looking for banjo player

**mandolirius** · Oct-18-2011, 4:42am

Not a joke! We are a bluegrass band in Victoria, British Columbia who are banjo-less and don't want to be. Nobody local available on a permanent basis. PM me if interested.

**Marty Henrickson** · Oct-18-2011, 10:57am

Maybe try the banjo hangout website?

**Ivan Kelsall** · Oct-19-2011, 1:53am

A Banjo Hangout member right here,wishing he was 4,500 miles closer !,
Ivan http://youtu.be/CWGqNZeVld8 ( me in the pinks shirt - just a few years younger)

**mandolirius** · Oct-19-2011, 4:25am

I'm a bit reluctant to just drop into Banjo Hangout, make a post and then not contribute. I really don't have time for another forum. But if any members here are also BH members, please feel free to cut and paste or direct folks to my post.

**Ivan Kelsall** · Oct-20-2011, 1:25am

I posted a new thread on the Banjo Hangout,but as they don't have any specific place to post requests for bands / artists etc.,i placed it in the section re."Scruggs style playing". However, the hyperlink to this web page appears not to be active - but it is on there for anybody to ''copy & paste'' if they wish to,
Ivan

**mandolirius** · Oct-21-2011, 4:49am

Thanks, Ivan!

**John Flynn** · Oct-21-2011, 9:43am

Places not to look:
> Dentist office
> High school
> Sheet music store
> Tailor shop
> AA meeting
> The ticket line at the symphony box office

Places you might try:
> Roadhouse bar
> Legal aid office
> Audiology clinic
> Unemployment line

**Geordie** · Oct-21-2011, 5:06pm

Originally Posted by John Flynn

Places not to look:

> AA meeting

I think you'd be surprised at how many musicians are also alcoholics...

I could make a joke here about the sound of a banjo driving one to drink, but I won't.

**John Flynn** · Oct-21-2011, 5:17pm

Originally Posted by Dhalgren23

I think you'd be surprised at how many musicians are also alcoholics...

I could make a joke here about the sound of a banjo driving one to drink, but I won't.

How true on both counts! My take was that if the musician were at AA and sobering up, he'd realize he should also stop playing the banjo! Maybe there should be 12-step BA programs also!

**Tim13** · Oct-29-2011, 11:10pm

Originally Posted by John Flynn

Places not to look:
> Dentist office
> High school
> Sheet music store
> Tailor shop
> AA meeting
> The ticket line at the symphony box office

Places you might try:
> Roadhouse bar
> Legal aid office
> Audiology clinic
> Unemployment line

Hahahahaha....now that there is funny stuff. Wait a minute. I'm a banjo player.

Tim

**mandolirius** · Nov-04-2011, 3:45pm

Thanks for the cautionary advice but we're still looking for one. What can I say? I like to live dangerously.

**Psyberbilly** · Nov-04-2011, 4:46pm

Originally Posted by John Flynn

How true on both counts! My take was that if the musician were at AA and sobering up, he'd realize he should also stop playing the banjo! Maybe there should be 12-step BA programs also!

I once had someone try to involuntarily submit me to a six shot , errrr , I mean six step program while playing my banjo ....... I just played louder until he succumbed . I have since been completely rehabilitated of all banjo related syndromes .