Phoebe the “Nail problem” is real! BTW for what it’s worth, I think your Phone mic sounds way better than the other one!

Nice

So cool!

Columbo & banjo 😎

One of my favourite songs. Love the Bill Frisell, Harmony version.

I am in admiration of your long fingers. Keep giving us inspiration.

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Off the cuff is pretty darn good. Thank you very much, Phoebe, for taking time out of your busy schedule to entertain and inspire us.

Something I found that works, is to wear a banjo pick backwards. That is what I did when I tried some clawhammer myself. I did that to keep my knuckles from scrapping the banjo strings.

Beautiful.

Sounding great Phoebe and Lt. Columbo looks quite festive in his Santa hat.

God-tier playing. The way you hopped around on that fretboard made me think of a lot of Irish tunes on banjo.

One of my favourite tunes, played brilliantly! Thanks :)

I was tuning up a mandolin to take to session tonight. With a short break to find the tune in C and remember how to play a mando I was able to play along.with. Thanks for the fun pre session gig.

If the clocks in the background hadn´t stayed the same pace, I could´ve sworn you sped up the footage. Dude that performance went HARD

Excellent

Ah the simplicity of just good straight banjo.

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Very nice! Fun little story; I first found this song when over in the US for one of your ACW reenactments. It was a doozy and incredible as they're on a huge scale compared to our little old society. We sung this round the campfire and it was a very nice time. Dont do that now, I'm with a RCDT and the 101st lhs. Just got back from Normandy but still enjoy humming this ditty. This is a super rendition :) thanks for sharing this ❤

Great playing as always. Don't worry about your clawhammer nail; when it finally wears down to the bone, you'll get a nice organic sound.

That was great' nice and precise ...and glad we didn't fall off the ladder' take care.

you played it in some weird building with a cool echo. Because of you I learned to play this on guitar. Thank you.

Love it young lady!

You always brighten my day!

Yay! More banjo! That was lovely, Phoebe. And just one more thing...I love Columbo's holiday attire.

A really nice old time classic. Never heard it played that fast.

The physiognomy of Peter, (through no falk of his own), was to say "oh one more thing", though a banjo he did not own

When You picked up the tempo, YEEEE-HAW! ❤

Love the claw hammer version. Stephen Foster would be pleased.

as a ukulele player I often wear down my main strumming nail (right hand, index finger), and I’ve discovered that having an acrylic nail on that finger eases the problem. it’s not a panacea, but if you keep up with it, it helps a lot. really enjoy your videos. keep up the good work.

Phoebe Sanders genuine original 💁🎶🎵🎶🎵🌞🌱 ☮️kevin

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You can go to the nail salon and get the few nails you need to get you thru the season. Have them do them extra thick. There is some finger nail guard like, lite pics out there too if you plan on shredding but not getting your nails done.

If you've done it before I doubt it was with Peter Falk looking over your shoulder. As always you inspire me with your go-for-it attitude! It worked out more than okay!

Nice! Pretty fun with the tempo changes. I like that Elvis was able to get his wiggle tempo to match at points. Brilliant , Elvis.

Bamjo

Phoebe, I believe you can give ol' Clifton Hicks a run for his money, I'd like to see y'all two play together. Take care and God bless!

Dr. Phoebe! Once again, your dose of banjo is just what I need at the end of a long, long day! Great rendition of a great song. I always remember Emmylou Harris doing this one with her Nash Ramblers. I saw them in concert in the early 90's. Great show! I will be praying that you do well on your finals. Keep being yourself, and I will keep tuning in! Love you bunches! ♥♥♥♥♥

Love it Phoebe! I am trying to learn how to do this! Been playing for a long time but not clawhammer. There is a learning curve for us old farts! :)

That was fun to listen to Phoebe. You're getting really good. Thanks for shating that melody.

I LIKE to hear you play that rapid tempo! But take care of the nails.

Nice picking!

An amazing presentation! Not just your playing but your choice of tempo and dynamics. It makes it so very interesting.

u got this Phoebus! :D

Love your playing. Best wishes from the UK

Phoebe! you are the coolest ( and most talented banjo on the internet) I look forward to hearing some random tune of yours randomly selected on a major movie score! Keep on doing whayou do best ( and more important what you like )

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Love the song, love your rendition also I just got in for the evening and needed a good dose of banjo. Thank you very much. I will be replaying this one to learn some of your chords and melody.

Thanks once again Phoebe for your entertaining video, and be blessed during this holiday season.

Great job 👍🏻

This is now my favorite rendition of Hard Times Come Again No More! It was fast, springy, upbeat, fun, just astoundingly awesome! Love it!

Heard about this song first from the Longest John's version, brought me to your channel! You played it so nicely!! And a Columbo fan, nice stuff 😄

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I love the tune, and the way that you play it! Thank you for sharing 🙂 The Santa hat for Columbo is amazing!!! I am so happy to see that Elvis is his old self again! He looks great up there with the birds 😀

Phoebe, your playing really inspired me to get a banjo to begin to learn clawhammer. I'm struggling with getting the "strike" motion correctly. I've watched so many videos that my head is spinning. Could you possibly show how you do it? I'm worried I have too much wrist motion, when it's supposed to be all from the arm, like knocking a door, etc. Love your playing! Thank you so much for bringing the joy of this instrument and playing style to the internet.

You're a very good, neat banjo player and that's a lovely tune and song. I really liked it played nicely, and I really didn't like it played imho far too fast and loud. Please pick a hooligan tune for brash, loud and fast 😂.

Great music! Any albums for us to buy?

Be my girl, please!

Great performance as usual, but don’t play this one too fast. I think it should be thoughtful and melancholy.

I dont know about banjo, you are using your actual fingernail? Can you talk about that?

One of my favorite old songs, happy to see it get some attention, great job!

Is there such a thing as a nail protector for banjo players? We must protect your clawhammer fingernail at all costs! 🪕🎶