Sam Brigger
speaker
1,127 appearances
24 recordings
1 series
first heard Nov 2024
last heard 6 Jun
Sam Brigger’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And when you say $4.95, I think you mean $4.95. $4.95, half a week's wages. So how old is this guitar then?
So not yet a century yet.
So you said that when you're playing a guitar solo, you want it to sound like a bunch of instruments kind of playing together. Could you show us what that's like on the guitar? Sure.
That's Jerron Paxton with his guitar joining us today. He's a new album of all original compositions called Things Don't Change. Jerron, thanks so much. That was really great. I love how you can do that and just explain it while you're doing it at the same time. That's not easy to do, just even playing the music.
Was there a point in your life when you were like, okay, I figured out how to do this? Do you remember when it started to make sense to you?
Geron, you grew up in South Los Angeles near Watts. What was your home like?
Well, you've said that you're a throwback from a family of throwbacks. What does that mean?
You're going back pretty far.
It sounds like you were particularly drawn to the country blues. What do you think it was that spoke to you?
When did you start playing banjo?
And you said your grandfather played the banjo?
Your great-grandfather.
Well, you brought a banjo with you today. It's kind of a special banjo. Can you tell us about it?
And this says nylon strings rather than steel strings. Is that correct?
To me, it sounds like with the nylon strings, you can play, your sound can be mellower, but it also seems to allow for a lot more dynamics. Do you think that's true?
On the song that you play on the album, It's All Over Now, in the liner notes, you say that you play this stroke style. Can you explain what that is or demonstrate that for us?
John, that was great. We need to take a break here. We'll be back after a moment. I'm Sam Brigger, and this is Fresh Air.
When you were a kid, did you just spend a lot of time on your own just playing music, like learning how to play, like practicing and practicing?
You've got to multitask.
You know, this music, especially when you were a kid, the Internet wasn't as prevalent everywhere. Like, it's not easy music to find. You have to search it out. So, like, how did you find out more about the music? Did you look for old 78s? Did you go to the library? What did you do?
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