Recently, Wed. 23rd May 2012, the Sydney banjo band met again in the bistro/function area of Club Ashfield for their regular monthly rehearsal.....
Competition for peoples time was fierce if you have an interest in codes of football, but we had a bumper group of performers, although the audience was a little down....
Pleased to see Barry Graham drop in with his guitar...his father was a jazz banjoist from before WW2 and in fact I bought his banjo, a Kay 4 string plectrum years back, sadly passed on to others....
Also Bill Hahn is back in Sydney and he came across as well...may see him at later rehearsals....
The lead melody players were again Paul Baker, Cliff Parsons and Bill Maclean, with PB singing various numbers and Gary McFetridge led several in.
Hugo Pfandler had his harmonica as well as White Swallow tenor and played lead on several tunes....
An excellent night....
The next day copies arrived of "The Resonator" .... the US Banjos Unlimited group, to which the Sydney Banjo Club is a member, quarterly magazine.
Care to join....?
Email me, Dennis Quinlan, cost is AUD$20 includes postage if you are out of Sydney.
Gary McFetridge jams with Barry Graham...
During the break....
