This is a page for my Banjo playing; it was originally a page for a fictional character of mine, Eldon Bird. I write appalachian and victorian horror stories, and Eldon is one of my favorite characters.
Eldon Bird was born in 1888 in a long-gone town in East Tennessee called Wardel, and both of his parents were fiddlers and preachers of the good book. He and his life-long sweetheart and fiddle-playing wife, Hester Tatum travelled all about the Appalachian mountains preaching the word, playing dances and such, and hunting down all the dark-hearted critters that keep to the dark hollers and old places. "Hester had a knack fer smellin' out a Demon," said long-time friend and guitar player Odysseus "Heck" Legion,"and Eldon had the knack fer killin' em."
It was said that Eldon was the downfall of the witch-man Esau Paraside and the Demon-hog he was supposed to have consorted with.
Eldon lived to be 107 years old. He played Banjo and Mandolin and killed demons all his days...
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hey, we're in Seattle at the Owl N' Thistle with the Gallus Brothers on Friday the 26th! we're learning that Emmett Miller tune Ghost of the St. louis blues. hopefully we'll have it down by then. cheers ~Stymee
Thank you for your kind remarks regarding my music/ They are very much appreciated. I enjoyed stopping by your site and see that you have been bitten hard by the banjo as well.
You might be entertained by visiting youtube.com/banjochuck
Thank you for your kindness in befriending our little music group. We appreciate you.
If you are known by the company you keep, and that company is represented on your page, you should be awfully proud of your associations. We certainly are proud to be your friends.
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