Neal James, The Banjo Man on Animal Planet’s “Call of the Wildman,” died early Friday morning in Kentucky. He was 55. The beloved Banjo Man had “serious heart issues,” Washington County Deputy Coroner ...

SARATOGA SPRINGS >> Cecil Myrie, the beloved busker known as Saratoga’s Banjo Man, now has a special memorial on the edge of the big pond in Congress Park – a weeping willow tree, planted Oct. 23 by ...

Neal James has passed away at the age of 55. The outdoorsman, who was known as The Banjo Man on Animal Planet’s Call of the Wildman, had been battling cardiac issues according to the coroner’s office.

Going to a 49ers game at Candlestick Park means tailgating and traffic jams. But for the last 32 years, making the trek to the ‘Stick also meant seeing Banjo Man, aka Stacy Samuels of Fairfax.

The Banjo Man’s streak of playing at 49er games will continue. He’ll just have to travel farther south to keep it going. Fairfax’s Stacy Samuels has been wearing the propeller hat, gold t-shirt and ...

When the San Francisco 49ers take on the Green Bay Packers for the NFC Championship on Sunday, “Banjo Man” will be there. In fact, Bay Area native Stacy Samuels has attended over 370 games — including ...

The national anthem at Saturday's 49ers-Packers playoff game will be followed by the faint tinkling of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" on banjo, and a Candlestick Park tradition will notch its 30th year.

SARATOGA SPRINGS >> Saratoga’s beloved “Banjo Man” has said goodbye. According to his children and friends, Cecil Myrie, 86, passed away Tuesday morning after a battle with multiple myeloma cancer.

People seem to forget that Miami used to be a swamp. Since then, European explorers, waves of people from all over the world, and Pitbull have been poured into and over it, creating a wild west on the ...

STRING THEORY: “In retrospect, when I look back on my life, I understand there had always been a passion for banjo music,” says Mike Savino of Tall Tall Trees. As a solo act, he's taken that ...