Visit Angie's Banjo.com
Location:

" The Pickin' Place"
9555 FM 1409
Dayton, Tx.
(directions to be provided with registration)
Date:
Sat. - Oct. 20, 2007
Time:
Noon - 5:00 PM
Cost: $50.00
Handouts provided.
Limited to 20 participants.
($25 deposit holds
your spot.)

For more info contact:
Angie Sumpter
angiesumpter@aol.com
(877) 450-4641

Click below to register with credit card online!

$50.00
(full registration)
or
$25.00
(deposit to hold spot)

Coming to the
"Pickin' Place"
Saturday, October 20, 2007

Rolf Sieker moved from Germany to Texas in the late 1990's and went on to win the Texas State Banjo Championship in 2001. He was featured in Banjo Newsletter in Sept. 2002.

He was one of the first 5-string banjo players in Europe and in 1975 Rolf's band Bluegrass Express recorded the very first bluegrass album in Germany. Rolf has played with musicians touring Europe, such as Byron Berline, Dan Crary, Bill Monroe, Marc O'Connor, Dave Dudley, Bill Clifton and many more.

Rolf Sieker's way of playing the banjo is highly influenced by the blues-melodic style of Bobby Thompson, one of the most requested studio musicians in the 60's, 70's and 80's in Nashville. The two were close friends and Rolf received Bobby's banjo in 1996.

Rolf has been teaching in the Central Texas area for many years. He taught at the South Plains College Bluegrass Camp in 2002. For Rolf it has always been important to teach and perform.

Improve your skills in the following areas:
  • banjo setup
  • fancy licks
  • creating interesting breaks
  • backup banjo
  • learn interesting chords
  • rolls, scales and modes
  • theory and how to apply it
  • building your speed

  • arpeggios
  • Scruggs, single string, melodic, blues-melodic & chromatic style
  • how to play in a jam session
  • arranging banjo tunes
  • how to play in front of others
  • how to make a living playing the banjo