I recently recorded a banjo part on a rock song called “Never Liked It Here Much Anyway”, by my good friends Milk At Midnight. Their new e.p. just came out, and this particular song has received good press thus far, garnering a positive review from at least one on-line zine (who’s name/link I can’t recall right now), and better still, several plays on WXRT’s “Local Anasthetic”, hosted by Richard Milne. Check the CAPSULE version of this show for another run of this tune on Sat. 5/28 at 4:45 pm - http://www.wxrt.com/program/detail/local_capsule.html

Mind you, I’m no Ryan Fisher, but I do own a banjo, and in this instance, I can be heard playing it on what I think is a great song by a great band. Credit goes to MAM’s drummer Eric for wanting banjo on this song in the first place, and coaching me into form on my bouncy support part (that was pretty much his musical advice - BOUNCE, JUST BOUNCE!).

I’ve played it twice on stage with the band recently, and hope to do it again soon (though I may have to use a big-a$$ amp instead of going direct like I have in the past - banjo vs. MARSHALLS always loses out, don’t ya know).