Scott Vestal - AcuTab Transcriptions, Vol. II
ACUTAB
Transcribed from the playing of Scott Vestal

At long last... our second volume of Vestal tabs is finally available! Vol II features all of Scott's banjo breaks from Bluegrass '95, '96 & '97. The material ranges from banjo standards as played by Earl Scruggs, J. D. Crowe and Ralph Stanley to Scott's own imaginative banjo pieces from well beyond the bluegrass mainstream. Many well-known fiddle tunes are also included to help you beef up your repertoire.
This book presents a very complete look at Scott's banjo playing, with songs in the Scruggs, melodic and single-string styles arranged in a variety of keys. Left and right hand fingerings and performance notes are included along with Scott's comments on the tunes. 58 solos from 36 songs are transcribed in tab - all carefully proofed by Scott for accuracy.
It would be hard to imagine a tab book with a better glimpse at what is possible on a 5 string, covering all the bases in a single volume.

From the back cover:
"Scott Vestal is among the finest professional banjoists currently working the bluegrass circuit. Few technical challenges are beyond his ability, in any style of music."
Dan Mazer, in Banjo NewsLetter

Songs from Bluegrass '95 (Pinecastle 1045)
Paddy On The Turnpike
Big Sandy River
Lochwood
Temperance Reel
Daley's Reel
Pike County Breakdown
Cattle In The Cane
Goodbye Liza Jane
Whiskey Before Breakfast
Cruisin'
Big Country
Songs from Bluegrass '96 (Pinecastle 1056)
Red Apple Rag
Clinch Mountain Backstep
Roanoke
Steel Guitar Rag
Black Jack
Done Gone
I'll Fly Away
Tucker
St. Anne's Reel
Foggy Mountain Special
Louisville Breakdown
Up On The Blue Ridge


Songs from Bluegrass '97 (Pineacstle 1067)
Carpenter John
Forked Deer
Sally Ann
Fire On The Mountain
Little Rock Getaway
Katy Hill
Wilson's Clog
Lost Indian
Eileen's Waltz
Jerusalem Ridge
Jesse James
Bedford's Forest
Night Of The Comet

About Scott Vestal
Scott Vestal was born May 8, 1962 in Duncan, OK. The older of two children, music was a constant from Scott's early age. His grandfather, Famon Self, an old time country fiddler with lots of patience, showed Scott his first chords on the guitar. Scott and his brother, Curtis, would play and sing with their grandfather at various events ranging from parades to nursing homes to bluegrass festivals. At age 13 Scott got his first 5-string banjo and began learning from the records his father had around the house, ranging from Flatt and Scruggs to New Grass Revival. After a few years, and many hours of practice, he was playing in contests and touring with local bands across the U.S. His professional career began at the age of 18 when he began to work with Larry Sparks. In 1985, Scott joined Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver. Four years later, he once again struck out to broaden his musical knowledge with his own group, Livewire. Today, Scott does a lot of session work around Nashville,TN, has his own recording studio where he engineers and produces various projects including an award winning series of instrumental recordings for Pinecastle Records, and has worked with the likes of Bill Monroe, Sam Bush, Tim O'Brien, Jim Lauderdale, Ralph Stanley, Ricky Skaggs, Jerry Douglas, John Cowan, and Tony Rice. Scott is truly recognized as one of the premier banjo players in the industry today.