Banjos (no harp content)

[tom ball <havaball@xxxxxxx>]

JP asked:
    sorry for the off-topic post, but like Obi Wan, you're my only hope ;) a
friend of mine is getting into playing the banjo and i'd really like to buy
her a solid instructional book/tape/video. any pickers here on harp-l have
any recommendations?
  ___________

Any of Pete Wernick's books would be excellent choices.  Tony Trishka 
likewise.  Best one I've ever seen is written by both of them, and 
called "Masters of the 5-String Banjo," but it may be out of print... 
(?)

cheers and good luck,

- -Tom Ball, whose brother Steve gigs as a banjo player.  (Jeez, now if 
we only had another brother who played accordion, we could 
collectively do a trio with the three most reviled musical 
instruments on earth...)   :)