Lew's clear and constructive intervention speaks to the heart of the matter. This group was started to gather Black banjoists, not to draw us out or into any...
One of the neglected treasures of African American literature is the great Jesse B Semple stories that Langston Hughes wrote in the Chicago Defender from...
Just for the record, this is what I said when I started this thread: "At the risk of alienating some fine people with whom I have traded emails for years and...
I love Jesse B.! There's a couple of great movie scripts in that story..... Also: racism will be gone when EurAms speak about their AfrAm ancestors as easily...
... Thanks, Tony, but the racism I was talking about was evidenced by the fact that my reaction to the ignorance of the black kids was different from my ...
For me personally, I was about to post the few names that I knew, but John beat me to it. :^) I'd like to be able to contribute more, but I can't. I am very...
HO I MET BEVERLY ROBINSON AT THE 1976 SMITHSONIAN'S BICETENNIAL FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL, ENJOYED CHEWNG THE FAT, SINGING, SWAPPING STORIES AND SAYINGS. sO WNHEN...
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... Tony, Out of curiousity, do you know anyone who *doesn't* have "racist ideas?" I know I don't don't--myself included. We make judgements about people...
Thanks for that story, Stu. Beautiful. Now, can folks give me lyrics and context for Run Nigger Run. I have five recorded versions so far. Gotta make it...
By God, I love your posts! ... FOLKLIFE ... SAYINGS. sO ... TOBEHELD IN ... EASY I FIELT -- ... SNAP.WHEN ... HAVE THAT ... CABBAGE. ... THAT ... FUNNY TOO, ...
Pictures of the banjo are uploaded under folder Banjo Ulf ... From: <stufolk@...> To: <BlackBanjo@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, August 01, 2004 6:26 PM ...
In response to Mark, I want to make clear I am simply explaining my own view of the matter. I am sure in this group there are probably 4 times as many views of...
Hi, I'm a new member - white, a music historian, not a banjo player (I play tin whistle), so I'm not a part of the original "target audience" for this group on...
I have a one-word comment on this - Egads! To which I quickly append something on the order of "Don't these people know anything about American musical...
I would think a tin whistle player could add a lot of perspective givien the intermixture of rhythms and tunes and such. My friend Tom Callihan, an irish...
The UFO story sounds straight out of Joel Chandler Harris, unfortunately. Sounds rather unreliable or untrue given the nature of South Carolina as the savage...
In response to a letter about several other things, including the spelling controversy Joel unleashed on fiddle-l, Tom Paley was kind enough to write me back...
For the past 5 years I have had the high priviledge of teaching young community college students English composition. A statwement that has entered the...
I need to take more advantage of my luck. I took only two lessons from him a year ago. Since then I have been working out all the implications of what he...
If I had a beginning banjo student I don't think I would start with the "basic strum". I would start them off alternating melody notes with thunb strokes with...
Eric wrote: "Why? I strarted off with those bumpadittys and once I got into more advanced playing I had to work hard to break out of that rhythm" Yes, thanks,...
I don't really have any versions of Run Nigger Run anywhere. People tend to change the name of the song to keep from getting a beat down from uppity n****s...
Music Under New York musicians will be performing at Licoln Center August 14, 2004 at 2:00-5:00 at the Josie Robertson Plaza (New York City). One of the...
The Ebony Hillbillies "This group performs old time mountain music in the heart of the big apple. They can be seen on a weekly basis performing at Grand...
Thanks for letting us know about this! I also found some pictures here: http://www.kingscountyopry.com/junephotos.html Anyone know anything more about these...
Those guys RULE!! Never heard them but they sure look cool. I might have to make myself an Ebony Hillbillies shirt tonight. Uhhhh....I mean pay the t-shirt...
