Following on from some (let's face it) slightly disturbing comments over on the Mothership (I may not be playing but I'm still keeping an eye on you all) I thought it might prove an interesting diversion for us to put together a collective celebration of the role of the banjo in pop music.As a way of introducing the subject we need to look at the masters of the genre, starting (where else?) with this epoch-making scene in which our heroes tincanman (banjo) and nilpferd (acoustic guitar) do what they do best, while the rest of the 'Spill community look on in awe (or possibly abject horror - it's a fine line). Abahachi turns out to be surprisingly tall, don't you think? - but, boy, can he dance! It's a shame that we only get a brief glimpse of frog princess in the first story window, but I suppose you can't have everything in life.
I've created a dropbox folder* wherein it is desirous that you place your own banjo-centric choices - I've put three of my own in there to start things off. By a strange coincidence the same three songs can be heard in this small, but perfectly proportioned, podbeany-type thingumabob ...
* I know you all know where to find it but could SKS please tell me how to place a link to it here?
