Post by EboWalkerTalker on Apr 7, 2015 22:49:42 GMT -5
Many players have to choose "What will my style be according to what I feel comfortable doing?" Courtney was of the mind to say 'What's Next?"
If you are gonna stand on heavenly stages with the best then you would be lookin at Earl Scruggs and Courtney Johnson on either side of you and pickin a blue streak and wondering just how you might get a note in edgewise or how you might possibly invent one other sound that might come out of a banjo... We suggest that you just step back quietly to watch and be amazed...
Courtney went on to ask questions like "How can I do that? Does this sound just the way I want it to sound? and Does it feel just right?"
If anyone was the inspiration for bluegrass standards becoming a form of folk fusion laudible in the world of Jazz Greats... it was Courtney.
We are thankful for his memory and also for his choice to set the bar so high that people just had to admit that they wanted to play like him.
Humble and Heroic are the only words that can do justice to the legend and the legacy of the best banjo has to offer.
If you are gonna stand on heavenly stages with the best then you would be lookin at Earl Scruggs and Courtney Johnson on either side of you and pickin a blue streak and wondering just how you might get a note in edgewise or how you might possibly invent one other sound that might come out of a banjo... We suggest that you just step back quietly to watch and be amazed...
Courtney went on to ask questions like "How can I do that? Does this sound just the way I want it to sound? and Does it feel just right?"
If anyone was the inspiration for bluegrass standards becoming a form of folk fusion laudible in the world of Jazz Greats... it was Courtney.
We are thankful for his memory and also for his choice to set the bar so high that people just had to admit that they wanted to play like him.
Humble and Heroic are the only words that can do justice to the legend and the legacy of the best banjo has to offer.