Glen Campbell & Carl Jackson DUELING BANJOS 1973

youtube ^ | 1973 | Glen Campbell/Carl Jackson

[FLNittany]

Carl was just a kid here. But he kept up. Glen is funny at the beginning.

[FLNittany]

Here is another version of them doing this song on the Tonight Show here but it's not as good as this. It's good, but not this good.

[Fungi]

Glen and Roy Clark did it better.

[FLNittany]

Carl Jackson is Ashley Campbell's Godfather. He looks out for her in Nashville. They have also performed a lot together.

Here they are singing a song Carl wrote about Glen:

Arkansas Farm Boy

[FLNittany]

I’ll agree with that. But like I said, Jackson is a kid here. And playing his ass off to keep up with GC.

[Delta 21]

How does so much noise come out of a banjo?!

I would love to be able to play.

[minnesota_bound]

Here is Carl some 45 years later and Ashley Campbell.
I started at the instrumental parts below.

Carl Jackson KILLIN it on Jerry Reed’s “Guitar Man!”
https://youtu.be/tGb_VKxB0Ps?t=175

Carl Jackson and Ashley Campbell playing “Gentle On My Mind.” at the Station Inn
https://youtu.be/lv3oZOxzNy0?t=121

[fatboy]

Originally this song was called Feudin Banjos and was recorded by Don Reno and Arthur Smith, both play banjo on the tune. This was in the mid 1950s.

While both were well known and respected banjo players, Don Reno was an absolute master and developed a style of 5 string playing called single string. It is said that Reno was playing “Scruggs Style” 5 string before Scruggs.

Enjoy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmMk9tsCjsc