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title: Elle King Plays Banjo for Woodroom Session
description: "Grammy-nominated Elle King plays banjo in her Deering Woodroom Session performance of \"Good To Be A Man\"."
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# [Elle King Plays Banjo for Woodroom Session](https://blog.deeringbanjos.com/elle-king-plays-banjo)

 Written by [Jamie Latty](https://blog.deeringbanjos.com/author/jamie-latty) | Apr 28, 2016 4:50:59 PM

Did you know that Elle King plays banjo? The incredibly talented Elle King performed in the Deering Woodroom recently, armed only with a Sierra banjo. The Ohio born songstress is emerging as a rising star and has seen great success in the last year, receiving a Grammy nod for her platinum selling track, "Ex's & Oh's", as well as several prominent performances including The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, Bonaroo and SXSW. 

Elle is often seen on the road playing her [Eagle II](http://www.deeringbanjos.com/products/eagle-ii-5-string-banjo) Woody (a standard Eagle II without a tone ring) but dropped by the factory to place her order for a very special banjo while in San Diego. While she was here, of course we had to ask if she would like to record a Woodroom Session.

Luckily for us, Ms. King is a true pro and couldn't have been more gracious with her time and picked out a custom [Sierra](http://www.deeringbanjos.com/products/deering-sierra-5-string-banjo) with a pop-on resonator and [Kavanjo pick up](http://www.deeringbanjos.com/products/kavanjo-banjo-pickup) to play.

You can [watch the interview](https://blog.deeringbanjos.com/elle-king-interview-it-doesnt-have-to-be-bluegrass) to accompany this song, but in the meantime, without further ado, we give you [Elle King](http://www.elleking.com/) and a solo rendition of her song "Good To Be A Man".

 

 

P.S. Remember that special banjo we just talked about? Make sure you watch this priceless video of Elle's reaction when she received it while out on tour!

 

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