Don Vappie can play just about anything on banjo — classical compositions, traditional jazz, even funk music. So wherever he goes musically, there's always an audience eager to hear what he has to say.
What most people may not know is that Vappie's talent extends to bass, guitar and any other instrument that needs playing. His ears are just that big. And his hands are just that good. Maybe that's why Vappie tells Music Inside Out that one of his favorite songs is the old Charles Wright hit, "Express Yourself." Because that's what Vappie does best.
Music Playlist
Classified
James Booker
The Flying Deuces from The Flying Deuces (also known as Flying Aces (1939))
Directed by: A. Edward Sullivan
Starring: Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
Salee Dames, Bon Jour
Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders
Look at Me
Don Vappie
The World is Waiting for the Sunrise
Don Vappie
The World is Waiting for the Sunrise from The Flying Deuces
Laurel and Hardy
Must Be Santa
Bob Dylan
Froggie Moore
Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders
Skoodle Um Skoo
Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders
Riverside Blues
Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders
Buddy Bolden Blues
Don Vappie
Careless Love
Don Vappie
A.T.T.
Amadou Toumani Toure
Jazz Battle
Don Vappie and the Creole Jazz Serenaders
Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
Chick Webb and His Orchestra
The Joint is Jumpin'
Fats Waller
Les Oignons
Don Vappie
Cissy Strut
Don Vappie
Cissy Strut
The Meters
That's the Way of the World
Don Vappie
Carnival (Manha de Carnaval)
Freddie Hubbard
Fantasy
Earth, Wind and Fire
Suite for Banjo and Orchestra
Richard Rosenberg, Hot Springs Music Festival Orchestra, and Don Vappie
Ran So Hard the Sun Went Down
Otis Taylor (with Don Vappie)
Theme From the Pink Panther
Henry Mancini, (with Plas Johnson)
Flying Horses
Don Vappie
My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
Don Vappie
Classified
James Booker
Express Yourself
Don Vappie