Comments on: Banjo-Rama 2008: Sunday, February 24

By: Leo916

Leo916 — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:17:13 +0000

RunnerGirl, you’re forgetting “Over the Rainbow.” Still that’s only 2 rainbow songs which doesn’t seem like nearly enough to back up Kermit’s claim. Even if you count the Rainbow Brite theme song it doesn’t justify it. Maybe there used to be a bunch of rainbow sings and then Kermit made his little comment so everybody stopped writing them.

Whatever the case, I gosta learn Rainbow Connection for the banjo now.

By: Fargo Pentameter

Fargo Pentameter — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:14:22 +0000

Well, there’s “Somewhere over the Rainbow.” (There, now you can banish Kermit and deal with ukuleles echoing in your ears for the rest of the afternoon.)

By: RunnerGirl

RunnerGirl — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:00:33 +0000

Ack. Why did I have to post Kermit playing the banjo? Now I can’t get “The Rainbow Connection” out of my head.

Seriously though, he asks why there are so many songs about rainbows, and I can’t name a single one, other than “The Rainbow Connection.”

By: RunnerGirl

RunnerGirl — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:30:35 +0000

I thought that the most famous one is Kermit:
http://www.news.com.au/common/imagedata/0,,5613248,00.jpg

By: sac-eats

sac-eats — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:12:38 +0000

Unfortuantely, the world of 4-string banjo players (Peabody) and 5-string banjo players (Scruggs) rarely mix. I appreciate both, but some devotees rarely peek over the fence to see what their neighbors are up to.

And, by the way FP, who are you kidding? The most famous banjo player of any kind is, of course, Steve Martin.

By: Fargo Pentameter

Fargo Pentameter — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 21:07:08 +0000

Eddie Peabody? Most famous banjo player ever? Who are we kidding? I would think Earl Scruggs and David Grisman would come in far ahead of him. Hell, Steve Martin and the kid from Deliverance would come in before him. (Of course, I don’t take Mr. Peabody’s lack of noteriety to reflect in any way on the coolness of Banjo-rama…)

By: Turty Squip

Turty Squip — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 20:49:47 +0000

Banjo playing has a correlation of 1 to global warming. And banjos strings are lubricated with bee juice.

By: Warpkor

Warpkor — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 19:22:58 +0000

I enjoyed watching the YouTube clip provided by the link you posted. I’m going to show it to my 12 year old daughter to see if she’ll let me drag her to that Banjo fest!