Bluegrass Jam Along/Jim Mills on Earl Scruggs and pre-War Gibson banjos

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Jim Mills on Earl Scruggs and pre-War Gibson banjos
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Podcast Bluegrass Jam Along
Date 2024-02-07
About Jim Mills
Length 38 min
Audio Audio file

Episode Description

This is the final episode in the series celebrating Earl Scruggs' 100th birthday. My guest for this one is Jim Mills. Jim is a fantastic banjo player, who spent over a decade playing with Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder. He's also an expert on pre-War Gibson banjos, so is the perfect person to talk about how the banjos Earl played influenced the sound and, as a result, the type of banjo people look for to this day. If you want to find out more about Jim, including infohon his business buying...