Our long-awaited Hawaii trip was all we’d hoped, but was over just a little too soon. Traveling long distances can be jarring at times, but the contrast between seeing the sun go down at Sunset Beach on Oahu, and then the next morning driving home through falling snow, was a little much!… Read More
The weekend of Sept. 9 and 10 was an interesting and exciting one out at the Planet Bluegrass headquarters in Lyons, Colorado. Local “polyethnic cajun slamgrass” heroes Leftover Salmon hosted a diverse and high-energy music festival which included acts from local bluegrassers Yonder Mt. String Band to the Rebirth Brass Band, soul-groove specialists Maceo Parker, members of Widespread Panic, the Allman Brothers Band and Hot Tuna… and Pete Wernick and Flexigrass (formerly The Live Five)! Kind of hard to characterize what “type of music” could describe it all, but it was high quality and definitely high energy.… Read More
This article by Bill McKay originally appeared in the September 1996 issue of Banjo Newsletter. For most musicians, mastering a new lick or tune now and then is rewarding enough. And if any of us are lucky enough to grow … Read More
This article is a transcription of a talk at Pete’s Banjo Camp, Boulder, CO. Transcribed and edited by Don Nitchie, originally published in the September 1994 issue of Banjo Newsletter. “Pete, I recruited a guitar/mandolin player to provide some rhythm … Read More
1980 video of Pete pickin and discussin’… TV interview in Louisville with banjo picker Terry Heaton. How long did it take Pete to type out his banjo book?
The following appeared in the July 1979 issue of Banjo Newsletter. Neither the subject of this interview nor the questioner need any introduction to the readers of BNL. Peter Wernick and Tony Trischka have been in the forefront of banjo … Read More
The following interview with Don Reno was taped by Peter Wernick of WKCR, New York, N.Y. at the first annual Roanoke Bluegrass Festival in September, 1965. We are grateful to Mr. Wernick for allowing us to reprint it here.… Read More