Many times when you call in for ordering, with requests or questions the voice you hear answering the phone is that of our very own Murrell Thixton. Murrell is the banjo player for the group Storefront Congregation, a four piece band from Louisville, Ky that performs bluegrass and acoustic music. This weekend they will join Kyle Ramey, Kati Penn and Newtown, and 9 time IBMA fiddler of the year Michael Cleveland in a concert to benefit 3 local charities The Salvation Army, The Center for Women and Families, andThe Home of the Innocents. If you’d like details on how you can attend you can find more information about the concert here.
This video clip promoting the upcoming event is from a broadcast of Great Day Live a local morning show on our ABC affiliate WHAS television. We’re proud of Murrell and his group for their support of these most worthy charities.
We hope you enjoy the clip, Happy Thanksgiving everyone.
We just got a new Vintage 35 Maple and it is beautiful. Beautiful figured resonator and neck, a real dandy. The Vintage 35′s all come with Old Growth rims and a Vintage 35 tone ring. If you’d like all the specs you can click here and you’ll be able to see all the details.
Give us a call and we’ll get you in the drivers seat. 800-635-2021 x126
We just received a Sullivan Vintage 35 and a Classic Bardstown from Sullivan Banjo Company. These banjos are crafted of the finest Honduras Mahogany and have the now famous Sullivan Banjo tone rings. If you’re in the market for a new banjo drop in and see us and get you hands on a Sullivan. You’ll be glad you did.
Received a beautiful Sullivan Vintage 35 Maple today. If you find you’re in the Louisville, Kentucky area stop by and see us and give it a test drive. If you live out of the Louisville area just give us a call at 800-635-2021 x126
Our friend Tyler Mullins stopped by and picked up his new mahogany Sullivan Vintage 35 banjo today. Tyler got his start as the banjo player for the now famous Kentucky Sassafras. He’s now working as a member of the Lonesome Ramblers picking the five for Bluegrass legend Larry Sparks. We are proud to welcome Tyler into the Sullivan banjo family!
Steve Gill with Eric & Jeff Sullivan in the Sullivan Historic Banjo Room
Steve Gill came by the shop today. After a short tour and a little business, Steve played a few tunes on one of our new Vintage 35 banjos. Steve is a big part of our new banjo as he supplies the resonators for these models. Steve owns and operates Gill Mfg. which currently produces the most accurate reproduction Pre-War Gibson Mastertone banjo resonators on the market. Steve makes all of the resonators by hand and they are so accurate that they could be passed off as original. Finding such a high quality product that is produced by one of the nicest guys I know has really put the finishing touch on our new Vintage 35 banjos.
Rounder recording artist Summertown Road’s self titled debut CD is in stores today. We here at First Quality are sure excited about the group’s new project! You can find a list of the group’s upcoming performances on their Myspace. Be sure and check out Jack’s Sullivan V-35 banjo when you catch a performance!
Aaron Thomas was in the showroom this week from Washington, IN and was kind enough to try out one of the new Sullivan Historic Vintage-35 Banjo Prototypes. We debuted this Banjo at IBMA and will have more information on it in the coming weeks – for now, the sound speaks for itself! He’s a great picker and in the video below performs a wonderful and unique version of “What a friend we have in Jesus”. Thanks for stopping by, Aaron!
