Re: Bob Shane's Plectrum Banjo
I'm sorry I can't answer your question, although I'd be interested in knowing this myself. Bob had long since abandoned the banjo by the time I joined the group and I never thought to quiz him about it. I do know that he tuned his banjo to 4-string guitar tuning (D-G-B-E), whereas traditional plectrum tuning drops the 4th string to C and the first string to D. Bob also played plectrum on "Worried Man", counterpointing Dave's 5-string banjo. Toward the end of my tenure with the Zorn-era Trio we actually scared audiences on a few occasions by performing "Worried Man" with three banjos! It was probably illegal.
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