Old-time Banjer

Colon Cemetery, Havana

Sally Ann, gCGCD. Drop-thumb frailing. #banjo #clawhammerbanjo #dropthumbsnotbombs

Old Jack Gillie, gCGCD.

Union artillery man with an octagonal-potted banjo. Definitely the cool guy in his battery.

A few behind the scenes shots of Deke Dickerson seeing his restored Bigsby for the first time!

UNCLE DAVE MACON - OH LOVIN’ BABE Bible true, I’ve been readin’ it, babe Bible true, I’ve been readin’ it If you want to be saved, better believe it, babe Oh lovin’ babe Oh round the mountain I must go, babe Round the mountain I must go Anything happen, gonna let you know, babe Oh lovin’ babe God made a woman for the glory of man, babe God made a woman for the glory of man The man saw the woman, it was more than he could stand Oh lovin’ babe Sweetest pleasure in all my roamin’, babe Sweetest pleasure in all of my roamin’ Was just a kiss from a pretty, strange woman Oh lovin’ babe All the sweethearts and all the pretty wives, babe All the sweethearts and all the pretty wives Are just the joys of all men’s lives Oh lovin’ babe Eve pulled the apple and she gave it to Adam, babe Eve pulled the apple, gave it to Adam Right there old Adam had ‘em, babe Oh lovin’ babe If a man give a woman everything she needs, babe Man give a woman everything she needs He’ll have to make it through the winter in his BVDs Oh lovin’ babe