Jimmy Witherspoon & Robben Ford:

Peter

Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on December 15, 2025, 09:01:55 PM
First album by Swedish guitarist Johan Borgh: 

Peter

Nice!

Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on December 15, 2025, 09:40:17 PM
Wes Corbett: 

Peter (who will add that Mr. Corbett has some fairly talented friends.....)

... and an interesting banjo.

In memorium:

Peter

Quote from: David Houck on December 16, 2025, 06:53:28 PM

Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on December 15, 2025, 09:40:17 PM
Wes Corbett: 

Peter (who will add that Mr. Corbett has some fairly talented friends.....)

... and an interesting banjo.

Wes is one of a few talented pitch-folks (see what I done there?) for Jamie Deering, daughter of Greg and Janet Deering. They are semi-retired and Jamie runs Deering these days, just celebrating 50 years of banjo-making this year. Here was a very special one Wes demo'd for them.





*I meant to send Mica the article about this thing the other day... and some stuff happened. 😔

Quote from: David Houck on December 16, 2025, 06:53:28 PM

Quote from: cozmik_cowboy on December 15, 2025, 09:40:17 PM
Wes Corbett: 

Peter (who will add that Mr. Corbett has some fairly talented friends.....)

... and an interesting banjo.

Yeah.  It's a Deering John Hartford sig model - but that multi-detuner-lever contraption on the headstock ain't quite factory.  Any thoughts on that, Greg?

Peter

My recollection is that is actually one of John's banjos. He used all kinds of low tunings and alternate tunings, this mechanism employs a type of levers that bend the strings behind the nut rather than inside a sealed planetary gear like Bill Keith developed. There are several different types and makes. I don't recognize this one. It's entirely possible he made it himself or had it made for that banjo. I wouldn't be surprised.

Cute, funny, brilliant, and seasonally appropriate all at one go.

Quote from: edwardofhuncote on December 17, 2025, 08:48:40 AM
. It's entirely possible he made it himself or had it made for that banjo. I wouldn't be surprised.

Given how perfectly it follows the intricate lines of the headstock, that seems the most logical explanation.

Peter

JGB:

Peter

What about the Booster DSP? Hmmm. Maybe it's time for a few Alembic plugins.

World Café with Gillian Welch & David Rawlings: 

Peter

I didn't realize Chick Corea and Keith Jarret played together with Miles.

I think at some of his early fusion sessions Chick, Keith, and Herbie were all there.  And if I recall, Keith didn't really want to play electric piano initially but warmed to it; then after he left, he went back to acoustic piano.

Robert Hunter & Tom Constantin, 11/10/90: 

Peter