Playing banjo - Old time bluegrass/country stringband style- (mix b/t clawhammer, OT 3 finger and working on some carter scratch sounds) See music section; The Church of the Subgenius; Being Johnny Depp; The psychology of cults, spirituality and recovery
Music
30's era bluegrass/country/gospel stringbands; and 80's New Wave....
Charlie Poole, the Carter Family (Sara, Alvin Pleasant and Maybelle), Smyth County Ramblers, Hill Billies, Woodie Brothers, Robert Johnson, Roy Acuff, Jimmy Rodgers,Uncle Dave Macon, Roscoe Holcomb...; DEVO, POLYSICS, the Aquabats, the Punk Group, the Spudboys, 70's brit punk incl the Toy Dolls etc, Rockabilly & Punkabilly... Ill finish later.
Movies
Tim Burton, Ethan/Allen Coen, Johnny Depp, M. Night Shyamalan. ... Office Space, Napoleon Dynamite.
Heroes
Sara Carter (singer of the original Carter Family), and J.R. "Bob" Dobbs
Who I'd like to meet: 1. People to jam with on oldtime bluegrass/country/gospel hillbilly stringband tunes.
2. DEVO fans.
3. Musicians interested in helping me hatch my little oldtime stringband '80's new wave covers project
Hey Devo Fan ! are you the one of Mutant Mountain Boys ? Great show at devotional and great Devo covers, now I love banjo... greetings from France. Alain.