A must-have DVD for every aspiring banjo player, regardless of level. Bill Evans has put together an encyclopedic array of licks, roll patterns, fretting hand embellishments and other techniques. Each element you'll learn doubles as a skill-building exercise without the usual struggle that "practicing" implies. On this first DVD, Bill explores the three-finger picking style pioneered by Earl Scruggs and some of the greats who followed his lead, Sonny Osborne, Ralph Stanley and J.D. Crowe. Start playing the "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" roll, the "Cripple Creek" lick, classic fill-ins and back-ups and many more "licks-ercises" you can use to build solos and accompaniments. Tab included as PDF file on the disc. 90 min.