Recent Additions to the Custom Lessons List

I'm busy this morning updating the complete list of custom lessons that I have available with the ones that I've done in the last couple of weeks and I realized that I haven't done a separate post announcing additions since March--and there have been a bunch of them. On the list now is my fiddle-backup…

Tidbits from Banjo Camp North

Here are a couple things that didn't make it into my first post about Banjo Camp North. I can't believe I forgot to include this picture: I also can't believe I forgot to write down this guy's name!! I chalk it up to it being Sunday and I'd just finished teaching my last class and…

Happy Birthday to Murphy

Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear Murphy, Happy Birthday to you!! ...well, the sale is over, but we'll leave the birthday wishes up so that Murphy can enjoy them any time!

Banjo Camp North

I was lucky enough to get to spend last weekend teaching at Banjo Camp North. (I posted a couple photos and comments over on my Twitter feed.) It was my third time teaching there and I have to say it was my best camp yet. One thing I like about the camp is the intersection…

My First Jam

This is a guest post by Mark Heilman, one of Murphy's banjo students students. I was invited to attend Bob Mc's Apple Blossom Jam that he has held annually for a number of years and I was thrilled to receive the invitation. The thought of being around other people playing the music I love was…

Old-Time Picking at North River Mills

Last Saturday some old-time pickers and I had a good old-time session playing at North River Mills, West Virginia for their annual town festival. And just where is North River Mills? Well, when you first drive there, it seems like a long way from anywhere, but it's only about 8 miles from Capon Bridge. (That's…

You Read it Here First: Fast Jam With Murphy And Casey Now Available

You all will be the first to know that our BRAND SPANKIN' NEW DVD is ready and waiting for you to order it: Fast Jam with Murphy and Casey. We previously wrote about filming it here. Here are the songs that are on it: John Hardy, Lonesome Road Blues, Mama Don’t Allow, Little Maggie, When…

Hazel Dickens: You’ll Get No More Of Me

I’m sorry, but I just couldn’t resist the terrible and totally inappropriate pun in the title. The great Hazel Dickens died April at the age of 85* and "You’ll Get No More Of Me" is one of her more famous songs. Of course, as she wrote it, it’s a song about a love affair gone…

Lynn Morris’s Show at the ABF: Triumphant!

I know y'all have been waiting for a report on Lynn's show on Sunday. Sorry it's taken me so long to write about it. I had to drive back to Nashville all day on Monday, and then yesterday was largely taken up by teaching and writing my Banjo Newsletter article for June (which will also…