Having worked with the Memphis Blues Caravan, I can assure you that Lonnie Johnson did not travel with us. The Caravan operated in the 1970s not 1960s. Fred ...
Fred, You might be right. The film I saw had SOnny Boy Williamson in it, and Victoria Spivey, among others. I don't remember the other players, maybe Earl...
Andy, And I agree with your point. Fred ... -- Fred J. Hay, Ph.D. Librarian, W.L. Eury Appalachian Collection Professor of Appalachian Studies Coordinator,...
just curious, why would you say that? what an ignorant thing to say. are you a musician, Paul? even if you're not, how can you simply not be interested in...
Sure I can pass judgment on his music. It doesn't matter how many people like him. I don't have to like Dylan's music. And the reason I decided to share...
Hi Paul, yep you're right, you can pass judgment on his music, but unfortunately in your case it's not sound judgment. and your opinion seems to be on Dylan's...
You like Dylan's music. I'm happy for you. And I would never think of questioning your judgment. You are free to like what you like. There are a lot of...
Paul, thank you for being open-minded enough to tolerate me liking Bob Dylan. but for some reason, i get the feeling you wouldn't have taken the time to make...
not sure if you're familiar with it or not, but there's an album called "The Roots of Rap: Classic Recordings of the 20s and 30s", though at this point in time...
First International Conference On The AFRICAN ORIGINS OF THE NEW WORLD BANJO Senegambian Centre for Folk Music Research and Education Mandinary, Gambia, Africa...
To hold a conference, Daniel Jatta's committee needs some money. Most of the conferees will be local akonting players. and a few poor american banjoists. So...
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... What is the point, I was talking about what Bookbinder said. I didnt pull this out of the air. I think it fits into a broader concept about music and ...
People who are truly young probably think of springsteen as someone their parents listen to. People my age realized they were no longer young when their...
This is important, because most recountings of the banjo and Black people simply ignore the four and six string banjo tradition among African Americans. The...
I think we have to recount the history of 4 string banjoists to recount the true image of the banjo. There were thousands, if not tens of thousands of them...
And one other thing, I think I might disagree with you on the point about current popular black music. Rap, for instance, certainly has roots in earlier black...
... At the banjo collectors gathering in December, Bob Winans presented a wonderful history of the image of Blacks and the banjo based on music covers from the...
... Dink is ... supposed ... myself so ... Well, I'll be interested to see more of these ideas when ever you have a chance. BTW, we New Mexicans would say...
... that ... to ... have ... in ... It isnt that I am not itching to say something it is just that tonight I have finish documents for the African string...
Friends in LA who are more interested in the Hot Club of Cowtown ace guitarist Whit than Mr. Cohen, n-j, sent me this. Actually, this is the couple who I...
I just want to make a quick point on the Springsteen live in Asbury Park, NJ video. I went and saw it. He's doing "Jacob's Ladder", or was it "Will the Circle...
... Today, Sule adds: Vappie is taking his four-string sensibilities and doing a mandolin class this year at Centrum's Country Blues workshop. As someone who...
Hello, Folks! Sule still doing maritime research. Is Gribble/York's "Across the Sea" the same as Uncle Dave Macon's "Going Across the Sea"? Does anyone have...
This is mostly a tangent on what Paul and Aurora have bee discussing... but it is kind of description of my interests, so bear with me. I turned my back on...
I just wanted to post how much I enjoyed Algae Mae Hinton and her family at Merlefest last weekend. Their dancing was absolutely fantastic. She seemed rather...
Kerry, I was just telling Paul off-list that I have no love for mainstream popular music either. What made you think I was going to rant at you about it, if...
We should all note that Otis Taylor also plays mandolin although he plays an unorthodox style playing it in a kind of thumb lead stroke style like he plays...
Aurora: Dylan is "on topic"--if he relates to what black banjoists and others of that ilk do and have done. Tell us: what place does the banjo hold in one half...
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