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Dec 3.2024

The Artisan Elephant Goodtime Banjo - Giving Tuesday 2024

If you have had the chance to speak with Deering’s CEO, Jamie Deering, you may have heard about her love of South Africa, African wildlife, and especially the...

David Bandrowski

David Bandrowski

David Bandrowski has been a regular on the New Orleans music scene for over 25 years playing tenor banjo, 5-string banjo, and guitar in various outfits and styles over the years. David's styles are diverse and range from New Orleans jazz, modern jazz, bluegrass, funk, rock, old time Appalachian string band music and more!

David is a Deering Banjo Company clinician and has taught workshops at Chicago's Old Town School of folk music and has played with and/or recorded with Dr. John, Natalie Merchant, Donald Harrison, the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Mike Seeger, Glen David Andrews, and with band members of the Harry Connick Jr. Big Band, Fats Domino, The Allman Brothers, Merle Travis, the Dirty Dozen Brass Band, the Rebirth Brass Band, Galactic, and many other well known and lesser known entertainers. He has also composed, produced, and placed music in many commercials, films, and television programs.

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Aug 25.2020

Jens Kruger Beginner Banjo Lesson - C and Em Chord

In this beginning 5 string banjo lesson with Jens Kruger, Jens is going to slowly show you how to play a C chord and an Em chord. He will show you how to use...

Aug 21.2020

How To Play Blue In Green On 5 String Banjo

Learn to play the jazz standard Blue In Green on the 5-string banjo. This jazz ballad was made famous by Miles Davis and shows you how you can explore new...

Aug 18.2020

Jens Kruger Beginner Banjo Lesson 5

In this beginning 5 string banjo lesson with Jens Kruger, Jens is going to slowly show you how to play a forward/backward roll over a G chord and D7 chord....

Aug 14.2020

Single String Techniques: Mixing Arpeggios and Scales

Some might argue that learning to play your arpeggios is more important than learning your scales. When improvising, the use of arpeggios can make your playing...

Aug 13.2020

Deering Live - Ryan Cavanaugh

We had a lot of fun hanging out with Ryan Cavanaugh on this past week's Deering Live. We dug into a lot of topics and you can definitely learn a lot and...
Aug 11.2020

Jens Kruger Beginner Banjo Lesson 4 - D7 Chord

Learn how to play a D7 chord in this fourth beginning banjo lesson with master banjoist Jens Kruger. Jens will both show you how to play this chord and...

Aug 7.2020

How To Play Groundspeed On Banjo

Learn how tot play the Earl Scruggs classic Ground Speed in this lesson with Hank Smith.

Aug 5.2020

Deering Live - Tony Trischka

Last week we featured Tony Trischka on Deering Live! Tony is a master of the 5 string banjo and has been at the forefront of bringing the banjo from its...
Aug 4.2020

Live With Mean Mary

Watch longtime Deering Banjo Artist Mean Mary perform a live stream show.  You can tip Mean Mary and/or purchase her upcoming album, ALONE, at ...

Aug 3.2020

Variations On A Forward/Backward Roll With Jens Kruger

Learn how to play a few variations on a forward/backward roll with Jens Kruger. Jens will slowly demonstrate a few variations of this fundamental roll to help...

Kristin Scott Benson chooses the Deering Golden Series banjos
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