Banjo, for Real

Why is Daniil nuts for the banjo? You got me. But every time he hears one on a CD--we listen to a lot of bluegrass, along with Pete Seeger--he correctly identifies it and exclaims: "Banjo!" And most mornings of late, he requests to see and hear banjo on YouTube. Here's the clip I show him, from Dave Letterman featuring two of our country's finest banjo players, Tony Tricshka and Bela Fleck, along with the multi-talented Steve Martin. And, to boot, check out the "girl" fiddle player. That's my very own teacher, Brittany Hass.

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p.s. Daniil got to hold his first banjo, for real, this past weekend in Cambridge. Three-year-old heaven.