Jerron Paxton

Well, the thing that spoke to me the most about the music was the tone of the instruments. And it's something, till yet, I still have a prejudice towards. I truly, in my heart of hearts, believe... Acoustic instruments have more power than any other instruments around.

Well, the thing that spoke to me the most about the music was the tone of the instruments. And it's something, till yet, I still have a prejudice towards. I truly, in my heart of hearts, believe... Acoustic instruments have more power than any other instruments around.

Well, the thing that spoke to me the most about the music was the tone of the instruments. And it's something, till yet, I still have a prejudice towards. I truly, in my heart of hearts, believe... Acoustic instruments have more power than any other instruments around.

Even hearing the same acoustic music through a speaker or through headphones or anything like that does not compare with having an instrument in the same room as you and having the air that vibrates out of that instrument vibrate you and your eardrums. I've done it. I've experienced it as a participant and as an audience member.

Even hearing the same acoustic music through a speaker or through headphones or anything like that does not compare with having an instrument in the same room as you and having the air that vibrates out of that instrument vibrate you and your eardrums. I've done it. I've experienced it as a participant and as an audience member.

Even hearing the same acoustic music through a speaker or through headphones or anything like that does not compare with having an instrument in the same room as you and having the air that vibrates out of that instrument vibrate you and your eardrums. I've done it. I've experienced it as a participant and as an audience member.

Just the emotional power of being in the room with somebody playing the instrument quite well, it can't be beat. And I think I could gather that at that young age through those old scratchy records, not even knowing what it was or having no idea. You know, like I said, I was a seven, eight-year-old kid. Mm-hmm. who first heard John Hurt and Scott Dunbar and Bucklewhite and people like that.

Just the emotional power of being in the room with somebody playing the instrument quite well, it can't be beat. And I think I could gather that at that young age through those old scratchy records, not even knowing what it was or having no idea. You know, like I said, I was a seven, eight-year-old kid. Mm-hmm. who first heard John Hurt and Scott Dunbar and Bucklewhite and people like that.

Just the emotional power of being in the room with somebody playing the instrument quite well, it can't be beat. And I think I could gather that at that young age through those old scratchy records, not even knowing what it was or having no idea. You know, like I said, I was a seven, eight-year-old kid. Mm-hmm. who first heard John Hurt and Scott Dunbar and Bucklewhite and people like that.

And I didn't know that there were two kinds of guitars and things like that, but just the sonic beauty of those instruments just wrapped me up and took me away.

And I didn't know that there were two kinds of guitars and things like that, but just the sonic beauty of those instruments just wrapped me up and took me away.

And I didn't know that there were two kinds of guitars and things like that, but just the sonic beauty of those instruments just wrapped me up and took me away.

I started playing banjo before I played the guitar. I started playing banjo when I was about, oh, I think about 13 and a half, about 18 months after playing the fiddle. And being pretty bad at that in my early days and realizing most of the fiddle I like was surrounded by banjo music.

I started playing banjo before I played the guitar. I started playing banjo when I was about, oh, I think about 13 and a half, about 18 months after playing the fiddle. And being pretty bad at that in my early days and realizing most of the fiddle I like was surrounded by banjo music.

I started playing banjo before I played the guitar. I started playing banjo when I was about, oh, I think about 13 and a half, about 18 months after playing the fiddle. And being pretty bad at that in my early days and realizing most of the fiddle I like was surrounded by banjo music.

He played the banjo, the guitar, and the fiddle, so I've heard. But this would be my great-grandfather. Your great-grandfather. Yeah, my grandma's daddy, who was born way back in 86. But according to Granny, they had to run off a plantation when she was about six or seven or so years old.

He played the banjo, the guitar, and the fiddle, so I've heard. But this would be my great-grandfather. Your great-grandfather. Yeah, my grandma's daddy, who was born way back in 86. But according to Granny, they had to run off a plantation when she was about six or seven or so years old.

He played the banjo, the guitar, and the fiddle, so I've heard. But this would be my great-grandfather. Your great-grandfather. Yeah, my grandma's daddy, who was born way back in 86. But according to Granny, they had to run off a plantation when she was about six or seven or so years old.

and had to leave Joe's instruments behind then, so nobody too much younger than her, which she was the oldest, which, shoot, that includes everybody. Nobody younger than her really remembers Joe playing any instruments, but she remembers seeing a banjo on the wall and hearing the sounds of it and guitars and fiddles and things like that.

and had to leave Joe's instruments behind then, so nobody too much younger than her, which she was the oldest, which, shoot, that includes everybody. Nobody younger than her really remembers Joe playing any instruments, but she remembers seeing a banjo on the wall and hearing the sounds of it and guitars and fiddles and things like that.