Jerron Paxton

Oh, yes. Well, I did, and I think I practiced the stuff I'm the most comfortable with, you know, the stuff I could talk over and play for you. I think most of that stuff and stuff in that vein, I learned... Through muscle memory, there's a certain point where you have to sit down and really study.

You've got to be focused for about 45 minutes and figure out all the funny turns and twists as to what you have to do and how to position your hand, all these things that go into being a great musician.

You've got to be focused for about 45 minutes and figure out all the funny turns and twists as to what you have to do and how to position your hand, all these things that go into being a great musician.

You've got to be focused for about 45 minutes and figure out all the funny turns and twists as to what you have to do and how to position your hand, all these things that go into being a great musician.

One thing that people tend to overlook that I found the most valuable was after I had done that, I would put on The Simpsons or King of the Hill and for an hour or two, you know, after supper, just rap on my banjo and play the guitar and things like that and watch these programs. And, you know, my folks would say, how are you going to play music and watch TV at the same time? I say, well.

One thing that people tend to overlook that I found the most valuable was after I had done that, I would put on The Simpsons or King of the Hill and for an hour or two, you know, after supper, just rap on my banjo and play the guitar and things like that and watch these programs. And, you know, my folks would say, how are you going to play music and watch TV at the same time? I say, well.

One thing that people tend to overlook that I found the most valuable was after I had done that, I would put on The Simpsons or King of the Hill and for an hour or two, you know, after supper, just rap on my banjo and play the guitar and things like that and watch these programs. And, you know, my folks would say, how are you going to play music and watch TV at the same time? I say, well.

Oh, I got to, you know, if I'm going to get these two things I really enjoy out the way, playing music and watching TV.

Oh, I got to, you know, if I'm going to get these two things I really enjoy out the way, playing music and watching TV.

Oh, I got to, you know, if I'm going to get these two things I really enjoy out the way, playing music and watching TV.

Exactly. And it also makes the music become a part of you, you know, because if I get to a point where everything stays groovy while playing, the active listening part of my brain is focused somewhere else. Well, the music is an actual part of me. It's like my heartbeat. It's like my breath. It's something that can just happen without me... Willing it, absolutely.

Exactly. And it also makes the music become a part of you, you know, because if I get to a point where everything stays groovy while playing, the active listening part of my brain is focused somewhere else. Well, the music is an actual part of me. It's like my heartbeat. It's like my breath. It's something that can just happen without me... Willing it, absolutely.

Exactly. And it also makes the music become a part of you, you know, because if I get to a point where everything stays groovy while playing, the active listening part of my brain is focused somewhere else. Well, the music is an actual part of me. It's like my heartbeat. It's like my breath. It's something that can just happen without me... Willing it, absolutely.

And when that starts to happen, then you get an opportunity to be real inventive with what's in you.

And when that starts to happen, then you get an opportunity to be real inventive with what's in you.

And when that starts to happen, then you get an opportunity to be real inventive with what's in you.

Man, when I came up, all the 78s had been pilfered out of my neighborhood. And I'd love to imagine a world where, you know, there are these $10,000 country blues records just floating around the hood. And all my neighbors, oh, yeah, I've got all my Lemon Jeffersons and Mama's, you know, Mama's Blues records sitting back here. You know, that has happened before, but it's not frequent.

Man, when I came up, all the 78s had been pilfered out of my neighborhood. And I'd love to imagine a world where, you know, there are these $10,000 country blues records just floating around the hood. And all my neighbors, oh, yeah, I've got all my Lemon Jeffersons and Mama's, you know, Mama's Blues records sitting back here. You know, that has happened before, but it's not frequent.

Man, when I came up, all the 78s had been pilfered out of my neighborhood. And I'd love to imagine a world where, you know, there are these $10,000 country blues records just floating around the hood. And all my neighbors, oh, yeah, I've got all my Lemon Jeffersons and Mama's, you know, Mama's Blues records sitting back here. You know, that has happened before, but it's not frequent.

You know, I really wish I could have learned from a stack of extremely valuable 78s. That's not the case. Poor people didn't really have the Internet until I'd say around—in my area, they didn't have the Internet until around 2004, 2005. and I was about 15 to 16 then, so I had a bit more access to it back then.