When the young banjo picker named above first emailed me I was glad to hear about yet one more who had been influenced by the "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" albums, and was led to a path in music. When he sent me examples of that influence it was obvious he had studied his lessons well. Fast, smooth, and playing with ease that showcases his love of the instrument. Todd gives a well played demonstration of several styles that have influenced him, as well as his own sounds coming in to play.

Although early in his music career at this recording, he has developed some lightning fast single string licks as well as some unusual song choices and unique arrangements for the banjo. Todd has reached out to other forms of music to arrange some tunes - like Stairway to Heaven - in a way that strangely fits the banjo well...(Stairway almost sounds like the classical banjo of the 19th century.) Some of the tunes have licks that remind me of early Don Remo, played fast and with an abandon that makes it seem like Todd must be fun to watch play live.

All together, this is a fine collection of song choices and arrangements for those who love to hear a banjo. When you listien to it you can tell this is a picker who loves to play and does it very well. I am sure Mark Twain Would agree that Todd's music fulfills his description of music.

JOHN MC EUEN
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

"When you want genuine music - music that will come right home to you like a bad quarter, suffuse your system like strichnine whisky, go right through you like Brandreth's pills, ramify your whole constitution like the measles, and break out on your hide like the pin-feather pimples on a picked goose, - when you want all this, just smash your piano, and invoke the glory-beaming banjo!"
"Enthusiastic Eloquence"
MARK TWAIN,
San Francisco Dramatic Chronicle, 6/23/1865

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