David Holt Interview: Kirk Sutphin Old Time Banjo

David Holt interviews Kirk Sutphin playing and old time fretless banjo. They talk about clawhammer banjo styles and the Formica fingerboard on Sutphin's banjo. Tunes include Yellow Rose of Texas, Sugar Hill.

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Music

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• David
• Holt
• country
• folk
• blues
• old
• time
• clawhammer
• claw
• hammer
• Kirk
• Sutphin
• sugar
• hill
• yellow
• rose
• of
• Texas
• banjo
• Formi

[orangejonny]

he's 29!!

[RandyHaddock]

That's exactly what I thought.

[MikeEmmet]

@tinderhorn You're more diplomatic than me, Adam. I seriously doubt this a-hole palaxxx can even play banjo, I've never met a frailer who would ever diss someone like Kirk Sutphin... clearly the tool is a troll.

[tinderhorn]

@palaxxxz

Perhaps you could be so kind as to post a video showing the correct way to play this tune. We certainly could all benefit from your expert guidance.

[skoko1945]

What is the old car in the background

[colindominy]

Yup .. that there's a genuine old-time sound, all right .. close your eyes, and one could well imagine being instantly transported back in time to the hills, in the 30s & 40s. A great tempo .. & that lovely no-fuss old-style banjo has a distinct ring to it ... not shared by any kind of more modern-day instruments or music.

[migasaguiar]

@0WilderWein0

You get a life and learn to respect others jackass

[mandoalbee]

You are so wrong. Sutphin is a good player.

[Labrabob]

Very interesting, I like the fret board, beautifully played as well. Keep up the good stuff, in you way you are making the world just that much better of a place for us all!

[locustvalleystring]

Sounds great. Love that stuff..... Thanks. Larry

[dasilvaec]

This is real old time folk music, it precedes and supersedes this "technique" that you talk of, there is no right and no wrong with folk music, and the way that he is playing is probably the method used by whoever passed down their playing style.