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Kerry, Pat occasionally lurks on Black Banjo, but wasn't paying much attention. I knew what I said was incorrect, but was indeed confused about it. So I poked...
Andy
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Jan 1, 2005
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2928
Uh, Happy New Year, everybody. Let's hope this one will be better than the last one, but the entrails are so far not auspicious... Cohen --...
Andy
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The interesting thing about Johnny Booker is that it is a song with slave origins about hostility to white people, particularly masters. I grew up on the great...
Tony
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Jan 1, 2005
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"A Book Of Five Strings: Strategies for mastering the art of old time banjo" By Patrick Costello is available online in an html file here...
Tony
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Jan 1, 2005
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Dr Conway is about to apply for matching funds from a NC Friends of History group and others for the Black Banjo Gathering. The funds may have to go to...
Tony
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Jan 1, 2005
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Thank you, Tony! Well said! That is exactly my point! Something we will discuss when I do my "Banjo & Rhythm" workshop...."Ain't it Funky, Now!" to quote...
Greg
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Jan 2, 2005
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... I was of the impression that he was born Booker T. Wahington Whita, and that Bukka was pronounced 'Bookah" Joel...
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Jan 2, 2005
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Hey Man: here's something I discovered on my computer: If folks out there are new here, check this out. It is two days shy of a year old. Here's a good...
Greg
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Jan 2, 2005
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2935
... Whita, and that ... Completely correct Joel...
Tony
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Jan 2, 2005
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2936
Welcome to Banjo-l Sule Yes this was the beginning of a long debate. When I read this, I assumed that this was not genuine but was someone trying to make fun...
Tony
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Jan 2, 2005
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I began this as part of my previous contribution, but this deserves to exist on their own. All of this is an enormous aid to the article on Black Banjo Then...
Tony
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Jan 2, 2005
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<< From: "Tony" <_writerrad@a..._ (http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/BlackBanjo/post?postID=DYo1coAz7ogevdRcEw_CsAHqqKIeeMnRx3bQ9qmpX3m1H_5yPUVCVIKFfOK73RI...
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In a message dated 12/21/2004 3:25:27 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, BlackBanjo@yahoogroups.com writes: Message: 3 Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:53:48 -0000 From:...
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Jan 2, 2005
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Just a small clarifying point: it wasn't Bob Gaddis that called you an uppity nigger, but another list member who is long gone. I'd have to look back through...
Marc Perdue
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Jan 2, 2005
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Panimula, I am unfamiliar with the distinction between 'double thumbing' and 'drop thumbing'. Can you explain that? Also, Larkin learned me that the word...
Andy
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Jan 2, 2005
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... you an ... to ... You are completely right. Again, I want to underscore that this whole experience was a watershed for Banjo-l in the number of people who...
Tony
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Or as in "Hop Light Lou", which is what John Tyree and Rufus Kasey called "Roustabout"? Also note Fred Cockerham's very Black-influenced Hop Light (= ...
Scott Odell
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Sule, You may be sticking your neck out,assuming that Johnny Bukra is the original as there may have been an actual Johnny Booker who was the subject of the...
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I came across this accidentally and though it has no specific banjo content, I thought I'd send it along. Best regards, Meghan According to NPR: "Ragtime Henry...
Meghan Merker
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the BlackBanjo group. File : /Gathering...
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Mark Freed Just sent me this piece of information on motels and hotels in the boone tha can be used as housing for the Black Banjo Gathering. Hotels rooms have...
Tony
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Jan 4, 2005
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in my last post I forgot to say that the information on motels is also posted in the files area in the Gathering materials folder as motels.txt....
Tony
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Jan 4, 2005
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Hi; yes...pls send me whatever you have. I have Flescher's book with three versions... Re: Juba/Hambone -- First off: disclaimer! This is MY ...
Greg
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Jan 4, 2005
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I think the Johnny Boker, the subject of the song, was a buckra? SGW On Tuesday, January 4, 2005, at 11:51 AM, buehlingbanjo@......
Greg
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you go, man! <----- Original Text -----> Tony <writerrad@...> wrote : I began this as part of my previous contribution, but this deserves to exist on their...
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Tony, I believe Bob Carlin has found that Johnny Booker was the name of an actual person. <----- Original Text -----> DreamsToPrint@... wrote : &lt;&lt; ...
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Hi Clarke, From "Monarchs of Minstrelsy" [1910] page #74.............. "Johnny Booker [Sam. Roberts], was one of the early minstrel comedians and managers. In...
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Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the BlackBanjo group. File : /Kerry's...
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Jan 5, 2005
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My banjo player Allen Hart came over tonight for band practice and brought this photo for me. He had ordered it a while back from a proof sheet of the ...
Sheila & Kerry Blech
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Jan 5, 2005
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Thanks for pulling out that tidbit... But, ,keep this in context... Mr. Roberts took the name "Johnny Booker", 'cause that was a known name, already. Just as...
Greg
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