Archive for July 15th, 2009

Bankester Family puts up video on Web site

Category: Bluegrass News

By Dan Tackett
July 15, 2009

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The Bankester Family’s upcoming video of “Carolina Rain”, a Becky Buller song, gets a behind-the-scenes preview and is also available on the Southern Illinois family band’s Web site at bankesterfamily.com.

The song is from the group’s recent CD, Somewhere In Between….

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Homespun releases tabulature book of Steve Martin’s The Crow

Category: Bluegrass News

By Dan Tackett
July 15, 2009

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Wow, that didn’t take long. Homespun, the music instruction company, has just released a tabulator of songs from The Crow, the banjo CD by comedian and actor Steve Martin.

The Crow features 15 original tunes in both clawhammer and three-finger Scruggs style in a variety of tunings. Each piece is challenging and ultimately very playable for most intermediate-level banjo pickers, according to the Homespun Web site, http://www.homespuntapes.com

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