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For fans and students of legendary banjo player and innovative teacher Roger Sprung

49 Members, Created 4/4/2011 -

Administrators: Rich Weill (owner)

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Roger's "Skip to My Lou"

Roger's students should get a kick out of this. Click here and listen from about the 33:50 mark to the 36:30 mark. At a 1969 festival, Roger is asked to play the first song he ever... Read More
From Rich Weill 12 years ago
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R.I.P. Hal Wylie (1930-2014)

Roger Sprung’s long-time musical partner, Hal Wylie (of Roger Sprung, Hal Wylie, and the Progressive Bluegrassers) died on September 20, 2014 after a short illness. He was 84. I... Read More
From Rich Weill 12 years ago
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Borderline Folk Music Club -- Dec. 8, 2013

Here is a playlist of videos of Roger and the gang jamming at the Borderline Folk Music Club in New City, New York on December 8, 2013.
From Rich Weill 12 years ago
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For those who missed it ...

Here is a reprise of Roger's interview in the March 2011 Banjo NewsLetter.
From Rich Weill 12 years ago
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Roger's Banjo

My dad always said it was a running joke at festivals in the 70s when a banjo was out of tune to say, "you sound like Roger Sprung..." Was Roger's banjo sometimes out of tune or... Read More
From revellfa 13 years ago
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	ROGER SPRUNG INTERVIEW Linked by Rich Weill 5 years ago
	Roger Sprung ABM Hall of Fame Video Linked by Rich Weill 5 years ago
Tablature: All Through the Night (Ar Hyd y Nos) 4th Variation Linked by Tom Hanway 10 years ago: In memory of Bill Keith, here is a lovely Welsh air in Celtic fingerstyle that can be played as a Christmas tune.
Blog Entry: What is the 'Celtic' in Folk Music Culture? Linked by Tom Hanway 10 years ago: Today, use of either English or French symbolises social and material success while use of a living Celtic language symbolises powerlessness, backwardness or clannishness.
	Roger Sprung's Play Along Instruction Record for the 5 String Banjo Linked by Rich Weill 11 years ago
	Roger Sprung in Washington Square Park Linked by Rich Weill 13 years ago
Blog Entry: Roger Sprung's "Incomplete Forward Roll" Linked by Rich Weill 13 years ago
	Galax 2012 Roger Sprung Jam (part 4) Linked by Rich Weill 14 years ago
	Galax 2012 Roger Sprung Jam (part 3) Linked by Rich Weill 14 years ago
	Galax 2012 Roger Sprung Jam (part 2) Linked by Rich Weill 14 years ago