BNL Contents Index
Nov. - 2002 to Oct. 2003
Volume XXX

349 Nov. 2002: FRETLESS BANJO: Tab Versus Musical Notation By Fretless Josh Shaw; BEGINNER'S CORNER: Tony Trischka, Part 3 By Ian Perry; Interview: Rolf Sieker By Dave Seeman Tab: Fairchild's Passage; Profile: Laura Boosinger By Steve Harvey. Tabs: Josie Girl, Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss; MELODIC CLAWHAMMER: Clawhammer Banjo in Europe, 2002 By Ken Perlman. Tab: Newcastle, or Texas; CONCEPTS and SYSTEMS: Left Hand, Continued. By Jack Hatfield Tab Exercises: 111‹114; BACK UP: Linking with Passing Tones By Janet Davis. Tab Exercises; ON THE ROAD: Not Another Fiddle Column... By Murphy Henry; TAB OF THE MONTH: Tom Adams By Jeremy Huber Tab: Rebecca; N RESPONSE: Playing Waltzes By Eddie Collins. Tab: Kentucky Waltz; EARL'S WAY By Bob Piekiel. Tab: True Love Never Dies; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO By Tom Adams. Tab: A Taste of Honey; BLUEGRASS CLAWHAMMER By Wayne Shrubsall. Tab: The Gold Rush.

350 Dec. 2002: LICKS and LETTERS Tab: Childgrove; BEGINNER'S CORNER: Tony Trischka, Part 4 By Ian Perry; ON THE ROAD: IBMA 2002 By Murphy Henry; Mark Platin and Wildwood Banjos: Thirty Years Against the Grain By Roger Deitz; A LITTLE TRAVELING MUSIC: Adam Hurt By Dan Levenson Tab: Cumberland Gap. Review: "Intrigue" by Bobbi Geyer; CONCEPTS and SYSTEMS: 3-Finger Exercises Exercises: 115<116; TAB OF THE MONTH: Those Were The Days by Ned Luberecki; JIMMY MARTIN BANJO: Chris Warner By Pete Kelly. Tab: Freeborn Man; REVIEW: Mark Johnson By Mary Z. Cox. Tab: Mosby¹s Rangers; BACK UP: Chords and Christmas Carols By Janet Davis. Tab: O' Come, O' Come, Emmanuel; FLECKOLOGY By Ian Perry. Tab: Hoe Down; TRISCHKA'S PICKS: John Hartford By Tony Trischka. Tabs: John Henry, Don't Ever Take Your Eyes Off the Game, Babe; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO By Tom Adams. Tab: Washington County.

351 Jan. 2003: LICKS and LETTERS: Tab: Wheel Hoss; BEGINNER'S CORNER: The Quick Thumb By Ian Perry; BANJO MAINTENANCE: Block Rims By Scott Zimmerman; An Interview with Mac Benford By Dan Levenson. Tab: Rose of the Mountain; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO By Tom Adams. Tab: Blue Suede Shoes; EARL'S WAY By Bob Piekiel. Tab: The Girl in the Blue Velvet Band; PROFILE: Terry McGill By Donald Nitchie. Tabs: Straight Drive, Runaround; MELODIC CLAWHAMMER: Clawhammer Backup Part 1 By Ken Perlman. Tab: Barlow Knife; CONCEPTS and SYSTEMS: 3-Finger Exercises Hatfield. Exercises: 117&SHY;119; TRISCHKA'S PICKS: Jerry Garcia. By Tony Trischka. Tab: Jerry's Breakdown; OFF THE RECORD: Sammy Shelor. By Bill Evans. Tabs: Weary Day, Down the Line; CLAWHAMMER BLUEGRASS By Wayne Shrubsall. Tab: Salty Dog Blues; THE ROANOKE BLUEGRASS WEEKEND: Dare to Be A Good Player By Arnie Fleischer; JIMMY MARTIN BANJO By Pete Kelly. Tab: My Rose of Old Kentucky.

352 Feb. 2003: REVIEW: Wildwood Troubador By Roger Deitz; DROP THUMB BANJO: Keith Arneson By R.D. Lunceford. Tab: Terry's Tune; BEGINNER¹S CORNER: Be Specific! By Ian Perry; TECH TALK: How A Banjo Works By Roger Siminoff; An Interview with Steve Martin By Ira Gitlin. Tab: Pitkin County Turnaround; PROFILE: Wade Mainer By Tom Warlick; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO By Tom Adams. Tab: Blue Diamond Mines; MELODIC CLAWHAMMER: Clawhammer Backup Part 2 By Ken Perlman Tab: Barlow Knife; TAB OF THE MONTH By Richard Sparks. Tab: It's All Over Now; JIMMY MARTIN BANJO By Pete Kelly. Tab: The Last Song; LICKS and LETTERS; CONCEPTS and SYSTEMS: 3-Finger Exercises--Using a Metronome, cont. By Jack Hatfield. Exercises: 120-123; ON THE ROAD: Party On, Dude! By Murphy Henry

353 Mar. 2003: TABS OF THE MONTH By Alan Johnson. Tabs: For the Sake of Old Decency, The Blarney Pilgrim, The Drunken Landlady; BANJO MAINTENANCE: The Potter Tailpiece By Scott Zimmerman; An Interview with Walter Hensley by Mickey Maguire. Tab: Living Without You; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO By Tom Adams. Tab: Rocket Man; BEGINNER'S CORNER: Breaking It Down By Ian Perry. Tab: Eight More Miles to Louisville; MELODIC CLAWHAMMER: Old-Time Endings By Ken Perlman. TAB: Ebenezer; TRISCHKA'S PICKS: Old Earl By Tony Trischka. TABS: Cripple Creek, Shuckin' the Corn; DROP THUMB BANJO By R.D. Lunceford TAB: The Wind that Shakes The Barley; BLUEGRASS CLAWHAMMER By Wayne Shrubsall Tab: Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms; BACK UP: Expression and Dynamics By Janet Davis Tab: Tread Softly on this Heart of Mine; ON THE ROAD: What Would J.D. Do? By Murphy Henry

354 Apr. 2003: BLUEGRASS CLAWHAMMER By Wayne Shrubsall. Tab: Molly and Tenbrooks; TECH TALK: By Roger Siminoff; LICKS and LETTERS; John McEuen: Looking Back, Looking Ahead By Julie Koehler. Tab: Return to Dismal Swamp "So Many Instruments, Only 2 Hands" By John McEuen "Why I Don't Write Love Songs" By John McEuen; BEGINNER'S CORNER: Pick Noise By Ian Perry; PROFILE: KELLY EMERSON By Ray Hesson. Tab: Buzz Saw; MELODIC CLAWHAMMER: Choking. By Ken Perlman. Tab: Breakdown in A; JIMMY MARTIN BANJO: J.D. Crowe. By Pete Kelly. Tab: We'll Meet Again Sweetheart; ON THE ROAD: Life Is Short.... By Murphy Henry; CONCEPTS and SYSTEMS: Physical Exercises: Using a Metronome, conclusion. By Jack Hatfield. Tabs: Blowin' In The Wind, Doin' My Time; EARL'S WAY. By Bob Piekiel. Tab: Hear That Whistle Blow 100 Miles; DROP THUMB BANJO. By R.D. Lunceford. Tab: Coon Dog; BACK UP: Choosing Notes for Effects. By Janet Davis. Tab: Walk Softly on
This Heart of Mine; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO By Tom Adams. Tab: Duncan and Brady; OFF THE RECORD By Bill Evans. Tab: Dakota

355 May 2003: EARL'S WAY By Bob Piekiel. Tab: Chariots of Fire; PROFILE: Winfield-winner John Dowling with Bryn Williams and Bernie Ross. Tab: FOD; BANJO MAINTENANCE: Electric Banjos By Scott Zimmerman; Interview with Molly Tenenbaum By Clyde Curley. Tab: Cotton Eye Joe. Review: "Instead of a Pony" By Dan Levenson; BEGINNER'S CORNER: Pick Noise By Ian Perry; REVIEW: Bill Keith's New Tuners By Ken Perlman. Tab: Rose Division; TWO-FINGER BANJO By Chip Arnold. Tab: Wearing of the Green; ON THE ROAD: Pertaining to Banjos... By Murphy Henry; IN RESPONSE: Are We There Yet? By Eddie Collins. Tab: Long Texas Highways; BACK UP: Playing Harmony By Janet Davis. Tabs: Foggy Mountain Breakdown; CELTIC BANJO: A Flying Irish Reel By Tom Hanway. Tab: Toss the Feathers, Part 1; JIMMY MARTIN BANJO: J.D. Crowe By Pete Kelly. Tab: Big Country; BLUEGRASS CLAWHAMMER By Wayne Shrubsall. Tab: Lonesome Road Blues

356 Jun. 2003: TAB OF THE MONTH: Ben Freed by Donald Nitchie. Tab: The Sweet Spot; FRETLESS JOSH SHAW: Management of the M-16 Assault Banjo; TWO-FINGER BANJO by Chip Arnold. Tab: The Dead March; TECH TALK: Restoring Force and Rigid Tailpieces. By Roger Siminoff; Interview with Bela Fleck: his new Mahogany Banjo by MAX; PROFILE: Robin Smith by MAX; Interview with Pete Ross By David Hyatt. Tab: Pompey Ran Away; PROFILE: Scott Didlake; BEGINNER¹S CORNER: Left-Hand Timing, Part 2 by Ian Perry; MELODIC CLAWHAMMER: Strums by Ken Perlman. Tab: La Cardeuse; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO By Tom Adams. Tab: Linus and Lucy; OFF THE RECORD: Jens Kruger's Modes By Bill Evans. Tab: Seven Modes; LICKS and LETTERS. Tab: Cumberland Gap; ON THE ROAD: Twenty Years Ago By Murphy Henry; JIMMY MARTIN BANJO: J.D. Crowe By Pete Kelly. Tab: Rock Hearts; FLECKOLOGY By Ian Perry. Tab: Magic Fingers; OLD-TIME FROM THE OZARKS By Hugh Strawn. Tab: Going Across the Sea

357 Jul. 2003: PROFILE: Jeff Blankenship By Ian Perry. Tab: Bluegrass Funk 101; TAB OF THE MONTH By Bill Evans Tab: Fisher's Hornpipe; LICKS and LETTERS ; BLUEGRASS CLAWHAMMER By Wayne Shrubsall. Tab: Footprints in the Snow; REVIEW: Goldtone's Graphite Necks By Bob Piekiel; Cordell Kemp: Local Legend, National Treasure By Casey Henry; PROFILE: Martin Stehlik. By Fred Huffman Tabs: Pro Malou Pinceznu, Pod Rozkvetlou Tresni; EARL'S WAY By Bob Piekiel. Tab: When the Clock Strikes Twice; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO By Tom Adams. Tabs: Teardrops Fell Like Raindrops, The Future Remains; BEGINNER'S CORNER: Interview with Ned Luberecki Part 1. By Ian Perry; REVIEW: "Banjo Special" by Arnie Naiman, Chris Coole, Chris Quinn and Brian Teheney. By William E. Montague. Tabs: Cold Tea, Heartache; JIMMY MARTIN BANJO By Pete Kelly. Tab: Crow on the Banjo; A LITTLE ROAD MUSIC: Finale Guitar Logan County Blues

358 Aug. 2003: TABS OF THE MONTH: President Garfield¹s Hornpipe By Greg Cahill; Frog at the Mill By Ian Perry; LICKS and LETTERS: Minstrel Tab: Pompey Ran Away by Clarke Bhueling; TECHTALK: String Break Angle By Roger Siminoff; Johannes Bonefaas of JB Banjos By Mark Ward; PROFILE: Rick Sampson By Donald Nitchie. Tab: Barrel Poppin'; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO. Tab: Take Me Home, Country Roads By Tom Adams; REVIEW: Saga's New Rover Banjo By Ben Freed; BEGINNER¹S CORNER: Interview with Ned Luberecki, Pt. 2 By Ian Perry; MELODIC CLAWHAMMER: High D. Tab: Henry Reed's Rocky Mt. Goat. By Ken Perlman; BACKUP: Jim Mills (Vocal Backup for G, C and D chords) By Janet Davis. Tab: Tragic Romance; BLUEGRASS CLAWHAMMER By Wayne Shrubsall. Tab: Reuben; ON THE ROAD: A Baby Shower, Nashville-Style By Casey Henry; EARL'S WAY By Bob Piekiel. Tab: Folsom Prison Blues; BANJOS ON THE BORDER By Steve Harvey. Tabs: Cold Frosty Morning, Cold Frosty Evening

359 Sep. 2003: Tony Pass's New ThinSkirt Rim By Donald Nitchie; TAB OF THE MONTH By Ben Freed. Tab: Nine Below; REVIEW: Homespun's "Classic Bluegrass Banjo Solos" by Tony Trischka, DVD. Review By Ian Perry. Tab: Casey Jones; OME'S NEW LINE OF BANJOS By Ken Perlman; BANJO MAINTENANCE: Frets By Scott Zimmerman; Billy Wheeler By Donald Nitchie. Tab: The Legend; PROFILE: Kevin Nealon. By Lyndon Stambler; ADAMS COUNTY BANJO Tabs: It Don¹t Bring You Back To Me, There Goes My Love. By Tom Adams; JIMMY MARTIN BANJO: Fill-in Licks By Pete Kelly. Tab Examples; A NEW APPROACH TO BANJO By Jeff Kimble; ON THE ROAD: Augusta 2003 By Murphy Henry; BEGINNER'S CORNER: Interview Overview By Ian Perry; MELODIC CLAWHAMMER By Ken Perlman. Tab: Sally Anne Johnson; OLD-TIME FROM THE OZARKS By Hugh Strawn. Tab: Willett's Hornpipe; GOSPEL BANJO By Harold Streeter. Tab: Wayfaring Stranger; A LITTLE TRAVELING MUSIC By Dan Levenson. Tab: John Brown¹s Dream.

360 Oct. 2003: Tap-Tuning Your Banjo; OFF THE RECORD By Bill Evans Tab: Temperance Reel; REVIEW: "Little Worlds" by Béla Fleck and the Flecktones, 3-CD set. By Casey Henry; TECHTALK: Tuning the Head By Roger Siminoff; BEGINNER'S CORNER: Taking the Next Step By Ian Perry; BLUEGRASS CLAWHAMMER By Wayne Shrubsall Tab: Down The Road; Butch Robins: A Banjo Icon Practicing the Art of Living By Tom Warlick. Tab: Old Ebenezer Dangerfield; CONCEPTS and SYSTEMS: Graduated Arrangement Studies, Intro By Jack Hatfield; TRISCHKA'S PICKS By Tony Trischka. Tab: Old Joe Clark (3 versions); BANJOS AT THE BORDER: The Art of Listening: Diane Jones and the Essence of Mountain Music By Steve Harvey. Tab: Yew Piney Mountains; REVIEW: "Goin' Back" by the Reed Island Rounders; BACK UP: The Boom-Chick By Janet Davis; ON THE ROAD: Sailing Round the Ocean By Murphy Henry; MELODIC CLAWHAMMER: Syncopation, French-Canadian Style By Ken Perlman. Tab: Reel de Timer; EARL'S WAY By Bob Piekiel. Tab: Gallatin Road; A LITTLE TRAVELING MUSIC By Dan Levenson. Tab: John Brown's Dream