boat and banjo
I got my first 5 string banjo in about 1962 when my father bought me a John Grey which I still have but which is no longer playable because it spent too many years lying neglected in lofts. I am pictured here on the nose of Catflap playing a 5 string travel banjo built for me by Phil Davidson in about 2003. It is tuned to open A, (being a,E,A,G*,E) rather than open G (being gDGBD).
jamming on the cut
this Gold Tone five string built for me by 'Andy Banjo' of Faversham replaced my John Grey
my 1924 Gibson snakehead A4 mandolin
In 2007 I bought the 1924 Gibson Snakehead mandolin pictured here.
Going gigging:
Barnard Castle.
Gigging with the Dorset Rats while exhibiting Morag at Barnard Castle in 2006.
more dorset rats
Duncan Disorderly - the giant panda is in the middle, Dr Busker (wearing the top hat) is sitting to the right, looking as if he was a member of the audience, but he usually played his accordian sitting to one side.
As indicated above I sometimes gigged with his Dorset Rats and on this occasion I was playing my then newly acquired 1924 Gibson Snakehead in 2007 (?) at one of Dr Busker's gigs in a Dorset pub owned by one of the then Mebo Mechanics.
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