While in the Peghead Nation studio last month Chad Manning, Bill Evans, and Scott Nygaard took a few minutes between shooting videos for their courses to play this Ralph Stanley bluegrass banjo classic.
You can learn to play fiddle from Chad, in his Bluegrass Fiddle and Beginning/Intermediate Fiddle courses; banjo from Bill in his Beginning Banjo and Bluegrass Banjo courses, or guitar with Scott in his Flatpicking Guitar, Roots and Bluegrass Rhythm Guitar, and Weekly Guitar Workout courses. Enroll in Peghead Nation today!
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