Posted by don cormier on December 11, 19102 at 01:38:29:
i,m gonna get to the factual point earl . Iknow that your not the most progressive player there is but i also know you are the best at basic banjo playing.i,ve listened to them all earl all from bill keith to allen munday to belaflect and i,m gonna tell you earl theirs no one that can play your style as good as you....thers just some kind of magic you put in those notes you play. It,s just the way you play them.all of us can play the same notes you play but they just don,t sound the same ... nobody could ever duplicate the way you touch those strings...I know it,s the way you touch them.There,s so many secrets to that even you don,t even know ,only because it,s second nature to you.There really is magic there ...The scruggs review albums were really fantastic. So in a nut shell i,m telling you EARL i,m your biggest fan theirs no doubt about that.......... PS. I Ihave a son named DJ thats only 13 years old that,s studying your style throughout.And can play all the tunes in the scruggs book.you are his idle.HE is a scruggs clone just like myself.I really wish you will return this message so I can post it on my wall; along with all your other pictures.Your friend DON