Clawgrass Banjo Video Demo With Mark Johnson

Mark Johnson, the father of the Clawgrass style of banjo playing, talks about the new Deering Clawgrass No. 2 banjo that was displayed for the first time at...

So, who is Mark Johnson and how did he learn this unique style? A native of Yorktown Heights, N.Y., Mark now hangs his hat in Florida but learned his trade...

“All the opening lines come straight out of the banjo….All I had to do was trust what I heard and how it made me feel. The songs were just gifts from the...