Yates Banjos on WCNC

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Watch the Yates Banjos video onlineWCNC television in Charlotte, NC did a feature this week on Warren Yates, who builds banjos in a small shop in nearby Hickory.

The piece includes interviews with Warren along with Ron Stewart, a prominent Yates endorser, and Dan Tyminski, with whom Ron plays banjo.

Mike Redding, who does the Carolina Traveler segment several times a week for WCNC, visited Warren’s shop where he got a look at Yates at work, plus a bit of picking and singing from Stewart and Tyminski.

You can watch the video and read Redding’s text report at wcnc.com.

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