY '98. Also: ROSS NICKERSON. Old Time Recordings of 1998; OTR: Make a Joyful Noise: MBA, MC; Knockin' Down: Minstrel Revival; Review: Nechville's Nexstar Banjo; BC: A New Year's Resolution; C&S: Systems of Learning, Questionnaire Results #6; BU: Alan Munde; OTR: Sonny Osborne; EW; Interview: Wayne Shrubsall (Part 2); Tony Trischka tab. TABS: Eric Montbel's Schottische (MC), Jim Crowe Jig (KD), El Cumbanchero, Jingle Bells (BC), I Don't Love Nobody (A. Munde), I'll Just Pretend (S. Osborne), Losederojosp III Breakdown (EW), Puff Adder Step Dance & Waiting for Nancy (OT), Sleepy Hollow Reel (T. Trischka)

304 February 1999: CRAIG SMITH by Marty and Frank Godbey. The 1998 National Banjo Champion: Sonny Smith, by Eddie Collins; Fleckology; Review: Reed Martin's "Old Time Banjo; OTR: Metronomes...; C&S: Systems of Learning, Questionnaire Results #7; BC: Back to Basics; OTR: J.D. Crowe; BU: Combining Backup Licks; EW; MC : Waltzes; OB; The Workshop. TABS: Rose of Alabama (C. Smith), Shuckin' the Corn, Christmas at Tony's (JB), Bigfoot (BF), Ducks on the Millpond (OT), Careless Love (J.D. Crowe), Railroad to Heaven, Good Morning Sundown (EW), Black Velvet Waltz (MC), Boll Weevil, Darby's Castle

305 March 1999: SNUFFY JENKINS by Tony Trischka. Craig Smith: Part 2 of Interview by Ira Gitlin. Licks & Letters; Original Banjo Answerman; Tab Of The Month by Wayne Shrubsall; EW; BC; Licks & Chords; OTR: Two Sides of the Coin; BU: Playing in C; OTR; C&S: Systems of Learning, Questionnaire Results #8; Drop Thumb; BEGINNING CLAWHAMMER #2: Tuning and Chords. TABS: Tin Wedding Hornpipe (OT) Sandy River Belle (C. Smith), Craig Smith Licks, Dear Old Dixie, Sally Goodin, Sally Johnson, Bound to Ride (EW), Gotta Travel On, Clarinet Polka (B. Evans), Old Mother Logo (OT).

306 April 1999: RON MULLENNEX by Bates Littlehales. Reviews: Vince Farsetta, Scott Vestal, Paul Hawthorne, Chris Sands, Jack Hatfield, Mark Barnett; BC: Licks & Chords; EW; Classic Banjo by Chris Sands; Compensated Bridges & NutsFriends or Foes? (Part 1) By Randy Stockwell; OTR: MBA Rides Again; C&S: Systems of Learning #9, Student Aptitude Test; MC; BU: J.D. CroweTriplets; Review: Scott Vestal's Stealth Banjo. TABS: Evermore (OT), Jesse James (S. Vestal), Theme from Exodus (E. Adcock), Two Heads Are Better Than One (CB), The Sandy Boys (OT) Sugar in my Coffee (OT), When I Left East Virginia (EW), Road to California (MC), I'm So Afraid of Losing You (J.D. Crowe).

307 May 1999: TONY FURTADO by Eddie Collins. Licks & Letters, Reviews: "How To Set Up the Best Sounding Banjo" by Roger Siminoff, Gordon Stone, Tony Trischka's "Steam," Walt Koken's "Finger Lakes Ramble"; O'Banjo, OTR; C&S: Systems of Learning #10, To The Teacher; Compensation, Part 2 by Randy Stockwell; MC; BC: Over the Hump; EW; Drop Thumb; BU: Tony Furtado; Old Time Up-Picking: Undle Dave; Two Old Standards by Jack Baker. TABS: Steam, Forks of Sandy (OT), Sunday Driver, Bolinas (T. Furtado), Holiday Pickin', Earl's Jig (MC), Take Me Home Country Roads (EW), Jesse James (OT), Man of Constant Sorrow (T. Furtado), In and Around Nashville, John Hardy, Soldier's Joy.

308 June 1999: CHRIS JOSLIN. Licks & Letters; The First Lesson by Danny Barnes; Reviews: "The Big Scoop.." By Daily Planet; Andy Cushing's "10 Hot Licks." C&S: Systems of Learning #11, Expectations of the Bluegrass Banjo Student; OTR: Avram Seigel; Compensation: Part 3 (conclusion) by Randy Stockwell; BU: Scott Vestal; MC; OTR: Improvising; BCB: 4th String Slide; EW; Knockin' Down. TABS: Morning Would (L. Hunt), Whiskey Before Breakfast, Climbing a Mountain, Tommorrow's Breakdown, Lonesome Road Blues (S. Vestal), Honeymoon Polka (MC), Hear The Wind Blow (EW), Kitty Wells (OT)'

309 July 1999: BILL EMERSON Interview by David Wells. Letters; Tab Of The Month: Philippe Bourgeois; Review: Super Banjo Strap; OTR: Ron Stewart; C&S: Systems of Learning #12, Responses from Readers; Fleckology; BU: Bill Emerson; MC; Stretching The Limits by Dan Levenson; BC: SIngle-String; EW. TABS: Punkey Red Mulet (P. Bourgeois), Little Bessie (Emerson), Emerson Gems, Big Spike Hammer (Intro-Emerson), Cabin on the Hill (Backup-Emerson), Welcome to New York (Emerson), Scraps From Your Table (R. Stewart), Oddity (BF), Home Run Man (Emerson), Just A Stone's Throw Away (Emerson), President Garfield's Hornpipe (MC), Lulu Likes Em Young (OT), Philadelphia Lawyer (EW).

311 September 1999: BOB THORNBURG Interview by Pat Cloud.Feature: Bob Haydon, Interview by Gerald Jones. Letters, Reviews: The New Kulesh "Big TEN" Tone Ring by Janet Davis. Bob Haydon's "Collage" by Eddie Collins. Drop Thumb Banjo: Lilt and Timing; Tabs Of The Month: Yoshihiro Arita, Michael J. Miles; C&S: Chord Scales, Part 1; On The Road: Augusta 1999; BU: Bela FleckFiddle and Banjo for All Levels; Knockin' Down: First Banjo Contest; BC: Counting; EW; OTR: A 3/4 Time Primer; A Tune by Chris Thile. TABS: Little Girl Blues (B. Haydon), Once I Had A Fortune (OT), Samois (Y. Arita), Come In To My Kitchen (M. Miles), Ready To Go, Backup & Lead (BF), The Modoc Reel (MB), Ellen Smith (EW), 3/4 Time Backup Licks, Hop The Fence

312 October 1999: TERRY BAUCOM Interview by Ira Gitlin. Review: Sammy Shelor's fingerpicks. Andy Boarman (MH). BNL Volume XXVI Tab Index (Nov. 98 - Oct. 99). 15 Ways to Tag a Solo (IR); Chord Scales, Part 2 (C&S); Square and Contra Dancing (MC); Baucom (BU); Reviews: T8ne Dogs and Hart & Blech (STL); COunting, Part 2 (BC); Backup (EW); Baucom (OTR). TABS: Lower on the Hog T. (Baucom), I'm Leaving Detroit (TB), The Old Grey Coat, Sally Goodin (TB), Buffalo Gals (OT), The Wreck of the Old 97 (EW), Shoot the Moon (TB, MP3).

VOLUME XXVII

313 November 1999: REBIRTH OF THE VEGA: Greg and Janet Deering. Maryland Banjo Academy preview. Winfield report. The World's Biggest Banjo. Sammy Shelor (BC); Pam Gadd (Interview by Raymond McClain); Eggs and M & Ms (MH); Balkan Banjo; Review: Klezmer Banjo; Picking Up Unfamiliar Melodies (MC); Chord Scales with Internal Movement, Part 3 (C&S); Bob Black (OTR); Drop Thumb; EW. TABS: Big Buck (P. Gadd, MP3), Kopanitsa (MP3), Ma Yofus (Klezmer), Off to California (MC), With Love for Someone, The Mountains of Merrimac (B. Black), The Last of Callahan (OT), The Lover of the Town (EW).

314 December 1999: DIRK POWELL. Interview by Glenn Godsey. Sammy Shelor, Pt .2 (BC); 12 Great "D" Licks (OTR); IBMA World of Bluegrass 1999 (MH); EW; TA; Xmas Tabs; The Workshop (Goin' Back To Dixie), Back Up, C&S. TABS: Advent Rain (OT), Gospel Ship (EW) Foggy Mountain Speciall (BU), Bring A Torch, Annette Isabella, Blanchard's Hornpipe (OT), Dixie Breakdown, Sweet Georgia Brown (OT), Jitterbug Waltz (JB), Jesus Loves The Little Children (TA),

315 January 2000: STEVE DILLING. Review: "America's Instrument: The Banjo in the 19th Century" by Jim Bollman. The Banjo in 1999 by Bill Evans. The Six String Banjo by Harvey Reid. Adams County Banjo by Tom Adams. New Millennum (MC); Hank Schwartz (STL); Minstrel Banjo; EW; Celtic Banjo; Daily Practice (BC); Fleckology; Jake Jenkins (OTR). TABS: I Could Change My Mind (TA, MP3), The Lonely Side of Town (S. Dilling), John and Mary (S. Dilling), Maid Behind the Bar (MC), Big John Henry (OT, MP3), Butler's Jig (MB), Little Birdie (EW), Humours of Glendart, Sweet Biddy Daly, The Tenpenny Bit (CB), Blue Mountan Hop (BF), Walkin' in the Big County (J. Jenkins).

316 February 2000: TONY TRISCHKA. Interview by Ian Perry. FEATURE: Mike Seeger, by Murphy Henry. Remembering Eddie Shelton, by Eddie Collins and Danny Barnes. Review: Dwight Diller's "Just Banjo." The Acri-Caplinger Banjo Bender. Mike Seeger (MC); Down in Florida (MH); TA; Back-up Basics (BC); Pseudo Chord Scales, Part 5 (C&S); Major Chords in Back-up (BU); Rediscovered Flatt and Scruggs (EW). TABS: Little Betty Ann (M. Seeger), Georgia Pig (T. Trischka), Rollin' and Tumblin' Blues (M. Seeger, MP3); Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow (TA, MP3), Silver Bells, Pony Express, I've Heard the Wind Blow Before.

317 March 2000: CHUCK OGSBURY and Ome Banjos, By Wayne Shrubsall. MIKE SEEGER, Part 2. The Original Banjo Answerman. Review: Tom Hanway's "Complete Book of Irish and Celtic 5-String Banjo," by Bill Keith. Mentoring at MBA. TA; EW; Ben Eldridge (OTR); MC; Holding a Joint Session (MH); The Right Hand (BC); Drop Thumb; Primary Chords: A and E Major (BU); Chord Scales, Song Examples, Part 5 (C&S). TABS: The Rights of Man (CE), Standing in the Need of Prayer (TA, MP3), Sing a Little Baby to Sleep (EW), Panhandle Country (B. Eldridge), Maple Sugar (MC), Dry and Dusty (OT), Blackberry Blossom, Alabama Jubilee.

318 April 2000: CATHY BARTON PARA, Interview by Dan Levenson. CHUCK OGSBURY, Part 2. Feature: Scott Walker, by Ray Hesson. Reviews: Murphy Henry's "And There You Have It!", and Black Tie Banjo. TA; Nashville Sessons (EW); Bill Keith (BC); Wintergrass (MH); MC; Ed Shelton by Alan Munde; Chord Scales, Part 6: Jazz Example; Lubos Malina (OTR); Drop Thumb. TABS: You've Got To Hide Your Love Away (TA, MP3), Jake Gillie (OT, MP3), Five Alive (EW), Gemstone Reel (MC), Sweet Georgia Brown (E. Shelton, MP3), Little Rock Getaway, In The Not So High Mountains (L. Malina, MP3), Jim Wren (OT), Miniature No. II (CB, MP3).

319 May 2000: LEON HUNT. In Defense of Archtop Banjos, by Jamie Miller. Banjos 2000 Concert. Review: Homespun's "The Banjo of Eddie Adcock" video. The Mystique of the Fretless. Quarter Notes (BC); With Hazel and Alice (MH); Beginning Clawhammer Part 2; Traditionalor Is It? (MC); EW; TA; Jody King (OTR); Following the Circle (BU). TABS: Eddie's Bounce (E. Adcock, MP3), Cooely's Reel (L. Hunt, MP3), Clear Water (L. Hunt, MP3), Where the Soul of Man Never Dies (BC), Spotted Pony (OT), Ashokan Farewell (MC), Dead Dog on the Side of the Road (EW), Blue Grass Twist (TA, MP3), Carpal Tunnel Breakdown (J. King, MP3), Salty Dog (in G and A).

320 June 2000: JENS KRUGER, Interview by Bill Evans. Feature: Svata Kotas. Steve Martin and Me. Reviews: Mel Bay's "Round Peak Style Clawhammer," by Brad Leftwich (review by Glenn Godsey), and "Banjo Bash in Buckeystown" Video (MBA II, 1998). A Pretty Good Mountain Fretless, by E. Lowell Jacobs. Syncopation (BC); Bart Smith (STL); EW; Relative Minor (BU); TA; MBA 2000 (MC); Exercises for 3-Finger, Part 1: Intro (C&S); Key of D without capo (IR). TABS: Poor Ellen Smith (OT), Balls in the Corner (S. Kota, MP3), Bear Hug (J. Kruger, MP3), By The Millpond (J. Kruger, MP3), High on a Mountaintop (OT, MP3), Act Naturally (EW), Foggy Mountain Breakdown (BU), Drowned in the Deep Blue Sea (TA, MP3), Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (TA, MP3), The Heather's in BLoom (MC), Whiskey Before Breakfast.

321 July 2000: EMILY ROBISON, Interview by Ira Gitlin. Review: "Beginning Bluegrass Banjo" videos by Greg Cahill. Use Your Ears! Playing Little Satchel by Dirk Powell. Drop Thumb; EW; Gospel Banjo by Harold Streeter; Memorization and Changing Old Habits (BC); Doubletime Reissue (BF); Ron Rigsby (OTR); Exercises for 3-Finger, Basic Rolls (C&S); Adams County Banjo. TABS: Sin Wagon, Round the Horn (OT), Hear the Wind Blow (EW), Just a Closer Walk With Thee (GB, MP3), Mr. Memory, Possum Trot (OT, MP3), Another Morning (BF, MP3), Banjo On The Run, (R. Rigsby, MP3), Unwanted Love (T, MP3).

322 August 2000: SCOTT VESTAL, Interview by John Lawless. Brier P. Beethoven by Fretless Josh Shaw. REVIEW: Mel Bay's "Banjo 2000" and "Winfield Banjo Winners" Tab/CDs. E-Banjo Auctions. Adams County Banjo; Minor Chords (BU); Earl, Earl, Earl (MH); What Tab Leaves Out (BC); MC; Stretching the Limits; Exercises for 3-finger: The Left Hand (C&S); Munde's Morsels. TABS: Midnight at Black Mountain (OT, MP3). Jalapeno Flashback (MP3), By Stealth (MP3), Au Privave (MP3), As the Crowe Flies, The Hobo Song (TA, MP3), Haunting Hounds (MC), Half Past Four (OT), Blue Skies (AM, MP3), Yankee Doodle Dandy (AM).

323 September 2000: PETE SEEGER, Part 1, Interview by Ken Perlman. Overuse Syndrome: Carpal Tunnel, by Dr. John Kelley. Review: Matthew Whiteman's "Echo's of America" film. Dan Levenson's Meet the Banjo! The Wunder Banjo Company, by Mark Ward. Alison Brown (OTR); Augusta (MH); Speed (BC); Adams County; Exercises for 3-Finger, Slides (C&S); Reno Banjo; EW; Jarda Jahoda; Drop Thumb; Minor Chords (BU). TABS: Ode to Joy (Seeger), Poe's Pickin' Party (A. Brown, MP3), Blue Yodel #1 (T for Texas, TA, MP3), Black Mountain Blues (TA, MP3), Dear Old Dixie (RB), Pedal to the Metal (EW), In The Nettles (J. Jahoda), Wolves A-Howling (OT), El Cumbanchero (BU).

324 October 2000: RON STEWART, Interview by Ian Perry. PETE SEEGER, Part 2. The Banjo in Appalachia, by George R. Gibson. Banjo Mechanics: Tuning the Head, by Scott Zimmerman, Tab of the Month: Greg Cahill. Exercises: Hammer-ons (C&S); On The Road; TA; Attitude (BC); Mac Benford's Kentucky Favorites (MC); EW; Minor Chords Revisited (BU); Drop Thumb. TABS: Lone Star (Greg Cahill, MP3), Listen to the Music (TA, MP3), Glory in the Meetinghouse (M. Benford, MP3), 9 to 5 (EW), Jerusalem Ridge (BU, MP3), Forked Deer (OT, MP3).