New banjo backup DVD with Bill Evans
Following up on the success of their first two instructional DVDs on bluegrass style backup for banjo, AcuTab has announced the release of Power Pickin’ Volume 3 – Playing Banjo Backup In A Bluegrass Band, featuring Bill Evans. This new DVD combines the up the neck backup demonstrated in Bill’s first AcuTab video with aspects of the first position backup taught in Power Pickin’ Vol 2, showing the various techniques both in isolation, and with a full bluegrass band.
And not just any pickup band, either. Bill performs 7 bluegrass standards with Herschel Sizemore on mandolin, Kenny Smith on guitar, Warren Amberson (Acoustic Endeavors) on bass/vocals and Nick Reeb (King Wilkie) on fiddle.
Get more details on Power Pickin’ Volume 3 – including some online video samples – on the AcuTab web site.
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