He was rather long presented in the last year documentary program "Waiting in the wings, African American in country music" made and broadcasted by CMT. I have...
Tongue-flapper, isn't that an old Swedish folk instrument brought over here first by the vikings and spread to blowhards like myself. Are you willing to sign...
Right now we I am organizing two panels at the Black Banjo gathering. One is the Black Banjo and the Black Community, the other will be Black Banjo Then and...
I'm trying to figure out if I can make it to the conference in April, and need some help. I'll take care of getting a baby sitter and a sub for my Thursday...
... I'm trying to figure out if I can make it to the conference in April, and need some help. I'll take care of getting a baby sitter and a sub for my ...
Paul, It's easier to reach it from either Greensboro (an hour 45) or from Charlotte (two hours). Asheville is further away (two and a half hours). From...
Who's gonna be the Goober? :) Now, as a historian, all the raisins/ettes can be goobers, too...since that's another African word in US English...... SGW ... ...
My plans aren't set yet. I might arrive in Greensboro on Thursday no earlier than 6:00, or I might have to wait to fly out on Friday after I get the kids off...
Greetings List Members, My name is Tom Perrotti. I'm a folk and reggae guitarist and I play Irish and old time tunes on the mandolin which I now have more time...
Thanks Tom, sorry that I thought you lived in Middletown Connecticut for some reason. ... play ... time ... Festivals ... got ... at ... read ... the...
I will be flying into Charlotte at 11:24am on the 7th and renting a car to get to the Gathering. I'd be happy to share the wheels with one or two other people....
Tony, Well, Middletown, Connecticut isn't that far away. As you probably know, Middletown, Rhode Island is between Newport and Portsmouth on Aquidneck Island,...
Well, going back to my Southern New England Mind-set Middletown which is probably less than 20 miles from Hartford--distance I might drive to get better pizza...
Our great and much loved, and always perfect, , and superior founder, leader, teacher and role model, also known as the grand and exalted Vizhier and First...
The Johnson City Airport is coded TRI for Tri-Cities (Johnson City, Bristol and Kingport). Just so you know... My girlfriend is from Lansing, MI, and often...
Thanks for the link to the DeFord Bailey recordings. I love the banjo piece. Too bad Nancy's going to be out of town for the conference. Thanks to her for...
We cannot have missed the knowing that many on this list are planning to attend a Black Banjo Then and Now Gathering in Boone,NC. Perhaps you are not only...
Please do like Sister Ginny right now every dime nickel, quarter, dollar, five bucks, ten bucks , 20 fifty, hundred, every cent will determine which of our...
I have really been enjoying the playing of Syd Hemphill and Lucius Smith of Mississippi on the Black Appalachians CD in the Alan Lomax Long River of Song...
I am not the most experinced person, but I am a bit confused by the car rental situation. Is there any car rental agency where one can rent a car at either...
Dear Friends: While many of you have come here as a result of the article that was printed under my name in the Old Time Herald, that article was filled with...
Here is the second verse to Foster's "Oh! Susanna": I jumped aboard the telegraph And trabbled down de ribber, De lectrick fluid magnified, And kill’d five...
A mule would work great. Barring that, you really have to rent a car. There is an "Enterprise" rental place here in town, but one-way renting can be as bad as...
Paul if we can coordinate arrival and departure times I would be willing to share rental costs, though I can't drive as my do not have an up to date license....
don't know, but my great-great grandma got her license in "medical electricity", and practiced in the 1870s... George Wunderlich was doing some research on...
Greetings All! Since I don't get much of a chance to post here, I thought I'd respond to several threads at one fell swoop. Re: DeFord Bailey's banjo playing:...
Tony, I recommend Sam's Pizza on Bradford Street in Bristol - as good as Nonna Perrotti's. Of course they don't have a drive-in window so you'll have to get...
