Deering Live

Bluegrass Licks & Beyond with Bennett Sullivan

About Deering Live

Deering Live is a live stream video series presented by Deering Banjos which features interviews with all your favorite banjo players, as well as Deering Tech sessions and other great content. Catch up on all the episodes of Deering Live, right here.

Upcoming Guests

Thursday, March 21st
1:15pm ET / 10:15am PT / 6:15pm GMT
BELA FLECK

Thursday, April 4th
6pm ET / 3pm PT / 11pm GMT
JERRY DOUGLAS

Wednesday, April 10th
5pm ET / 2pm PT / 10pm GMT
Jumping into Jams on Clawhammer Banjo
EVIE LADIN

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Bela Fleck | Deering Live Ep. 104
We are beyond excited to feature Bela Fleck on our next episode of Deering Live. Bela has taken the 5-string banjo to more musical landscapes than anyone else and always at the highest of levels. He has been nominated in more...
Bluegrass Licks and Beyond with Bennett Sullivan | Deering Live Ep. 103
We are happy to welcome back Bennett Sullivan to Deering Live. Bennett is a fantastic bluegrass banjoist as well as great teacher and is the founder of the online bluegrass banjo teaching site Daily Banjo Licks which delivers a new bluegrass banjo...
Colton Crawford (The Dead South) | Deering Live Ep. 102
Colton Crawford is the banjo player for high energy four-piece string band The Dead South. We catch up with him just before the release of the bands upcoming album to find out whats new, and to talk about his ever...
Jayme Stone | Deering Live Episode 101

Jayme Stone is a banjo player, composer, producer, and educator. On any given day, you might find him in his studio reworking a little-known hymn learned from a field recording, producing a session with musicians from Bamako or New York, creating experimental soundscapes.

Jens Kruger Q&A | Deering Live Ep. 100

The always amazing Jens Kruger joins us to celebrate our 100th episode to answer your questions and to talk about anything and everything banjo! We will also be inviting 3 guests to ask their questions to Jens live in the Deering Live studio, as well as hang out before the show goes live.

2023 Steve Martin Banjo Prize Announcement | Deering Live Ep. 99
Deering Live is honored to host the Steve Martin Banjo Prize 2023! Jamie and David from Deering Live will be joined by special guest Alison Brown as we reveal the 2023 Steve Martin Banjo Prize winners.
Yasmin Williams | Deering Live Ep. 98
Yasmin Williams hails from Virginia and is a multi-instrumentalist and film composer. She is best known on social media as @guitar.yaz where her 22,000 fans are constantly treated to beautiful and joyful renditions in her own unique style, often on her Goodtime Americana banjo. Always smiling, Yasmin has received critical acclaim from numerous major publications including The New York Times, Pitchfork, Rolling Stone, and others. Yasmin was also listed as one of the “25 New and Rising Artists Shaping the Future of Music in 2023” by Pitchfork.
Rex McGee | Deering Live Ep. 97
Rex McGee is one of the most creative and technically able players of the 5-string banjo alive today, though his non-musical career as a pharmacist has kept him largely anonymous from a larger audience. Rex is known by 3-finger style...
Gabe Hirshfeld | Deering Live Ep. 96
This week on Deering Live, we're excited to introduce you to the incredible talent of Gabe Hirshfeld, a prominent 5-string banjo player hailing from the Boston area. Beyond his remarkable banjo performances in the Boston scene, Gabe is also renowned...
"New Orleans Tenor Banjo & Beyond" with David Bandrowski | Deering Live Ep. 95
This week we will be talking all things New Orleans tenor banjo with our very own Director of Marketing, David Bandrowski. We will talk about his beginnings as a tenor player in New Orleans, the role of the instrument in jazz, as well as other genres. We will even dig into a few fundamental lessons on the instrument. 
Kristin Scott Benson | Deering Live Episode 94

We are excited to feature Deering Banjo artist and 2023 IBMA Banjo Player Of the Year Kristin Scott Benson back on Deering Live to talk about Up The Neck backup playing.

Kristin is one of the best straight-ahead bluegrass banjo players that has ever played the instrument and she is a fantastic teacher so don’t miss out on this opportunity to listen to her play and talk about what she does.

Chris Coole presents Alternate Rhythms and Rests for the Clawhammerist | Deering Live Ep. 93
In this week’s show we’ll be talking with Chris Coole about some clawhammer banjo techniques to bring your playing to another level. These techniques will help you create and play different rhythms other than the standard bump-ditty rhythm. We’ll also...
Graham Sharp | Deering Live Episode 92
This week on Deering Live we are featuring Graham Sharp from the Steep Canyon Rangers. We will be diving into ways to use the 5-string banjo to enhance/support a song. The 5-string banjo is too often focused on being a...
Chris Pandolfi | Deering Live Ep 91
Chris Pandolfi is a founding member of the jamgrass supergroup the Infamous Stringdusters. Chris is a grammy award winning musician, winning the Grammy in 2018 for Bluegrass Album Of The Year. He is also busy with his solo musical projects,...
Greg Deering, George Grove, & Jens Kruger Chat Americana Folk Gathering | Deering Live Ep. 90
With the Americana Folk gathering just around the corner, we invite George Grove, Jens Kruger and our own Greg Deering to talk about this years event. During the conversation, we will undoubtedly have great fun sharing stories, memories of previous...
Alison Brown | Deering Live Ep. 89

This week we are excited to feature award winning banjoist and Compass Records founder Alison Brown on Deering Live. In this episode Alison will demonstrate different ways to play blues tunes on the banjo with different soloing and comping ideas. We’ll also be talking about Alison’s new record that came out this past May called “On Banjo” and more! Be sure to tune in!

Cory Walker | Deering Live Ep. 88
Cory Walker has shared the stage/studio with countless greats in music, has opened up the CMA Fan Fest, played the Grand Ole Opry dozens of times billed as Cory and Jarrod Walker as well as accompanying Joe Diffie, Ricky Skaggs, Mountain Heart, Sierra Hull, Dailey and Vincent, the Steel Drivers and others. He appeared on CBS with Keith Urban, ABC with Earl Scruggs, Ricky Skaggs and more.
Campbell/Jensen | Deering Live Ep. 87

Ashley Campbell and Thor Jensen form a unique meeting of musical genres as the duo Campbell/Jensen. This week, they join us to talk about their new self-produced album, the joys of making stripped-back music together, and how their musical differences intertwine to create a beautiful sound.

Clawhammer Triplets & Licks In Double Tunings with Mark Johnson | Deering Live
Mark Johnson is the creator of the Clawgrass style of playing clawhammer banjo which allows him to play in the clawhammer style in other genres than old time, such as bluegrass and more. In this episode Mark will be playing some tunes and talking about how to incorporate triplets and other licks in double tunings such as double C, D, and E. Be sure to tune in!
Ketch Secor Of Old Crow Medicine Show On Deering Live
Ketch Secor is a founding member of Old Crow Medicine Show, a Grammy Award winning group that has been inducted as members of the Grand Ole Opry. Ketch is a mutiinstrumentalist whose first instrument was a banjo but is also...
Kyle Tuttle | Deering Live
International Banjo Champion Kyle Tuttle is shredding his way through the jamgrass scene. Since moving to Nashville in 2012 Kyle has shared the stage with many epic performers, most notably as a member of the Jeff Austin Band for 3...