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BlackBanjo · Black Banjo Then and Now

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  • Category: Banjo
  • Founded: Mar 30, 2004
  • Language: English
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14818 Greg Adams
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Apr 29, 2012
8:47 pm
If you can make it to an RBS Fest, don't miss it. When they held it here in the DC area, it was amazing! ... -- Greg C. Adams Archivist (MLS),...
14819 TonyW
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Apr 29, 2012
8:55 pm
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...
14820 domflemons@...
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Apr 29, 2012
9:06 pm
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. ...
14821 TonyW
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Apr 29, 2012
9:23 pm
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...
14822 TonyW
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Apr 29, 2012
9:27 pm
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...
14823 domflemons@...
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Apr 29, 2012
9:40 pm
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...
14824 TonyW
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Apr 30, 2012
4:24 pm
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...
14825 TonyW
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Apr 30, 2012
4:26 pm
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...
14826 domflemons@...
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Apr 30, 2012
5:08 pm
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...
14827 Mary Lee Sweet
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Apr 30, 2012
5:57 pm
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...
14828 TonyW
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Apr 30, 2012
6:12 pm
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...
14829 Bill Martin
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Apr 30, 2012
6:44 pm
... From: <domflemons@...> To: <BlackBanjo@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [BlackBanjo] Recordings, professional...
14830 Jim Carrier
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May 1, 2012
12:08 pm
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...
14831 suleness@...
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May 4, 2012
5:43 am
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...
14832 suleness@...
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May 5, 2012
1:14 am
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...
14833 Guy De Chalus
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May 9, 2012
8:39 pm
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...
14834 domflemons@...
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May 9, 2012
9:10 pm
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...
14835 Guy De Chalus
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May 9, 2012
9:41 pm
thanks Dom. Trying to use my ears... I've been reading Ms. Conway's works as compendiums to my work with Dink Robert's tunes. Take good care, Guy ...
14836 suleness@...
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May 10, 2012
1:21 am
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...
14837 Guy De Chalus
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May 10, 2012
5:46 am
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...
14838 TonyW
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May 17, 2012
6:34 pm
There are several different recordings available of Dinks that fall under the name of Buffalo, Jay Bird Pulling a Shovel, or Roustabout combining those...
14839 TonyW
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May 17, 2012
6:52 pm
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...
14840 javavbnick Offline Send Email May 17, 2012
7:36 pm
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...
14841 TonyW
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May 17, 2012
8:07 pm
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...
14842 TonyW
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May 17, 2012
8:17 pm
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...
14843 TonyW
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May 17, 2012
8:29 pm
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...
14844 Michael
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May 18, 2012
4:52 pm
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...
14845 Bill Martin
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May 18, 2012
8:11 pm
... From: "TonyW" <writerrad@...> ... Or both. Wrap a note around the rock before throwing. Bill...
14846 Pete Ross
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May 19, 2012
4:56 pm
Was there an article published on Jimmie Struthers a little while back? If so, where can I get it? Pete...
14847 Guy De Chalus
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May 21, 2012
6:45 am
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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