My friend Chris, the sax player (etc. etc.) across the street, gave me a John Deere cap, an accoutrement which I figure ought to instantly make me a better banjo player. I say this because any old fool knows that old time banjo players need to have the right hat. I figured I should celebrate by recording one of my fave old time fiddle tunes, Forked Deer (say for-ked), also called The Forky Deer.

I’m playing my Dogwood banjo tuned to DD (aDADE).