One of my colleagues sent me this link. She is from the Bahamas and is also familiar with my banjo obsession and thought I might like to read about Mr. Higgs....
The Society for American Music has a call for papers for their 2008 San Antonio Convention. The deadline is 2007 June 15 for a written proposal, although the...
... Though I haven't really gotten into it, there is widespread criticism of the film in academic circles that deal with the history of slavery and Black...
I've just posted a 19th century drawing of a group of black musicians (see Black String Band in the Photo section). It is a wonderful picture, in my...
Amazing Grace is also the title of an anthology of poetry about slavery. http://www.amazon.com/Amazing-Grace-Anthology-Slavery-1660-1810/dp/0300091729...
... musicians ... by ... but ... few ... not ... crude ... minstrelsy, ... Any ... minstrel ... minstrels ... whites ... white ... very ... century ... ...
... Louisiana ... reading. ... The mind is foggy. However, I think I heard this on a TV documentary on Cajun or Zydeco music. There is a lot of music by...
There are two questions I want to pose to the group about guitars in string bands and blues guitars. I've owned a dreadnaught sized Martin for the past 8 years...
I typed "The dreadnaughts were first built around the time of WWII by a small company that went out of business." I meant "The dreadnaughts were first built...
... I suspect that you may be referring to the Oliver Ditson guitars, which were made for OD by Martin. The first style-45 guitars were made for Ditson, which ...
On all the guitar forum sites I have explored, inevitably someone sings the praises of your friend neal and his guitars, his advice and his luthering....
The accordion is plentiful in some Afro-Caribbean traditions. Dominican Reggae comes immediately to mind. Trade and movement of people between the islands...
... sings the praises of your friend neal and his guitars, his advice and his luthering. Unfortunately, his guitars are in a price range that I cannot enter....
Without much knowledge or research, very much has gone back and forth between the US and West Indies since colonial times. Most folks who know more than I do...
Gibson did not start making the Jumbos until the 1930s. Once they did they also produced smaller guitars with a jumbo shaped body. I'm not familiar with the...
... If you'll makwe that 60, you can see photos of Bill Broonzy with a herringbone 000-28 and Josh White with a 00 or 000-45. John Jackson played a J-50 Gibson...
... Um, Nope. He traded a lot of guitars in and out of his house, but his general favorite was a Gibson J-200. I never knew him to own a guild, though I'm ...
... general ... though I'm ... little ... 55, kind ... Phone from ... 12 ... Chicago, ... I would be willing to forsake small Guitars is A not J would give me ...
A number of our cohorts in the collector's group collect old images of African American musicians of all kinds. Would this be worth circulating in that venue...
It actually lives in my wife's office. Just came back from reconditioning by the Martin folks. I get it out and play it every once in a while. It's a...
... Holy Big Bill, Batman! What all did Martin do to it? I hope they didn't clean it up, that would mean the loss of a certain amount of BBB's DNA from the...
