http://www.stanford.edu/~moore/Moore.pdf Scroll to page four for description of wedding music in 1803. Banjo and fiddle. Is this a valid source? Wild Bill J I...
lande dance in the late 1830s or 1840s, not 1829. Minstrelsy under that title did not really exist in 1829 anywhere. I have no doubt that black people...
Would you be able to consider "King Charles" at the Pinkster Day celebration 1803 to be the first black minstrel? Lowell Schreyer mentioned him ...in that he...
... No one doubts that there were African Americans playing music in the Americans from the 16th century on and reports of African Americans playing the fiddle...
Minstrelsy was a specific institution that arose, largely from New York, in the 1830s, largely from entertainers who appeared in Circuses and the various...
Hello, there. This is Sule Greg Wilson (www.myspace.com/sulegwilson, www.drumpath.net). I'm Black, and I've been playing banjo for a while now. If you...
You can count me too! My name is Chris Peoples and have been playing melodic clawhammer for 35 years. I've really enjoyed following all the discussions about...
Wild Bill---Thank you for turning up the reference to black banjo and fiddle players in Hertford County, NC in 1803. The quotation itself is valid, that is,...
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=57546052 MOther on bass, father on guitar, sister on fiddle, Buddy on banjo and voice. ....
Forwarded from John Bishop Color and sound track remastered, outtake material included. http://www.media-generation.com/DVD%20PAGES/Land/Land.html In 1978,...
... I have stated much criticism of Lomax in the past, but I must say watching this video and a careful reading of the book with the same name ignoring his...
Hey all, My name is Prentis. I'm Black, 28, from Texas. Currently living in Oakland, CA though. Brand new to banjo playing and looking to learn as much as I...
... Prentis, I have a hunch you'll like them. Try to get up with Dom if you can. They all play banjo, but Dom plays everything. Do you have any people around...
I knew one of his daughters out here, but I haven't seen her around in a while. Next time I do I should ask for some type of introduction, virtual or...
Please take the time to introduce yourself to Rhiannon and the others. Also, in files, there is a file listing every black banjo player we can think of......
Rhiannon Laffan has not been a member of this group for several years. Jessie Mae is playing in the blues band of all blues band along with Sid and Lucius...
He is not exactly easy to reach evebn if you do hyave the number and know the person to contact to get you through to him. Do a search through the archives...
Hello everyone! I'm a new member, 59, now living in Milwaukee, WI (although I've lived all over the country and in Uganda). I'm Scots/Irish, and a novice...
Sorry, I thought this was a suggestion that Shannon get in touch with Rhiannon through the group. In response to some questions Shannon had to me offlist, I...
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