It's really quite simple. Banjo players get to a point where they understand the dynamics of a bluegrass song... the kick-off, the break, backup, fill in and tag licks and then of course, the ending.

However, it's hard to learn more and more "ingrediants" of the perfect bluegrass banjo recipe.

Some of us are gifted and can listen to Sammy Shelor or Jim Mills and pick out that great lick he's playing in the thick of the music. Some of us can slow down Flatt and Scruggs records and hear just what Earl was picking on "Fireball Mail".

And then, there are the rest of us. We need a little help!

Buying tons of tab books just to get that great kickoff or a transistional lick from a song can get expensive. And then it's hard to know just how to add the right timing and emphasis to the lick. And heck, some of us need it tabbed out so we can see the fingering needed to play it over and over for awhile till we can work it into our routine.

That is why we have created Hot Banjo Licks!

They are for the intermediate banjo player, someone looking to spice up their playing and begin to hone their own sound. Someone that is looking for a little boost to their playing, and isn't interested in pages of theory or explaination of how, when and who played this little bit on the last 27 recordings.

We just want to sound better and pick like we know what we're doing.

 

 

The Hot Banjo Licks System has been created by Dave Russell and Sherri Chekal.

Dave has been playing the banjo for 30+ years and has been teaching for most of that time as well as playing in numerous great bands around his homestate of Michigan, currently with Hardline Drive. He is the editor of the Bluegrass Journal, a newspaper just for Bluegrass Music as well as involved in several huge bluegrass websites such as www.BuckeyeBluegrass.com, www.MichiganBluegrass.com and www.IndianaBluegrass.com to mention a few.

Sherri was a student of Dave's back 25 years ago, and is picking the 5 string again in her bluegrass band, Deepwater Bluegrass . She is the art director of the Bluegrass Journal and is the creator of www.BuckeyeBluegrass.com and numerous other websites devoted to bluegrass music.

Together with Dave's musical understanding of the banjo and Sherri's graphic arts abilities, they have developed this system that will present good quality music tab, recordings and books that WILL help you learn the licks you always dreamed of playing and using as you continue to improve your banjo pickin' ability! And they're economical and ready for you when you need them... just pick the one you want, buy it and download it right away!

You'll be picking the licks the pros know in no time flat!