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 Donald Zepp's Profile |
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| Location: | WENDELL, North Carolina |
| Country: |  United States |
| Last Login: | Oct 31, 2007 (778 days back) |
About Me |
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| In addition to owning ZEPP Country Music, Inc., Donald Zepp ("ZEPP") still very much enjoys teaching guitar and banjo, especially clawhammer style. ZEPP started playing guitar in 1958. Later, he decided that he was going to be the Kingston Trio, and formed a 4-person group (math never being his strong suit) with some high school buddies. He decided that the banjo playing of Dave GUARD (of the K3) sounded really cool, so he asked for--and received a 5-string banjo for Christmas in 1961. Caught up in what Dave Van Ronk called the "Great Folk Scare," there came a night when he heard the Greenbrier boys playing at the 2nd Fret coffee house in Philadelphia, and he vowed then and there to learn to play bluegrass. He then started playing the local coffee house circuit, both with his own group, the Swannanoa Grovemont Roadrunners, and with various pickup bands. In 1964, he began teaching guitar and banjo a couple of nights a week at the Haddonfield (NJ) Conservatory of Music, and soon filled his schedule, teaching every night and all day Saturday. ZEPP adds:                                                 |
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Music:Member Since: 6/8/2006Band Website: zeppmusic.com Band Members: Donald Zepp - Clawhammer Banjo Influences: "Influences? Pete SEEGER got me started. SCRUGGS, Bill KEITH, and Bob YELLIN formed the basis for my 3-finger style. I met a man named Dove MENKES who showed me clawhammer and got me going there. I'd be remiss if I didn't point out the influences of Mississippi John HURT and Doc WATSON on my guitar playing back in the late '60s." Sounds Like: ZEPP Type of Label: None |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Americana / Folk) |
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Clawhammer Banjo Right Hand |
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Posted by Donald Zepp on Tue, 24 Oct 2006 12:43:00 PST |
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My Friends |
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carmen, Sugar in the Gourd, Mark Johnson, Adam Hurt, Doc Watson, Joe Newberry, Ryan Cavanaugh, Carolina Chocolate Drops, Pete Seeger, The New Lost City Ramblers, The Forge Mountain Diggers, Ragged But Right, Brian Smyth, Big Hungry Joe, Chad Ashworth, Stony Fork, A Secret Life Of Banjo/ Mary Z. Cox, Haïku, Mad Johnson, Nancy Sluys, Allen, Loose Change Duo, Kyle The Lone Banjoist, Craig, David Leventhal, nicolas et nicolas, The Barn Rats, Skin the Goat, Steve Srubas, Patty Forster, scary sara ~quit bitchin~, Dom Flemons, owl eyes, JimBo, Down Trodden String Band, Jimmy Collins, Ned Luberecki, THE DIXIE BEE LINERS
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