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Jack Hatfield played a Eucalypt Banjo on his recent
Australian tour, here he is at Brisbane's acoustic music
'Mad Ass' club playing that very banjo together with Ian
Simpson (no relation, much to Ian's relief). It was a great evening. |
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Jack Hatfield, Ian Simpson and Dave Hellens give a
workshop to a tent full of banjo pickers at the Redland
Bluegrass Festival. |
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Every Thursday evening we hold a musical soiree
(isn't that awful) at our house. Here's Anne and local
fiddle player Tony Millard trying, yet again, to get
through Ashokan Farewell without making a mistake or
bursting into laughter. |
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Guy Davis, a fabulous clawhammer player, visited us
at the Port Fairy Folk Festival. Here's Guy having a go
on one of our open back banjos. |
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Bob Carlin is another player, another clawhammer
exponent, used a Eucalypt Banjo during his
Australian tour. |
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Bob Carlin's unique way to tune a banjo using his
teeth to adjust the 5th string. |
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Anne, of inlay and marquetry fame, on our veranda
complete with her open back banjo and, oh yes, that
glass of wine. |
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Anne Simpson and Hugh Douglas on our veranda (or
porch for those in the US of A) and, yep, more glasses
of wine. Hugh owns the Eucalypt Banjo 'Leah' which you
can see on the inlay and marquetry page. |
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A Kookaburra joins the jam session. Hugh gives it a
bite to eat and Anne keeps an eye on that huge beak. |
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I love this shot. It's Anne Simpson playing her open
back on Jack Hatfield's front porch, or veranda for
those in Australia, NZ, and other assorted colonial
countries. |
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Anne makes the signs for how to find Jack Hatfield's
Smoky Mountain Banjo Academy. She's the only one
amongst us who
could spell both 'banjo' and 'camp' and therefore got
the job. That's what a university education does for
you. |
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Taken just before leaving Jack's house to head back
to Australia via Nashville. Left to right it's me,
Jack's partner Rhonda, Jack, and Anne. |
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Here's 'Peace Rose', a Eucalypt custom Banjo. The
Dogwood flowers in the background were the inspiration
for the 'Appalacian Spring' banjo you'll see on various
pages on this site. Both these banjos now live in the
United States. |
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Betty Rose (left) wrestles the Peace Rose banjo from
Anne. Betty had just become the new owner and as you can
see, Anne was sad to see it go. |
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Me, Betty, Anne and Betty's partner Mike pose for a
mug shot after the handing over of the banjo. |
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Butch Robbins also chose a Eucalypt Banjo for his
Australian tour, here he is at the Redlands Festival on
stage with the Davidson Brothers. Butch played with Bill
Monroe years ago and it was great to hear the memories
of those days. My friend Tom is on base. |
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I am told, by she who must be obeyed (Anne), that a
photo of our cats belongs here somewhere. Left is Tiggy,
right is Doppler. They were not happy as they had not
had their breakfast yet ... you know how cats are, |
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Here's and interesting one of Sam Ferris and Anne.
Sam created the amazing Tranjo travelling banjo (see
links page) which folds down and fits in a flight bag,
hence it's popular with airline pilots. Hugh Douglas,
owner of the Eucalypt 'Leah' banjo, is a 737 captain and
has just bought one so he can practise while away. |
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