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DISCUSSION LISTS AND WEB RESOURCES

The Banjo Hangout
Lots of free stuff, forum, and links.
A major resource.
http://www.banjohangout.org

AcuTab Publications, Inc.
P. O. Box 21061
Roanoke VA 24018-0108
(540) 776-6822
Fax: (540) 776-6827
acutab.com
John Lawless, owner
john@acutab.com

Banjo-L
http://zeppmusi.vshost.com/banjo

The Banjo Project [Film in the works]
Marc Fields, Project Director/Writer/Producer
thebanjoproject.org

Bluegrassworld.com
bluegrassworld.com (Check out this great list of links)

Hank Schwarz’s Fairbanks Banjo Pages
http://home.comcast.net/~fairbankspages/FairbanksBanjos/FairbanksBanjos.html

Jazz Banjo
http://jazzbanjo.com
(Plectrum and tenor banjo––this site has streamed jazz banjo music.
and lots of links, too.)
John Mumford
mail@jazzbanjo.com

Mugwumps (Great information about banjo manufacturers, and lots more)
Michael I. Holmes
www.mugwumps.com
mike.holmes@rcn.com

Angie Sumpter (Free Banjo E-zine, Silver Strings)
9555 FM 1409
Dayton TX 77535
(877) 450-4641
www.angiesbanjo.com
Angie Sumpter - 9555 FM 1409 - Dayton, Tx 77535
angiesumpter@aol.com

 

PARTS AND ACCESSORIES

Beacon Banjo Company
(The Keith D tuners and Standard Planetary tuners)
William B. (Bill) Keith
P.O. Box 597
Woodstock NY 12498
Beacon: (845) 679-8314
Fax: (845) 679-5483
beaconbanjo.com
inquiries@beaconbanjo.com

Jim Dunlop Guitar Accessories
P. O. Box 846
Benicia CA 94510
(707) 745-2722
www.jimdunlop.com
customer service@jimdunlop.com

Guptill Music
(ProPik thumb and finger picks)
David Guptill
P. O. Box 521
Orange CA 92856
www.guptillmusic.com

The Shubb Company
14471 Highway One
P.O.Box 550
Valley Ford CA 94972
(707) 876-3001 fax: (707) 876-3034
shubb.com

 

BANJO MANUFACTURERS

Banjos By Renée
Renée Karnes
1551 Duckhollow Court
Rescue CA 95672
banjosbyrenee.com
banjosbyrenee@sbcglobal.net

Bart Reiter Banjo Co.
Bart Reiter
1139 Teakwood Circle
Haslett, Michigan 48840
(517)332-2860
members.aol.com/banjobart/
banjobart@aol.com

Dave Ball
(865) 689-5936 (home)
ballbanjos.com
banjar@bellsouth.net

Huber Banjos
Steve Huber
118 M Mid Town Court
Hendersonville TN 37075
(615) 264-4959
Contact: Sam Calveard
sam@huberbanjos.com

The Deering Banjo Company
3733 Kenora Drive
Spring Valley, CA 91977-1829
(619) 464-8252
Fax: (619) 464-0833
www.deeringbanjos.com
info@deeringbanjos.com

Kevin Enoch
Enoch Instruments

P. O. Box 16
Beltsville MD 20704-0016
(301) 595-0373
enochbanjos.com
kevin@enochbanjos.com

Knowles & Associates
Dan Knowles (Minstrel Banjoist, Maker)
107 East Ruff St.
Paris, TN 38242
(731) 644-1157
danknowles.net
dan@danknowles.net

Ome Banjos
Chuck and Tanya Ogsbury
5680 Valmont Road
Boulder CO 80301
(303) 449-0041
Fax: (303) 449-1809
www.omebanjos.com
info@omebanjos.com

Mike Ramsey
Mike Ramsey Banjos

P.O. Box 5236
Chapel Hill NC 27514
(919) 967-3489
ramseybanjos.com
banjoramse@aol.com

Shade Tree Fretted Instrument Repair
Greg and Margie Mirken
27134 B Paseo Espada #224
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
(949) 364-5270
Fax (949) 218-4099
shadetreeguitars.com
greg@shadetreeguitars.com

Stelling Banjo Works, Ltd.
Goeff Stelling
7258 Banjo Lane
Afton, Virginia 22920
Technical Support and Repairs: (434) 295-1917
Sales: (800) 5 STRING
stellingbanjo.com
stelling@stellingbanjo.com

Sullivan Banjo Company
Bill Sullivan
7006 Trade Port Dr.
Louisville, KY 40258
(800) 635-2021
sullivanbanjo.com

Wildwood Banjos
1055 Samoa Boulevard
Arcata, California 95521
(707) 822-9541
Fax (707) 822-8359
wildwoodbanjos.com
questions@wildwoodbanjos.com

Wyatt Fawley
The Banjo Loft

P.O. Box 253
Greensboro PA 15338
(724) 943-4581

 

RETAILERS

AcuTab Publications, Inc.
P. O. Box 21061
Roanoke VA 24018-0108
(540) 776-6822
Fax: (540) 776-6827
acutab.com
John Lawless, owner
john@acutab.com

Bill Stokes Showcase
Bill Stokes
P.O. Box 1660
Rowlett, TX 75030
(972) 475-0633
Fax (972) 412-5862
billstokesshowcase.com
bill@billstokesshowcase.com
bstokes@wans.net

D’Addario Strings
http://www.daddario.com

Draper Music
Lynwood Lunsford
157 N. Fieldcrest Rd.
Eden, NC 27288
Phone: (336) 635-1800
Fax: (336) 635-0800
drapermusic@embarqmail.com
Band web site: www.llmvb.com

Elderly Instruments
1100 North Washington
Lansing MI 48906
phone 517-334-5826
fax 517-372-5155
www.elderly.com

Bob Flesher Custom Banjos
Bob Flesher
P.O.Box 9950
Moreno Valley CA 92552
(951) 924-9888
flesherbanjo.com
bob@flesherbanjo.com

Dave Frey and Susanne Sangiacomo (Plectral Banjo Resources)
SLS & Co. Music
21471 Broadway
Sonoma, CA 95476
707-996-2862
ultimatebanjo.com
strumr@msn.com

First Quality Music
Bill Sullivan
7006 Trade Port Drive
Louisville, KY 40258
(800) 635-2021
www.fqms.com
information@fqms.com

Gryphon Stringed Instruments
211 Lambert Avenue
Palo Alto CA 94306
(650) 493-2131
www.gryphonstrings.com

Hatfield Music Banjo Supplies
Jack Hatfield
325 Laurelwood Drive
Pigeon Forge TN 37863
(800) 426-8744
hatfieldmusic.com
jack@hatfieldmusic.com

Homespun Tapes, Ltd.
Happy Traum
PO Box 340
Woodstock, NY 12498
Fax (845) 246-5282
(845) 246-2550
www.homespuntapes.com
info@homespuntapes.com

Janet Davis Music Company
PO Box 5337
Bella Vista AR 72714
www.janetdavismusic.com
janet@janetdavismusic.com

Tom Lee Music
Vancouver - Head Office & Music Instrument Megastore
929 Granville Street
Vancouver, BC, Canada V6Z 1L3
Tel: (604) 685-8471
Fax: (604) 685-2513
Toll Free 1-888-8TOMLEE
within North America (1-888-886-6533)
Canada
1-888-8TOMLEE (1-888-886-6533)
www.drawbridgemusic.com

Maytan Music
777 South Center Street
Reno NV
(775) 323-5443
911 Topsy Ln # 110
Carson City NV 89705
(775) 267-1993
http://www.maytan.com
Info@Maytan.com

McPeake's Unique Instruments [rare vintage banjos]
Curtis McPeake
604 Guill Road
Mt. Juliet, TN 37122
(615) 758-9673
cmcpeake.com
curtis@cmkpeake.com

Murphy Henry
The Murphy Method

P.O. Box 2498
Winchester VA 22604
(800) 227-2357
murphymethod.com

The Music Emporium
165 Mass. Avenue
Lexington MA 02420
(781) 860-0049
themusicemporium.com
jbollman@themusicemporium.com

Gary H. Price
P O Box 1115
Jones OK 73049
(405) 396-8343
telepath.com/~ghprice/
garyhprice@earthlink.net

Shade Tree Fretted Instrument Repair
Greg and Margie Mirken
27134 B Paseo Espada #224
San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675
(949) 364-5270
Fax (949) 218-4099
shadetreeguitars.com
greg@shadetreeguitars.com

Turtle Hill Banjo Company
David E. Schenkman
P.O. Box 265
Bryantown MD 20617
(301) 274-3441
turtlehillbanjo.com
info@turtlehillbanjo.com

Harry and Jeanie West
Fine Musical Instruments

116 EAST Broad Street
Statesville NC 28677-5852
(704) 883-0033 (704) 924-8909
Fax (704) 883-0033 (After Hours Only)
finemusicalinstruments.com
Jeaniewnc6@AOL.com

 

AUDIO

*Archeophone Records (specializes in very early recording releases on CD)
2244 Jeffery Drive
St. Joseph, IL, 61873
Phone or fax (217) 469-7331
sales@archeophone.com

Bear Family Records [critical source of recordings]
Richard Weize
P.O. Box 1154
27727 Hambergen-Germany
phone +49 4748 8216-0 fax: +49 4748 821620
bear@bear-family.de
www.bear-family.de

County Sales [Old Time and Bluegrass CD’s/Cassettes]
(540) 745-2001
fax: (540) 745-2008
info@countysales.com
www.countysales.com

Document Records, Ltd.
Unit 2c Creek Road, Bladnoch Bridge
Bladnoc
Newton Stewart
DG8 9AB UK
01988 403 200
Fax 01988 402 333
document-records.com
[for USA information on distributing Document Records:]

Allegro Music Corporation
14134 NE Airport Way
Portland OR 97230-3443
(503) 257 8480
(800) 288-2007
www.allegro-music.com
forrest@allegro-music.com

Green Linnet Records (Celtic and World Music)
P. O. Box 1905
Danbury CT 06813
(203) 730-0333
Fax: 203-730-0345
www.greenlinnet.com

Rounder Records
One Camp St.
Cambridge, MA 02140
617.218.4495 - ph
617.354.4840 - fax
http://rounder.com

The Country Music Hall of Fame
www.countrymusichalloffame.com

 

PERIODICALS

Banjo Newsletter
Donald and Spencer Nitchie
PO Box 3418
Annapolis, MD 21403-0418
Fax & overseas: (410) 263-6503
Editorial office: (508) 645-3648;
BanjoNews@adelphia.net
www.banjonews.com

Bluegrass Unlimited, Inc.
P. O. Box 771
Warrenton VA 20188-0771
editor@bluegrassmusic.com
www.bluegrassmusic.com

The Fretboard Journal
Michael Simmons, editor-in-chief
Editorial Office
P. O. Box 60032
Palo Alto CA 94306
www.fretboardjournal.com
Advertising: Jason Verlinde
advertising@fretboardjournal.com

The Old Time Herald
Gail Gillespie. Editor
PO Box 51812
Durham NC 27707
(919) 419-1800
Fax (919) 419-1881
www.oldtimeherald.org
info@oldtimeherald.org

The Resonator (The Four String Banjo Magazine)
Frank Rossi
Banjos Unlimited
P.O. Box 101025
Pittsburgh, PA 15237
home.earthlink.net/~theresonator/
theresonator@earthlink.net

 

PERFORMERS
(Many more will be added!)

Bob and Kristie Black
10693 338th Avenue
North English, IA 52316
(319) 639-2441
bkblack@netins.net
banjoy.com

Pat Cloud
banzamon@charter.net
http://patcloud.com

Bill Evans
Native and Fine Music
510 Santa Fe Ave.,
Albany, CA 94706-1440
bevans@nativeandfine.com
nativeandfine.com

Béla Fleck
http://www.belafleck.com

Mike Iverson
Blue Sage Trio

558 W. Harrisville Road
Harrisville UT 84404
www.bluesageband.com
bluesage@relia.net

Steve Martin
P.O. Box 929
Beverly Hills CA 90213
http://stevemartin.com

Bruce Molsky
brucemolsky.com
bruce@brucemolsky.com

Daniel Partner
319 N. 8th St. #10
Coos Bay, OR 97420
(541) 266-9270

Mike Seeger
http://mikeseeger.info

Peggy Seeger
www.pegseeger.com

The Stairwell Sisters
www.stairwellsisters.com
www.myspace.com/thestairwellsisters

Tony Trischka
http://www.tonytrischka.com

Buddy Wachter
www.buddywachter.com

 

BROADCASTERS

Live365, Inc.
The World's Largest Internet Radio Network
950 Tower Lane, Suite 400
Foster City CA 94404.
(650) 345-7400
Jason Stoddard
jstoddard@live365.com
Live365, Inc. is an officially licensed ASCAP, BMI and SESAC site.

BlueHighways TV
111 Shivel Drive
Hendersonville, TN 37075
1-866-454-BHTV (2488)
www.bluehighwaystv.com
feedback@bluehighwaystv.com

 

BOOKING AGENTS

Josh Dunson
Real People’s Music

520 S. Clinton
Oak Park IL 60304
(708) 386-1252
(708) 205-4068
rpmjosh@aol.com

 

Solas Booking

SKYLINE MUSIC
PO Box 31
Lancaster, NH 03584-0031
603.586.7171
Fax. 603.586.7086
www.skylineonline.com

 

Publicity

US/SHANACHIE ENTERTAINMENT
37 East Clinton Street
Newton, NJ 07860
973.579.7363
Fax: 973.579.7083
mbrown@shanachie.com
www.shanachie.com
solas@solasmusic.com

High Windy Productions
Betty Nichols (David Holt’s Agent)
PO Box 28
Fairview, NC 28730
Phone - 828.628.1728
Fax - 828.628.4435
office@highwindy.com

 

PUBLISHERS

Hal Leonard Corporation
PO Box 13819
Milwaukee, WI 53213
halleonard.com

Mel Bay Publications, Inc.
#4 Industrial Drive
Pacific MO 63069
melbay.com

 

WEB DESIGN

Benjamin Kirk
BK Design

182 S. Valentine
Fresno, CA 93706
(559) 486-2230 Home Office
(559) 974-8507 Cell
bkirk@bkdesignonline.com
www.bkdesignonline.com

Luis Torres
19021 Huron Drive
Twain Harte CA 95383
w. h(209) 586-3675 ext. 114
Fax: (209) 586-5208
Designographer.com
luis@designographer.com

 

 

 
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