http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L4a4FxaRjQk Seems like there are more vids on this topic. Gonna take a look before I go to bed. Regards, Guy [Non-text portions...
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Tony Thomas
blackbanjotony
Jul 8, 2010 2:54 pm
I am cross posting this post from Shlomo because I am sure everyone will se the relevance especialy drummers like Sule and Chalus ... ...
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Dionne Thomas
ndiayeartiste
Jul 8, 2010 8:59 pm
2nd Annual MUSSUKEBA SANE African Dance Conference in NYC - August 13-15, 2010 hosted by MALANG BAYO!! New York City is SIZZLING with this HOT African Dance...
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Guy De Chalus
massacouraman1
Jul 8, 2010 10:44 pm
Very interesting. A lot of information here so I'll have to read it over a few times and refer to the references therein. How rhythm is understood and...
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Guy De Chalus
massacouraman1
Jul 8, 2010 11:01 pm
Oops! I meant to write "The only similarities that I've found..." I wanted to specify how the sounds of the Black Indians of New Orleans and the Shouters of...
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banjar2ber
Jul 9, 2010 8:04 pm
Hello, Guy: My name is Roberta Perkins, I live in Delaware. I seldom write in but I do "listen" frequently. I'm enjoying what you have written here about your...
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jpdickerson2001
Jul 10, 2010 1:39 pm
BEST OF LUCK TO YOU Roberta, If there are any photos, please send one to me. Joan Dickerson...
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berimbau8
Jul 10, 2010 2:21 pm
This is a really great post, and although I'm far from home out on the road in Baltimore, feel a need to weigh in. Most recently I've been working on a...
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TonyW
writerrad
Jul 10, 2010 5:51 pm
Just to add my two cents in the 18th and much of the 19th Century, African American banjo playing with a fiddle and with a guitar would have seemed peculiar...
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Tony Thomas
blackbanjotony
Jul 11, 2010 3:11 pm
I am cross posting this and will put the picture in the pictures library. Tony From: spestcoe@... To: SPestcoe@... Subject: Another Early Banjo...
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writerrad
Jul 11, 2010 3:49 pm
Both the large cartoon strip "Martial Law in Jamaica" and the portion with the musicians "Beau Jenkins practicing the Militia Band in the new German Waltz"...
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shlomopestcoe
Jul 12, 2010 11:19 am
Thanks, Tony, for posting my original post as well as posting the 1803 image here. There's one inadvertent error in my original post (I'm sure there are others...
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Scott
jsodell2
Jul 12, 2010 1:27 pm
Thanks to Schlomo for this important image and all the historical background -- fascinating.. I hate to question the banjo identification, especially since I...
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shlomopestcoe
Jul 12, 2010 4:30 pm
Thanks right back at ya, Scott, for your kind words and good points! I get what you're saying about the possibility that the instrument depicted in the 1803...
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Scott
jsodell2
Jul 12, 2010 9:00 pm
Thanks Schlomo, all good points and I'll defer to your close examination of the larger book illustration. I think I may try to see if one can get a good...
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shlomopestcoe
Jul 12, 2010 9:56 pm
Thanks again, Scott. You inspired me to dig out my copy of "The Journal of Nicholas Cresswell," which was something of a minor archeological excavation, I'm...
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berimbau8
Jul 13, 2010 1:23 pm
Hey TT! After emanicipation the slave codes became some what obsolete, so I'm not sure that any of the laws specifically banning drums were ever actually...
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Guy De Chalus
massacouraman1
Jul 14, 2010 5:21 am
Question 1: Is there a comprehensive musicological text containing the known collection of old time banjo songs, their alleged histories, and related...
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bill j
roanokeneck
Jul 14, 2010 2:20 pm
The Bear family Uncle Dave Macon box set is highly recommended . His selection of songs and style reflect the white and black southern tradition. There is a...
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Guy De Chalus
massacouraman1
Jul 14, 2010 3:42 pm
Thanks Wild Bill. I'll look into it at once. Peace, Guy ________________________________ From: bill j <roanokeneck@...> To: BlackBanjo@yahoogroups.com ...
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Guy De Chalus
massacouraman1
Jul 15, 2010 5:41 am
Although I've come to learn that this list seems primarily set for scholarly discussion around the topic of Black banjo players and playing styles as ...
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shlomopestcoe
Jul 15, 2010 6:46 am
In answer to your first question, no, at this time there isn't one single "comprehensive musicological text containing the known collection of old time banjo...
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Andrew Mullins
mullinsandrew
Jul 15, 2010 11:58 am
Shlomo - Many thanks for compiling this great list of resources, and the accompanying comments....
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shlomopestcoe
Jul 15, 2010 8:18 pm
Thanks for the kind words, Andrew, glad to have been some service! Of course, my lists of books and CDs were just short rough samplings and by no means...
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TonyW
writerrad
Jul 15, 2010 9:20 pm
I lived on Lakeshore right on the lake for about three years. I was just thinking about how much enjoyment I got out of that park back then. Its only short...
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Guy De Chalus
massacouraman1
Jul 16, 2010 6:50 am
Thank you Tony, Yes, I've been reading on the role of the banjo in "popular" culture during the 19th century. Very interesting. So many parallels between...
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Tony Thomas
blackbanjotony
Jul 16, 2010 7:35 pm
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Guy De Chalus
massacouraman1
Jul 17, 2010 10:15 am
Wow! this is major news! MAJOR!!!!! I just came in from a party at an Ethiopian club in Oakland. After the party ended I was sipping a complementary glass of...
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TonyW
writerrad
Jul 18, 2010 5:34 pm
Joel Shimburg one of the founding members who inspired me to form this list has had his well known fiddlinshim@... account spammed. Do not open any...
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macongo9
Jul 18, 2010 8:38 pm
After reading the OP's post, I looked around for information to substantiate the claims re. the Schomburg being "dismantled" and found nothing. I have to admit...
