John Wilder playing “Bayou Medley” on Plectrum Banjo

February 28, 2009

This is me playing a Bayou Medley of “Blue Bayou” and “When It’s Sleepy Time Down South” on a muted plectrum VegaVox IV banjo. The performance was during my half-hour solo performance, and I arranged it to fit in with this year’s theme of “Bayou To Broadway – The Banjo In America”.

The segment was taped at the Peninsula Banjo Band’s 36th Annual Banjo Jubilee on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2008 in San Jose, CA where I was a featured artist, along with Charlie Tagawa (with his fabulous son, Nori Tagawa also on banjo and Mary Horne on bass), Jack Convery (with the amazing Gary Neuman on piano) and Bill Lowrey. All of the soloists’ performances were stupendous!

The full day of banjo entertainment also featured several bands, including The Peninsula Banjo Band (the group that hosted this event), East Bay Banjo Club, Sacramento Banjo Band, Happy Time Banjos and The Devil Mountain Jazz Band – a top Dixieland band in California for over 20 years!

The bass player who accompanied my performance is Sam Morocco. I also want to mention that I will be featured as a solo artist again on Sunday, March 1, 2009 in Sacramento, CA at “Banjo-Rama”, probably the oldest annual jazz banjo convention and show in America. Banjo-Rama is hosted and produced by the Sacramento Banjo Band.

I hope you enjoy the music!

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Whose Line Is It Anyway – Sound Effects, Wild West Sheriff

February 28, 2009

In the wild west, tough sheriff Colin, on an urgent mission to clean up the town, arrives at the saloon. Sound effects created for Colin by Ryan.

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Miss Caroline XoXo @ Dragonfly pt 1

February 28, 2009

MissCarolineXoXo @Dragonfly in Sacramento

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Analyst: Ad Loss, Recession Hurting Papers

February 26, 2009

Rick Edmonds, media business analyst for the Poynter Institute, said advertising loss of advertising and the recession are putting newspapers in a bind.

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Tyson Graf Band – live at Harlow’s “208″

February 26, 2009

Tyson Graf Band Live at Harlow’s, Sacramento Ca. Tyson Graf-guitar, Mark King-bass, Tristan Fox-drums. Edited at the Tool Shed by Dave Lynch, Sacramento. Camera is a DXG 566V operated by Heidi Buhl, audio from board after DP6, iMovie6. Still shot photography by Jennifer Jacobsen is viewable on the DVD available through The Tyson Graf Band at www.Myspace.com/tysongrafband
Mr. Graf is a guitar instructor at Sacramento’s Guitar Workshop.
916*441*6555
www.GuitarWorkshopOnline.com

Mr. Graf and Mr. King use G&L instruments, available at Guitar Workshop

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The Old West in New Mexico (1of3)

February 26, 2009

A colorful history lesson about frontier New Mexico’s unofficial town hall — the saloon. This film travels back in time to profile three of New Mexico’s most famous watering holes and the historical events that took place around and within them. The events that unfold help us better understand the history of New Mexico. We learn of mining, apache wars and melodrama at the Buckhorn in Pinos Altos. We also learn about the Wild West gunfights that occurred at the infamous St. James Hotel in Cimarron and stories of the Mexican revolution featuring Benito Juarez’s dramatic speech at the Double Eagle in Mesilla as he rallied Mexican exiles to join him in fighting for independence.