Hi folks, Buddy from The Dixie Bee-Liners here.

Our former banjo player and dear friend, Sam Morrow, had his banjo stolen yesterday from his apartment in Bristol, VA. Its a very distinctive 1926 Gibson TB-3 archtop with a 5-string repro neck, fiddle headstock, wreath inlays and an unfrosted head, very similar to Ralph Stanley's classic banjo. The inlay that is supposed to be at the 10th fret is actually on the 9th. Serial # 26-5, also the name of a previous "Jake Tyler" is written in ballpoint pen on the Gibson label in the pot.

If you are on Facebook, we have a flier posted there with photos of the banjo on The Dixie Bee-Liners fan page.

If you see this instrument anywhere in the Tri-Cities area (southwest Virginia/Northeast Tennessee), Nashville, North Carolina, or anywhere else for that matter, please get in touch with me immediately. Also stolen were his son's red Gibson SG Standard and a Baby Taylor acoustic.

Please pass this around, and thank you! Extra Karma points if you bring us the hide of the perp(s) so we can have it mounted on a banjo rim for Sam.

Thanks!

bw

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Buddy Woodward
buddy@dixiebeeliners.com