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Picking up the banjo?
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A month to go. Who is going this year? There are some folks that I only get to see once a year, at Winfield. There's a couple of groups in the line up this year too that will be good to see. It seems like the contest gets tougher each year, this yea…
Dave, I play both guitar and banjo, though less banjo these days (by choice). I learned guitar first at a pretty young age and had been playing for about 5 years when I started to learn banjo at the age of 12. Funny, my reason for wanting to learn b…
I met Allen at Kamp and admire his playing very much - he just gets better with time!
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This is from our Jax Fla show at European Street Cafe. Joining me is Mickey Abraham (mandolin) and Mike Snelling (bass).
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- Favorite Flatpickers
- Clarence, Doc, Norman, Mark O'Connor, David Grier, Jim Hurst, Tim Stafford, Robert Shafer, Cody Kilby, Mark Cosgrove, Jack Lawrence, Roy Curry, Steve Kaufman, Robin Kessinger, Mitch Corbin, to name a handful.
- Favorite Flatpicking Tunes
- Dixie Hoedown, Salt Creek, but it just mostly depends on who I'm playing with.
- Favorite Guitars
- Ken Miller, Ronnie Griffin, Martin, Wayne Henderson, Collings
- Tell us more about yourself (place a Bio here if you wish)
- Started playing when I was 7. Played professionally off/on over the years. Began competing seriously when I was about 30, about 13 years now. Still do some, it makes me practice and I really enjoy seeing my heroes, friends, and the young kids that are playing so well these days. I get lucky once in a while in them, I've still lost way more than I've won.
- Do you have a website?
- http://www.myspace.com/allenshadd
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Comment Wall (18 comments)
- At 8:54pm on June 4, 2009,
Tim May said…
- Thanks ; it's on "Flatpicking Bluegrass" on FGM Records. Brad Davis and Alan O'Bryant on harmonies on that one.
- At 9:00pm on May 26, 2009,
Hayes Griffin said… - Hey Allen, how are things? It looks like I'll be headed down to the Henderson competition next month and I wasn't sure if you were going to be there. Let me know, and maybe we could pick a few if you're around.
- At 10:14am on March 29, 2009,
Tyler Thompson said… - Hey man, great pickin at Renofest. Great seein' ya again!
- At 8:42am on March 9, 2009,
Eric Lambert said… - Thanks for the kind words Alan!Definitely a great sounding guitar:)
- At 7:08am on February 16, 2009,
Carrie Williams said… - Thanks for the add....
Keep Pickin'
Carrie
- At 7:26am on February 13, 2009,
Mark Cosgrove said… - Hi Allen,
Good to hear you play LRG again! I have been fooling with it and now I think I'll just leave it alone. Great job on such a difficult tune!
Best, Mark
- At 5:46am on December 20, 2008,
Steve Carr said… - Hi Allen,
I met you a couple of years ago at Wayne Henderson's shop when you were there with Jack Lawrence. Wayne was working on Doc's new guitar at the time. I think you are one of the most tasteful pickers out there, and enjoy your CD regularly!
- At 9:29am on December 18, 2008,
Allen Shadd said…
- Lake Santa Fe, mid-summer, no where near spawn or post spawn. Just a good fish that finds a piece of structure to sit on in deeper water and fatten up on shad during the summer, caught her on a crankbait in about 12' of water.
- At 8:55am on December 18, 2008,
Derek Shultz said… - It's a dandy. During the spawn? What were you using?
- At 1:10pm on December 17, 2008,
Allen Shadd said…
- Yes, the bass is real, a Fla bass. It weighed about 9 lbs.
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Steve, my office is across the street from Dusty Strings in Seattle and it turns out they have a D18GE in stock. I had not even noticed it but picked it up. The neck takes some getting used to (or probably for me the bigger adjustment is tied to a 1…
Extremely Tasteful!! Nicely played. Thanks for posting it..
Sorry to get a little off topic :-( I realized it once I clicked the Add Reply button..
I like what you said about being able to afford a 20 Dollar Hygrometer... if you can spend 4 grand on a box.. and you can't spend the little bit of money on the…
Great stuff !... Very atmospheric the way you play this tune...love it !!
Dedicated to those of us who are just getting started.
So what you are talking about here Jon, is not what I started the thread for( but it IS a nice aside!) You NEED to know what your humidity is at in your house were your axe lives. That is what the Hygrometer is for. There are all kinds of threads ev…
I've never had a gauge that I've used for any of my guitars, but what I have done which only costs a few dollars is to get a travel soap box and a sponge to use as a small humidifier that I keep in my case.
It's works really well and fits perfectly…
Really nice. Great to see someone slowing down and being tasty.
I have to admit I do like D'addarios, once I get my callouses back I may move up to ej17's
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