[Thanks again to Kathy for blogging about our Sunday jam!] Neither snow, nor ice, nor lack of heat can keep us from our appointed jams! Okay, so I took some liberties with the U.S Postal service credo, but it certainly is apropos for our most recent Picnic Hill Jam this past Sunday. Despite the arctic… Continue reading Picnic Hill Jams –Not for the Faint of Heart!
Month: January 2014
Now You Can Subscribe To The Blog By Email!!
At long last, and after MANY requests from people, I finally figured out how to get the blog to send people email when we make a new post. Just enter your email address in the box beneath the "Get Our Blogs By Email" headline to the right and you will receive each new post in… Continue reading Now You Can Subscribe To The Blog By Email!!
Wednesday Tip Jar Jam: Prodigal Son Returns!
Just a quick word here about the return of a Murphy Method student to the fold. I think the title is apt because Dan happens to be a man of the cloth! Dan is just getting back to the banjo after a minor 10-year hiatus! He took loads of lessons from me years ago while… Continue reading Wednesday Tip Jar Jam: Prodigal Son Returns!
Tip Jar Jam: When You’re Told To Come To The Damn Jam You Come!
Today's title is courtesy of Betty, one of our newest and most faithful jammers. The entire text exchange went like this: Betty (8:45 am): Jam tonight? Me: Yes! Yea! [We'd been snowed out completely last week.] Betty: (6:10 pm): At work. [She's a nurse.] Just opened my banjo. No capo. It there isn't one I… Continue reading Tip Jar Jam: When You’re Told To Come To The Damn Jam You Come!
Red and Chris CD Centerville Road Finally Available Online.
Since it's release a couple years back Red and Chris's CD Centerville Road has only been available in person at performances. Now, at long last, you can get it through our website. It's got lots of great music and can testify that it holds up to repeated listening. My son would ONLY listen to this… Continue reading Red and Chris CD Centerville Road Finally Available Online.
The Murphy Method In Action!
Here's a video featuring the Snow River String Band from Alaska playing at the Anchorage Folk Festival on January 17, 2014. The banjo player, Max, is one of my Skype students. We've only had about six lessons, but he's catching on fast, especially because he has other people to pay with regularly. Also, kids learn fast… Continue reading The Murphy Method In Action!
Picnic Hill Jam #7
Note From Murphy: Kathy H was kind enough to blog about our Sunday jam, since I have been woefully deficient about blogging lately. As you will see, she is a wonderful writer. Thanks, Kathy! After several false starts over the past few weeks due to nasty weather, the Picnic Hill Jammers were back out in… Continue reading Picnic Hill Jam #7
Tip Jar Jam: Your Chair, My Chair
I'm writing this on the plane to Portland!! On my iPhone. In airplane mode of course. Trying to learn to text with TWO thumbs. Like Kasey! On Monday I had asked Ben to relight the pilot on my gas logs which had gone out. That's another story involving Logan and his unfamiliarity with gas heat! When… Continue reading Tip Jar Jam: Your Chair, My Chair
Tip Jar Jam: I Know The Commercial!
This will have to be a quickie, folks, and no blog tomorrow as I'm heading to the West Coast to be with my Portland People! Women's slow jam on Thursday and workshop Friday through Sunday. Whoo hoo! I'm missing the football playoffs to do this! Go, 49ers! Go Broncos! Go Patriots! Go Panthers! (Conflict there,… Continue reading Tip Jar Jam: I Know The Commercial!
A Beginner’s Experience with Banjo Stringing By Betty Fisher
This guest post is brought to us by Betty Fisher, who takes lessons from Casey and regularly attends the Tip Jar Jams. So it’s New Year’s Eve and I am picking up my banjo for the first time in more days than I care to admit. (Sorry Casey and Murphy. You can kick me later.)… Continue reading A Beginner’s Experience with Banjo Stringing By Betty Fisher
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