#154 - Tim Ellis
The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast
by Keith Billik
5d ago
www.patreon.com/banjopodcast   This episode features Tim Ellis, a wonderful bluegrass banjoist best known for his years performing & recording with Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys. He has also worked as a sideman for various other professional groups and recording sessions, and released an album under his own name titled "Banjo Serenade."   Sponsored by Elderly Instruments, Peghead Nation, Bluegrass Country Radio, and Sullivan Banjos.   Contact the show: pickyfingersbanjopodcast@gmail.com ..read more
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#153 - ToneDexter WaveMap Shootout!
The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast
by Keith Billik
2w ago
www.patreon.com/banjopodcast Today we have a follow-up episode to #152, which featured the engineers behind the innovative ToneDexter product, by Audio Sprockets. In this one, host Keith Billik demonstrates what ToneDexter can do, by programming wavemaps using every combination of 3 different banjo pickups (by K&K, Schatten, and EMG) and 5 different microphones (by Rode, Behringer, Shure, Audio Technica, and Mesanovic). Sponsored by Elderly Instruments, Peghead Nation, Sullivan Banjos, and Bluegrass Country Radio Episode Time Codes: Intro & explanation of WaveMap Shootout - 03:40   ..read more
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#131 - Playing Banjo with Jimmy Martin, feat. Chris Warner and Tom Adams
The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast
by Keith Billik
1M ago
www.patreon.com/banjopodcast   In this special episode, Keith chats with Chris Warner AND Tom Adams: two banjo greats in their own right, but who also happen to both be veterans of Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys band. They share their experiences in dealing with Jimmy from both a personal and professional standpoint, all from a banjo player's perspective!   Sponsored by Peghead Nation, Elderly Instruments, and Sullivan Banjos   NEW MERCH! www.banjopodcast.com/shop   Keith & Picky Fingers interviewed by Brent Davis and profiled in Bluegrass Standard Magazine   ..read more
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BONUS - Fireside Chat w/ Bob Black: Stories of Bill Monroe
The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast
by Keith Billik
2M ago
www.patreon.com/banjopodcast This Bonus episode is a recording of a "Fireside Chat" session from the 2024 Great Lakes Music Camp, featuring legendary banjoist (and Bluegrass Boy) Bob Black! Bob shares his stories and experiences of his time playing and working for Bill Monroe in the mid-1970's.   Contact the show: pickyfingersbanjopodcast@gmail.com Bob Black on the web: www.banjoy.com   ..read more
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#152 - ToneDexter! Feat. James May & Josh Bennett
The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast
by Keith Billik
2M ago
www.patreon.com/banjopodcast   This episode will tell you everything you want to know about ToneDexter, an innovative product from Audio Sprockets for live acoustic musicians that gives you the tone of a microphone, with the simplicity of using a pickup! Here to discuss that, as well as ToneDexter's many other features, are James May and Josh Bennett, the engineers and developers behind the product. Stay tuned for part 2 of the ToneDexter episode, which will feature audio clips using various pickup & microphone combinations using the ToneDexter's wavemap technology!   Sponsored b ..read more
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#146 - Rachael Davis
The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast
by Keith Billik
2M ago
www.patreon.com/banjopodcast   Rachael Davis is an incredible singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist - including some mad clawhammer banjo skills! She is currently Nashville-based and has toured far and wide, but she was raised in Michigan, where she became and remains a folk music legend! She is best known for performing & recording her original solo material, with Shout Sister Shout! (swing & jazz with members of Steppin In It) and with her vocal-based supergroup the Sweet Water Warblers (also featuring May Erlewine and Lindsay Lou).    Sponsored by Peghead Nati ..read more
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#150 - Brad Campbell
The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast
by Keith Billik
4M ago
www.patreon.com/banjopodcast   Brad Campbell began playing professionally when he was just a teenager, and went on to tour, record, and perform with bands such as Gary Adams & the Bluegrass Gentlemen, Wendy Smith & Blue Velvet, and finally landed his dream gig playing with Doyle Lawson & Quicksilver. Brad is the very definition of hard-driving bluegrass banjo with huge tone and impeccable timing!   Sponsored by Elderly Instruments, Peghead Nation, Bluegrass Country Radio, and Sullivan Banjos   Contact the show: pickyfingersbanjopodcast@gmail.com ..read more
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#99 - Caleb Dostal
The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast
by Keith Billik
4M ago
www.patreon.com/banjopodcast   This episode features Caleb Dostal, the banjo player for jamgrass superstars the Lil Smokies! Caleb shares all sorts of insightful ideas about how he approaches playing the instrument- check it out!   Sponsored by Peghead Nation, GHS Strings, and Elderly Instruments   Caleb on the web: https://www.thelilsmokies.com/   Contact the show: pickyfingersbanjopodcast@gmail.com ..read more
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#149 - Jens Kruger (Remix of Episode #26 from May 2019)
The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast
by Keith Billik
5M ago
www.patreon.com/banjopodcast   This episode is a new-and-improved remix of Episode #26 from May of 2019, featuring banjo phenom Jens Kruger. Jens is the longtime banjoist and composer with acclaimed bluegrass group The Kruger Brothers, and has inspired a generation of musicians with his dazzling, inventive, and soulful playing. He is also an innovator in banjo design, and works in that capacity for Deering Banjos. Sponsored by Peghead Nation, Elderly Instruments, Sullivan Banjos, and Bluegrass Country Radio.   Jens on the web: https://www.krugerbrothers.com/   Contact the show ..read more
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#147 - Ned Luberecki
The Picky Fingers Banjo Podcast
by Keith Billik
7M ago
www.patreon.com/banjopodcast   Welcome back to Ned Luberecki, the star of Episode #13! Since our last interview, Ned has continued boldly taking the banjo to places no man has gone before! His primary performing gig is with the Becky Buller Band, which just released "Jubilee" which reached #1 on the Billboard Bluegrass charts! Ned is also a 2024 inductee into the American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame! Whew! Sponsored by Elderly Instruments, Peghead Nation, Paige Capos, and Sullivan Banjos   Ned on the web: www.nedski.com   Contact the show: pickyfingersbanjopodcast@gmail.com   ..read more
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