Welcom to The Frailer!

I Intend this blog to be about all things clawhammer banjo. I was rooting around on the internet a while back, looking to read something of, by, and for clawhammer banjo players, and I just wasn't finding what I was looking for. So, being blessed with an abundance of free time (as if!) I decided to just create what I was looking for. I plan on posting pics, videos, and maybe some audio files (can you do that? surely!) of interest to clawhammer banjo players. I should be posting an inaugural you tube video of my playing "Pretty Little Pink" in about half an hour (e.t.a. on the super-slow upload I'm apparently destined to endure). 

I've been playing off and on for about 13 years, though as somebody said to me once about playing a musical instrument, it's not the years, it's the hours. Some of those years I've put in a lot of banjo hours, some hardly any, but lately I've been getting in as many as I can. I am by no means an expert, and don't hold myself out as one. I'm probably a journeyman banjo player, but I want to connect with others of all skill levels. I'd love to post pics, vids, and links that people send me, so feel free to do so. 

As I say in the video that will eventually be posted, I named this "The Frailer" because both clawhammer.com and banjo blog were already taken. I'm much more likely to say "clawhammer" than "frailing," but you take what you can get when picking through the crumbs of the cyber table.