I know you guys posted this video a long time ago, but I just came across it tonight, and I LOVE the way you both play this!!!! I was just looking for a simple version of Salt Creek on banjo, for a student. The banjo playing here isn't simple (I found an easy tablature for her), but it's something new for ME to work on now! .... And I suddenly have the urge to run out and buy a dobro! LOL!
I'm probably 1K of the 191K views! One thing unique here that I really like is the percussive thing Ryan does hitting his picks on the head of the banjo. Such timing. I try to do this and my fingers just get stuck in between the strings.
As a visual artist, this is just the kind of thing that gets me practicing when I don't want to. Masterful. Thanks for learning your craft this well. This is the meaning of life , right here. Inspiring x 100.
My banjo just walked away from me for not treating it right after I watched this. That is incredible. The melodic licks with the single string licks are so good it’s insane. Well done
Super super job, both of you! Unique rendition resonating with the "old timey" roots of both original bluegrass as a genre and of this song while bringing contemporary spice to it. I'm a new subscriber!
So, this is completely badass! I have both a banjo and recently got a dobro.... so.. any chance you two complete badasses could please make a tutorial? Would $50 be any decent offer?
Hi John, You can find a tutorial for Salt Creek on my website. I'm happy to teach you your favorite licks from this video in a Zoom lesson. Cheers, Mike
Unfortunately I don't remember all the details. My buddy Pal Harris engineered these sessions. The mic's are Neumann U87's that used to belong to Norman Blake.
Ryan, is your dad MIke Cavanagh ? A photographer who is a member of deviantart ? ..if so, tell him his old DA friend Sally from Sonoma, & California is looking for him ....