The Great Banjo Summit & Other Things with Strings

As might be expected this is an album by and for people who really love their banjos. The participants each spend a portion of the liner notes explaining their choice of instrument and what it brings with it: Tyler Jackson uses as his "main axe", a custom made Mondello "Blue",  and on some tracks a 1931 VegaVox III. Rob Wright provided the ukuleles that are used by the group from his own collection. He also plays a 1964 Vega Vox IV Deluxe banjo and a custom made plectrum guitar. Howard Alden, who was on our cover in March 2017, plays tenor banjo and brought along several guitars. They are joined by Ray Templin on drums and Evan Dain on upright bass, who are members, with Rob Wright, of the Original Wildcats Jazz band. The simple project of The Great Banjo Summit & Other Things with Strings is to leave enthusiastic musicians in a room full of drool worthy instruments and listen to them push each other to higher things. Rob Wright describes the group's origin this way: "It got started when Howard Alden and Tyler Jackson wanted to meet up and I am the mutual friend.  So we planned a meeting at my house and since Tyler was coming from Texas I booked a couple of concerts to help pay for the trip.  The concerts were a big success so Howard suggested we do it again, but after creating a record.  We made a great record so now we intend to do concerts every ye