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Sn@ke:
OK, and I think you missed my point as well.
I'm saying that Paul can play straight Jazz, heavy electric rock, fingerstyle guitar stuff, out/free jazz, and Indian/Asian influenced stuff.
These are all areas he plays exceptionally well. He has used the banjo to play sets of a purely free jazz nature; sets that were very angular and had little to no influence from the East. It's only one of his instruments, and the instrument itself is not a one-trick pony. There is a lot of thought put into what he is going to play on it at any given time.
One of those three pieces is in 10/8, for god's sake. Plus, the thing is chromaticaly fretted and there are many many wrong notes to choose from
on that thing. He plays in this way very deliberately, because if he wanted to do something else stylistically and was in the mood to do so, he would.
He can use the banjo in many ways, just like he can use a standard guitar in many different ways. To say that it is "the instrument and not him" is to ignore just how versatile he is as a player. You have only heard one facet of his playing.
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