This is a really fun interview Tony did with highly acclaimed banjo player Danny Barnes in the ArtistWorks RV at RockyGrass 2016. Danny Barnes is a banjo player, singer, and composer whose music is influenced by country, jazz, blues, punk, metal, and more. He has been described as a "banjo virtuoso" and is "widely acknowledged as one of the best banjo players in America. In September 2015, Barnes was awarded the Steve Martin Prize for Excellence in Banjo and Bluegrass, in recognition of his role as "one of bluegrass music’s most distinctive and innovative performers." This interview series is in 3 parts and runs about 24 minutes in total including Danny performing some original tunes.

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