#111 – Jim Mills
- Picky Fingers
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This episode features the incomporable Jim Mills, one of the top banjo players of his generation and a purveyor of the traditional Scruggs-style of playing. Jim has won the IBMA Banjo Player of the Year award a record 6 times, as well as numerous Grammy awards. He has also established himself as one of the top experts, collectors, and dealers for Pre-War Gibson Mastertone banjos, a subject which he wrote a book about!
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Jim Mills on the web:
https://prewargibsonbanjos.com/
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Jim really hit home speaking of recognizing licks off record albums. Learning the picking styles of Earl, Ralph, Sonny, & JD. But my ears really perked up when he mentioned Summer Wages & Craig Smith, a solid picker who I got to know before he left home in So. Ca.