Casey Henry
I just found this article from Strings Magazine on our intrepid bass instructor Marshall Wilborn titled “Late Learner Wins Coveted Bluegrass Award.” It quotes the iconic “Ready, Marshall?” “Ready, Murphy!” exchange that takes place on our Beginning and Intermediate Bass DVDs. It’s not dated, but it appears to be from late last year.
Red, Jan. 13th
Well, folks, this doesn’t have a lot to do with banjo playing, but I wanted to make a personal posting. This Wednesday, January 13th, 2010, I soloed in a small plane. This is the first (and biggest) hurdle every pilot has to achieve on their way to earning a pilot’s license.
In the last few days I’ve found that there are quite a few professional pilots and instructors, active or retired, who play banjo. To them, newbie students are a known quantity because they have done it all before, but even the most seasoned pilot remembers his or her first solo.
Yes, I did this once before. And more. You may remember my old USAF photo that I somewhat ostentatiously posted a few days ago. But that was about a hundred years ago, and this is new. And it counts.
Some details: I made three takeoffs and three landings (a convenient ratio) in a slightly rusty Cessna 172P, N51056, here at Winchester Regional Airport in Virginia. The three landings were all different (as every landing is) and they improved as I went along. The third landing was pretty smooth, if I say so myself.
There’s a lot more work and flying to do before earn my Private license, but I’ve gotten past Step One! More later as I go along–
Red
Our friends over at the Bluegrass Blog have posted a lovely conversation with Lynn Morris, who teaches our Clawhammer Banjo Volume 1 and Volume 2. It catches up with what she’s doing these days, a question we get asked often. So if you’ve been wondering that yourself, click here and read the article.