Grandpa Banana - Just Trying To Break Even
Banana began his career in bluegrass on the east coast in Boston with "Banana and the Bunch, Old Time Music with Appeal". After several years in the east coast folk scene, he formed The Youngbloods with Joe Bauer, Jesse Colin Young, and Jerry Corbitt. The band moved from New York City to West Marin in the San Francisco Bay Area in 1967.
While he has played as a sideman on many recordings and produced a home
grown artisan solo CD sold only at certified organic distribution outlets,
"I'll Do Anything For You" was Banana's first studio recording in 30 years
and this is the second one completed almost two years later.
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Having a respectable number of grandchildren now, he figures if the personna of Grandpa Jones
worked then Grandpa Banana should be equally successful and perhaps more forthright.
The combination of Jesse's golden pipes and Banana's Guild M-75 and Wurlitzer piano
gave the Younbloods their signature sound. Guitarists might 'hear' a different sounding
guitar on this new CD. Banana's current innovation is the 5 string Tenor Guitar. It has a
short scale length and is tuned in fifths F C G D A from the bottom up. It's tons of fun to
play and sounds great. But there's some fine 6 string guitar picking on this CD as well
as the old banjo, heaven help us.
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