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For some reason any message forwarding Frank & Mary Lee Sweet's message about the bones festival ends up in the spam filter basket for this group. I have no...
I would also look to the CD "John Work III: Recording Black Culture" which has a little more info on Frazier and Patterson that I had not read previously. ...
Bruce's writings in the grammy winning liners for that CD are essentially expansion of the 1987 article. He sent me the full text of the Work's lectures and...
In this opost I wrote the following in error, "A clue to how rare such banjoists actually were and to Works' need to reconstructr a band is that in a Fisk...
That's one of the hardest things about those years in the 20's-40's. A lot of black musicians that played string band music seemed content on not pursuing a...
The points Dom makes are generally true and useful. Even in current popular music many great artists and would be poipular performers never get recorded and...
I forgot that I exchanged with Bruce Nemerov about the recording issue. Among many other things he does, Bruce is a profesional recording engineer. He says a...
What a great response. Everyon get your notepads out here. Tony's post here tell a mountain of amazing information on the developments in black music and how...
Bones Fest XVI August 9-11, 2012. SAVE THE DATE! PLEASE DON'T BOOK A HOTEL ROOM OTHER THAN THE XVI HOST HOTEL! We need you to support the chosen hotel, because...
The biggest problem is that so much of this information is not available anyone where for a citizen who is just looking around for information about the...
This is not black banjo, strictly speaking, but members of this group will enjoy the photos and publicity in the New York Times today of blues musicians...
Hello, Black Banjo Then & Now Folks. In case anyone wants to come out & say "hi": I'll be coming East in a couple of weeks to participate in the thirty-fifth...
Seems I forgot the date; sorry! Friday, May 18th 7:30–9:00 pm 270 W. 96th (Bway & West End) ... ============= Hello, Black Banjo Then & Now Folks. In case...
Dear list, I've been listening to the specific playing/performance approaches of African American banjoists. Still new at this instrument, I find myself met...
I haven't looked at the video yet Guy but I can mention two resources that can help. Cece Conway's two publications: Black Banjo Songsters of NC & VA has a...
Also...use your ears to hear other folks' versions of the tune---you know Libba Cotton's version?--to get the song into you. Then, once it's in, a particular...
Thank you to members of the list who have offered advice and suggested approaches to studying this version. The liner notes of Ms. Conway's CD wouldn't have...
There are several different recordings available of Dinks that fall under the name of Buffalo, Jay Bird Pulling a Shovel, or Roustabout combining those...
What is most useful in the liners and a real treasure is own Scott Odell's musicological notes to each tune in the liner notes, as opposed to the essay that...
Hello All! I haven't posted in over a year but have been following/reading numerous posts. I just wanted to update everybody on some aspects of my journey as a...
My own personal view (I say personal because I think this works best for me and my taste and is different from some generalized statement I think applies to...
The Ebony Hillbillies including myself, Tony Thomas as banjoist will be performing in concert is Syracuse NY on Friday May 18 sponsored byff the Folkus...
On the Folkus web site and on some other promotional materials for the Ebony Hillbillies a statement appears saying ""...The premiere black string band in...
I am a record producer with a record label. I am relocating to Atlanta and would like to learn to play Banjo (I play guitar). I would also like to do what I...
Tony Thomas wrote: Like most good things the problem isnt who is the best, but that there are not more, not just more, but more different approaches,...
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