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 Rebekah Weiler's Profile |
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Old Time Banjo Gal of Tennessee |
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| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Jun 12, 2008 (531 days back) |
About Me |
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A new video of the banjogal is now on the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce page called Images of Rutherford County. (Look to the right top hand side of the page..under Images currently playing... ) Read more about the making of the video on her latest blog. More Exciting News. The Banjo Gal's music at the 2007 IBMA Old Tyme Opry Show inspired artist Robert H. Yonke Jr., owner, Appalachian Studio, to capture the image of her and Matt Kinman on a water color print called "Kickin' Mule." For more info go to Appalachian Studio web page. Don't miss finding out more about this talented artist...by reading through his Bluegrass Painter Blog. Robert's great work will be featured in the 2008 IBMA promotional materials. Read the story behind the Kickin Mule print in Rebekah's blog. I'm one happy banjo picking chick! For more info go to IBMA web page. Select 'about IBMA' WELCOME!! Hope you are so moved by the music you want to jump up and dance a jig like this happy fellow! Rebekah playing the tune Snowdrop at the Tennessee State Championship with John Boulware on bass and Dennis Bumgardner on guitar IBMA 2007 - Rebekah Weiler Add to My Profile | More Videos Rebekah performing on stage at the Goldtone 2007 IBMA Showcase. On stage with her are the award-winning musicians, John Boulware, fiddle and Robert Montgomery, guitar. Many thanks to the fine folks at Goldtone Instruments and Black Diamond Strings for helping sponsor the evening. A video of music memories put together by a good friend ...thanks p.b. ...it was total surprise!!! ... the BEST has been saved for last....ha ha ha...hope you enjoy! REBEKAH WEILER Rebekah Weiler is quickly becoming known as one of the new faces to watch among old time banjo players. This talented gal first picked up a banjo when she was 15 and won one of the Macon Doubler Fellowships (presented by the nationally recognized Uncle Dave Macon Days Old Time Music Festival) to study traditional music. Currently, a 22-year-old college student at Middle Tennessee State University, Rebekah has gathered a string of honors that reflects her hard work and dedication to the banjo. Rebekah is one of the youngest artists to be become an endorsing artist of GOLD TONE BANJOS. Also, she endorses Black Diamond coated Banjo Strings. She highly recommends Perfect Touch Picks and Dogwood Design Straps She plays with a intensive lick and believes in having a good time on stage. In 2007, she made history by becoming the first woman in the 36-year-history of the Old Time Fiddler's Jamboree in Smithville, TN to win the Old Time Banjo championship. This caught the attention of people around the world and she was featured on internet sites in Cuba and Japan, as well as landing a spot on entertainer Ellen DeGeneres' 'Ellen Across America' post card from Murfreesboro, TN web page. Later, that summer, she went on to win the State of Kentucky Old Time Banjo title. In 2005 & 2007 at IBMA (International Bluegrass Music Association) she was featured in the Old Tyme Opry Show on the Roots and Branches stage. You can see and hear her on the www.tranjo.com page demonstrating the neat new travel banjo which she played at the Banjo.com booth. In 2006, the gifted picker won the Old Time Banjo title at the 40th annual Tennessee Valley Old Time Fiddlers Convention at Athens, Alabama and the 50th annual West Tennessee title. Additionally, she placed in the finals at the prestigious Fiddlers' Grove Festival in North Carolina, Clifftop Festival in West Virginia and the Galax Festival in Virginia. She was featured in an article in Banjo Newsletter in April 2006, by Bob Carlin In 2007, French artist, Robert Amyot, wrote an article about her in TRAD, a beautiful folk arts magazine in France. Also, with the band, Delmer Holland and the Blue Creek Ramblers , she traveled to the Adams Ave. Festival in San Diego, played the Blue Plate Special radio show on WDVX, Knoxville and played the Jerusaleum Ridge Memorial Festival, Rosine, Ky, in addition to many other venues. With the Blue Creek Ramblers she went in the studio to record two CDs, Keeping The Tradition Alive and Ain't Dead Yet. At the 2004 State of Tennessee Old Time Banjo competition, she won the state title and according to the late folklorist and author, Dr. Charles Wolfe, Rebekah was the youngest female to do so. As a teenager, she won youth scholarships to study old time banjo at the Swannona Gathering, Warren Wilson Collge, NC; Augusta Heritage, Davis-Elkins College, WVa and at Banjo Camp North. Off the stage, Rebekah has driven hundreds of miles to spend time studying and documenting the many greats of traditional music from Wade and Julia Mainer to The Roan Mountain Hilltoppers and many other wonderful artists. HOPE YOU ENJOY THESE PICTURES!! 2007 IBMA Old Tyme Opry Show ...more photos of life with the Banjogal |
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My Interests |
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Music:Member Since: 1/21/2007Band Website: myspace.com/rebekahweiler Band Members: I endorse GOLD TONE banjos and Black Diamond coated banjo strings. Also, I highly recommend Perfect Touch Picks and Dogwood Design Straps. On stage I wear vintage dresses and shoes, my famous white hat and am well know to let out a loud whoop and holler when the spirit moves me and the music is really rocking. Currently, I play with an old time Appalachian string band called Delmer Holland and the Blue Creek Ramblers. Delmer Holland /fiddle/vocal, Leland Holland /guitar, William Moore /upright bass, Rebekah Weiler /old time banjo Influences: In the 1930s and 40s it was tough to be a woman and make it in country music. These are some of the women that did and I admire their grit. They were tough and they knew how to entertain. Better yet, some even played the banjo!! Minnie Pearl; Lilly Mae Ledford (of the Coon Creek Girls), Cousin Emmy, Sister Rachel Veach (with Roy Acuff & the Smokey Mountain Boys), 'Hillbilly Lily' Julia Mainer's stage name, and Ramona Jones -- to name just a few. PIMP.myYearbook.com - No. 1 Pimp Site Sounds Like: Me Record Label: unsigned Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Americana / Bluegrass / Acoustic) |
My Pictures |
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My Blog |
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Happy Birthday Wade Mainer |
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| I'm a little late with this wish, but I wanted to give a big shout out to the great banjo player Wade Mainer, who just .....turned 101 years old!!!!!!!!!! He and h... Posted by Rebekah Weiler on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:40:00 PST |
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Harlans Old Time Jamboree benefit |
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| "HARLEN'S OLD TIME JAMBOREE" Hey everbody...I wanted to tell all of my friends on myspace about a wonderful old time music event coming up the first weekend in May in Knoxville, TN. I'm real... Posted by Rebekah Weiler on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 12:57:00 PST |
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My Celebrity Look-alikes |
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| MyHeritage: Celebrity Collage - Family search - Pedigree... Posted by Rebekah Weiler on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 11:48:00 PST |
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New banjo video |
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| A new video is now on the internet of me talking and playing my banjo.This is a project of the Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce to promote the area...and was made so folks would know how w... Posted by Rebekah Weiler on Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:00:00 PST |
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Banjogal Inspires Kickin Mule print |
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| Shortly after Christmas, it came to my attention that a print of two musicians, one of which has a striking resemblance to yours truly, was being given away on the Banjo Hangout web site.Some of you, ... Posted by Rebekah Weiler on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 01:34:00 PST |
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Breaking Bread with the Birchfields |
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| January is quickly becoming one of my favorite months. I get to see family, during my father's family reunion. Then there is usually a time of some serious music making with Bill and Janice Birc... Posted by Rebekah Weiler on Fri, 25 Jan 2008 12:07:00 PST |
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Carl Scruggs, 93-year-old fiddler dies |
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| It is just one of those facts of life that along with the sunshine also comes the shadows.On my way home from a wonderful time in the East Tennessee mountains, I learned the sad news that my friend, 9... Posted by Rebekah Weiler on Wed, 23 Jan 2008 09:18:00 PST |
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Falling in love on the mountain :-) |
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| It is after midnight and I've only been home for a short time from a long weekend at Roan Mountain.My father's family has an annual family reunion in this remote and beautiful part of upper East... Posted by Rebekah Weiler on Tue, 22 Jan 2008 11:18:00 PST |
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EXCITING NEWS FROM IBMA for BANJOGAL |
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| Exciting news came today (Jan 16) from IBMA (Internationa... Posted by Rebekah Weiler on Wed, 16 Jan 2008 02:56:00 PST |
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Latest funny thing I heard behind stage |
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| I've decided that fact is stranger than fiction..ha ha ha.. To prove my point here is the latest funniest thing I've heard at a festival.Perhaps it would help to set the scene...behind stage a... Posted by Rebekah Weiler on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 08:55:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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Rebekah, Delmer Holland and the Blue Creek Ramblers, Uncle Dave Macon Days, July 11-13 2008,, Crash, the Irish God of Thunder, GOLD TONE INSTRUMENTS, Laura Boosinger, John Balch, Roan Mountain Hilltoppers, Robert Montgomery, Allen, Mark Johnson, Joshua, Brandon Godman, Molly Kate, clawhammerist, Jay, Jeremy Stephens, The Blue Ridge Rounders, The Pea Ridge Ramblers, Cousin Emmy, Old-Time Herald, Matt Kinman, Jack Pearson, Mark (Radio Show Host), Timberline Drive, Keith Andrew Grim, Mudskipper Cory, Bailey, Gary Furr, Emmett, justin thompson, Gary, Kerri, cornbread, The Paynes-Leonard & Testaview, The ReverendMike World Tour, Dozens of Dollars, James Schlender, VINTAGE-TIES.COM, AmericanIntervention.Org Podcast, Howell Osborne, Olivier MARCHAND, Two-Finger Lovin', ~James~, mark, Tony Psycho Jones, Kris Ballinger, Miss Music, Lea, Dan'l, Angie, Georgine, Roots Connection, Carolyn, MAX BÖHNER (BOEHNER), lavender & the old folk, ~tammy~, Laura - Cool Mandolin Company, Sasha Colette, Rambles.NET Reviews, Highland Rim
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