Phil Mann's Banjo Site includes tabs, instrument makers and the Canonical List of Banjo Jokes

Also, see Nat Torkington's Home Page, which includes downloadable tabs.

Steve Trussel began indexing all the tunes in his numerous 5-string banjo tab books 10 years ago, and he published that list as the "Banjo Tune Catalog". Now he has the on-line Banjo Tune Index (BTI), with almost 3,000 tabs listed. The songbook list shows the 65 tablature books the tunes, with publication data, and alphabetical Tables of Contents for each.

Go to TabPerfect's site to download a demo version of the software we use to write tablature in Banjo NewsLetter. Mac-only.

Murphy Henry now has a web site.

5 String Quarterly is a new magazine focusing on 3 finger picking. Edited by Eddie Collins, their first issue was published in the spring of 1995.

The Bluegrass Chronicle, a monthly newspaper that covers Festivals and Events, Artists Appearances, New Releases, and more.
J.D. Crowe now has a web page, put together by Chris McGlone, that contains a discography, references to published articles and tabs, sources for the above (including of course BNL!) and a few photos.

Bluegrass and Old-Time

For the largest collection of bluegrass info on the Net, check out Bob Cherry's Cybergrass: The Internet Bluegrass Magazine.

Also worth visiting in Karen Quick's Bluegrass World. Great links.

For bluegrass and acoustic music tour info, go to Dirty Linen magazine.

Acoustic Musician magazine is a fine-looking monthly devoted to the needs of the acoustic musician, with tabs, profiles on musicians and luthiers, studio and sound features, and more.

Yahoo has recently added a Bluegrass listing.

If you're interested in Old-Time, go to either the Old Time music site,
to Old Time Music on the Radio,
or to the The Old-Time Herald.

Gordon Banks has put together a dynamite old-time page, with lots of links, and tabs of Dwight Diller's.

Learn to play the Plectrum Banjo by Video from the Alan Munde's home page here.

Mel Bay Publications - 50 years of excellence in music publishing.

Instrument Makers

Deering Banjos now has a web site.

Chris' Banjo Page shows you how to make a "piccolo" banjo for kids!

Gibson Banjos can also be seen on line.

Stelling Banjo Works has a site now, with many color photos.

Elderly Instruments - Vintage instruments with description including description.

Homewood Musical Instrument Company Birmingham, Alabama

Mandolin Brothers Ltd. - Acoustic Instruments

Bernunzio Vintage Instruments: buy, sell, trade

Festivals and Musical Events

The Unofficial Strawberry Festival page

Winterhawk '96

A database of various performers and their performance schedules.

Reno 5-String Banjo Revival: Second Annual 4-day workshop devoted to the playing style of Don Reno. Oct. 10-13, 1996, Nashville TN. Contact Lori Reno at RenoRev@aol.com

Yahoo index.

New Riders' Official World Wide Web Yellow Pages

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