GD Hour 914 will feature an interview with Alan Dalton, a Florida musician who put together a book of banjo tablature for the first Old and In the Way album. The Old and In the Way Banjo Songbook includes a CD of Alan playing Jerry Garcia’s banjo parts at normal tempo and then at half speed, so pickers can hear in detail how the parts go. (Listen to the interview)
Dalton did all this work on his own initiative, to show his banjo students how Jerry played. He was inspired to look into the possibility of publishing his charts, and his friend Vassar Clements – the legendary bluegrass fiddler, who passed away last summer – directed him to Alan Trist at Ice Nine, which handles Jerry’s music publishing. Trist loved the idea, made the connection with Alfred Publishing, and Bob’s yer uncle!
Here’s a link to a review of the book. You can order it here.
Here’s a photo of Alan that I took at Bean Blossom, Indiana in July 2005:
