Ramblin
jack
 |
From Jack's bio: "Woody had dropped
me off at Will Geer's place in Topanga Canyon where I met Derroll
Adams, who was the closest thing to a muleskinner I had ever met at
that time. Derroll had been a cowboy and a logger in Oregon and
taught himself singing with a five string banjo. They didn't have
any five string teachers in Oregon — nobody knew how to play a five
string. All they knew how to do was run a skitter, and he was a
choker setter and a windfall bucker. But Derroll had something
extra. ...."
The
ballad of Ramblin Jack-the movie
Derroll Adams and Jack
Elliot performing (1957) Rake & Ramblin' boys on the wedding of
Jack and June. |
Tucker
Zimmerman
 |
New wonderful site about a Tucker
Zimmerman who composed "Oregon" for Derroll. One page is dedicated
to the bounds
between Derroll and Tucker. Both are native from Oregon. They
have been working together for a long time.
citing webmaster: "I cannot make a Tucker Zimmerman website
and not pay tribute to the late, great Derroll Adams." |
| Youra Marcus
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Belgian banjo player |
| Hans Theessink |
BANJOMAN *
a tribute
to Derroll Adams"
"Banjoman" Derroll Adams was a big
influence on Hans and many other musicmakers. For the cd we've
gathered several of Derroll's friends to sing his songs (Hans, Arlo,
Donovan, Ramblin' Jack Elliott, Ralph McTell, Dolly Parton, Billy
Connolly, Barney McKenna,
John Sheahan, Wizz Jones, Allan Taylor, Happy Traum, Youra Marcus, Tucker
Zimmerman a.o.)" |
| Allen J.Redman |
Le Page de Voyageurs du
Mardi |
| Dick
Gauchans |
memories |
| Hugo Valcke |
A fine craftsmen in HANDMADE STRINGED
INSTRUMENTS
"Seeing and hearing Derroll Adams play and sing when
I was seventeen, was a personal and musical turning
point...." |
| Alex
Campbell |
Alex was a friend of Derroll and
Ramblin' Jack, and spent the 1950's busking and gigging in France
and Belgium. Many of his records contained references to Derroll
Adams. Alex died in 1987, in Skagen, Denmark. (discography) |
| Allan Taylor: |
Allan Taylor news. Song
'Banjoman'(Susanne Kalweit) |
| Wizz
Jones |
Wizz
Jones: CD Magical Flight: track nr 7 The Valley
(5:12) |
Anthony
Griffiths
 |
In the 60's meeting and playing
with legendary American banjo player, Derroll
Adams. |
| Gert
de Meijer |
For a few years Gert played as a
professional in folkclubs and performed on TV and radio and played
as a supporting act for other players (Ralph McTell, Richard
Thompson and Derroll
Adams among others). |
| Roland |
often accompanied Derroll |
