query: who is the boy playing the banjo in deliverance

pos: Billy Redden Billy Redden Billy Redden (born 1956) is an American actor, best known for his role as a backwoods, mountain boy in the 1972 film "Deliverance". He played Lonnie, a banjo-playing teenager in north Georgia, who played the noted "Dueling Banjos" with Drew Ballinger (Ronny Cox). The film was critically acclaimed and received nominations for awards in several categories. Redden was born in Rabun County, Georgia. At the age of sixteen, he was selected for "Deliverance" from his school in Georgia by director John Boorman. He portrayed a banjo-playing "local" during the film's famous "dueling banjos" scene. Boorman felt that Redden's

pos: Dueling Banjos both the Cashbox and Record World pop charts. The song also reached No. 5 on the Hot Country Singles chart at the same time it was on the Hot 100 and Adult Contemporary Singles charts. It was also nominated for the 30th Golden Globe Awards in the Best Original Song category. In "Deliverance," a scene depicts Billy Redden playing it opposite Ronny Cox, who joins him on guitar. Redden plays "Lonnie," a mentally challenged and inbred, but extremely gifted, banjo player. Redden could not actually play the banjo and the director thought his hand movements looked unconvincing. A local musician,

neg: Colonel Homer and a film called "Ernest vs. The Pope" which stars the fictional character Ernest P. Worrell. During his long drive to the Beer 'N' Brawl, Homer passes a boy playing a banjo on a porch, a reference to the "Dueling Banjos" sequence in the film "Deliverance". The same boy appears later at the recording studio waiting in line with his banjo to record a CD. William Irwin writes in his book "Philosophy and the Interpretation of Pop Culture" that this "burst of banjo" must convey a message even if the viewers do not "get" the reference to "Deliverance": "Thanks to

neg: Deliverance (novel) north Georgia wilderness. The river valley will soon be flooded by a dam to create a reservoir. Besides Ed, the protagonists are insurance salesman Bobby Trippe, soft drink executive Drew Ballinger, and landlord Lewis Medlock, a physically fit outdoorsman who is the driving force behind the canoe trip. The men drive into the mountains with two canoes. At a gas station in a mountain hamlet, Drew gets out his guitar and plays a duet with Lonnie, a banjo-playing, intellectually disabled, inbred albino boy who is apparently a musical savant. After arranging with some local mechanics, the dirty and intimidating Griner

neg: Deliverance near the beginning, with one of the city men playing "Dueling Banjos" on guitar with a banjo-strumming country boy, and for its visceral and notorious male rape scene. In 2008, "Deliverance" was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Four Atlanta men—Lewis Medlock, Ed Gentry, Bobby Trippe, and Drew Ballinger—decide to canoe down a river in the remote northern Georgia wilderness, expecting to have fun and witness the area's unspoiled nature before the fictional Cahulawassee River valley is flooded by construction of a dam. Lewis

neg: Eric Weissberg Valli, Bob Dylan, Loudon Wainwright III, Talking Heads, Tom Paxton, Jim Croce, Art Garfunkel, John Denver, Ronnie Gilbert and others. He is well known for playing the banjo solo in "Dueling Banjos", used as the theme in the film "Deliverance" (1972), produced by Joe Boyd and directed by John Boorman. It was released later as a single and became a hit; playing on Top 40, AOR, and country stations alike. It reached the Top Ten and hit #1 in the US and Canada. Weissberg released a related album, called "Dueling Banjos: From the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 'Deliverance' " (1973),

neg: Cris Kirkwood Cris Kirkwood Christopher "Cris" Kirkwood (born October 22, 1960) is an American musician who is the bassist and a founding member of the Meat Puppets, an alternative punk rock band. Raised in Paradise Valley, Arizona, Cris took up the banjo after seeing "Deliverance", moved on to guitar, and ultimately picked up the bass when he started playing together in bands with his older brother Curt. In 1980 the brothers and their friend Derrick Bostrom, a drummer, decided to form a band, which they eventually named the Meat Puppets. Besides playing bass Kirkwood's role in the band grew over the years

neg: Johari Window (Fringe) get out of the car to enter a supermarket, he mentions he is "learning to appreciate cowardice" and that "the lion had a point", a reference, he explains to Peter, about the cowardly lion from "The Wizard of Oz" (1939). Walter also mentions flying monkeys and talking lions later in the episode, both also homages to the movie. Later, Walter excitedly says he remembers someone who played the banjo and looked like the kidnapped, deformed boy, and starts humming a tune. Peter completes the tune and explains it is from the movie "Deliverance" (1972), which depicts murderous, inbred, and deformed

neg: Cris Kirkwood following artists for Slope Records - The Exterminators, the Linecutters, and Sad Kid. Kirkwood is a grandson of Carl W. Renstrom, who was owner of Tip-Top Products and a multi-millionaire from Omaha, Nebraska. Cris Kirkwood Christopher "Cris" Kirkwood (born October 22, 1960) is an American musician who is the bassist and a founding member of the Meat Puppets, an alternative punk rock band. Raised in Paradise Valley, Arizona, Cris took up the banjo after seeing "Deliverance", moved on to guitar, and ultimately picked up the bass when he started playing together in bands with his older brother Curt. In 1980

neg: Billy Redden "Deliverance" and "First Blood". Redden next appeared in Tim Burton's 2003 film "Big Fish". Burton was intent on getting Redden, as he wanted him to play the role of a banjo-playing "welcomer" in the utopian town of Spectre. Burton located Redden in Clayton, Georgia, where he was part-owner of the Cookie Jar Café, and also worked as a cook and dishwasher. In 2004, Redden made a guest appearance on "Blue Collar TV," playing a car repairman named Ray in a "Redneck Dictionary" skit. He represented the word "raisin bread" (as in "Ray's inbred"). He played a banjo in the skit.

neg: Colonel Homer prevailing connotations of banjo music, viewers who do not recognize the banjo tune as the theme from "Deliverance" will not laugh, but the mere "sound" of banjo tells the audience that Homer has entered a backward, redneck area." The Beer 'N' Brawl redneck bar is based on the bar in the film "Urban Cowboy". The Beer 'N' Brawl sells Laramie High Tar cigarettes, a reference to the American cigarette brand Laramie. After arriving home from the Beer 'N' Brawl, Lurleen's song is stuck in Homer's head, and he even sings it to his bowling ball for good luck. Homer's co-worker

neg: Neil Levang Neil Levang Neil Levang (January 3, 1932 – January 26, 2015) was an American musician who was best known from television's "The Lawrence Welk Show", playing guitar, violin and banjo. The younger of two boys, Levang was born in Adams, North Dakota, a farmer's son of Swedish and Norwegian descent. He got his start playing the banjo and soon added guitar and violin. As a young boy, Levang moved with his family between Adams, North Dakota and Bemidji, Minnesota before migrating west. They settled in Riverside, California when Levang was thirteen. At the age of fifteen, he was playing with

neg: Love's Labor Lost (film) Krazy Kat comes to the area. Krazy begins playing a song in his banjo, hoping to win the rat's friendship. The rat, however, appears to be uninterested, and grabs Krazy's instrument before knocking down the cat with it. The rat then approaches the girl hippo and tries to serenade her with the banjo. Because the boy elephant has a phobia of rodents, the rat easily drives out the pachyderm who runs away in panic. After fleeing the park, the boy elephant finds himself just outside a tavern. He then notices a barrel of beevo right next to him. The elephant

neg: Neil Levang Hollywood motion pictures. His film credits include: Neil Levang Neil Levang (January 3, 1932 – January 26, 2015) was an American musician who was best known from television's "The Lawrence Welk Show", playing guitar, violin and banjo. The younger of two boys, Levang was born in Adams, North Dakota, a farmer's son of Swedish and Norwegian descent. He got his start playing the banjo and soon added guitar and violin. As a young boy, Levang moved with his family between Adams, North Dakota and Bemidji, Minnesota before migrating west. They settled in Riverside, California when Levang was thirteen. At the

neg: Eric Weissberg Eric Weissberg Eric Weissberg (born August 16, 1939) is an American singer, banjo player and multi-instrumentalist, best known for playing solo in "Dueling Banjos," featured as the theme of the film "Deliverance" (1972) and released as a single that reached number 2 in the United States and Canada in 1973. A member of the folk group, the Tarriers, for years, Weissberg later developed a career as a session musician. He has played and recorded with leading rock and popular musicians and groups of the late 20th century. Weissberg continues to play at folk festivals. Weissberg attended The Little Red Schoolhouse

neg: Billy Redden In 2009, Redden played again his usual role (The banjo man) in 's film "Outrage: Born in Terror". In 2012, 40 years after the release of "Deliverance", Redden was interviewed in association with a documentary, "The Deliverance of Rabun County" (2012). It explored the feelings of people in Rabun County four decades later about the 1972 film. Redden said that though "Deliverance" was the best thing that happened to him, he never saw much money from the movie: Noting some locals objected to the stereotypes in the movie, Redden said that the people in Rabun County were good people: Billy

neg: Maurice Bolyer Maurice Bolyer Maurice Bolyer (December 1, 1920 – August 18, 1978), born Maurice Beaulieu, was a composer and musician known as "Canada's King of the Banjo". Although proficient in a variety of string instruments and piano, he is best known for his work on the banjo. Bolyer was born in Edmundston, New Brunswick, Canada, into a French-speaking family. He learned to play the piano as a young boy; after learning to play fiddle, guitar and mandolin, he began playing banjo in his late teens. Beginning in the 1940s, Bolyer appeared regularly on Canadian radio stations CKCW (Moncton, New Brunswick) and

neg: Joe Morley Joe Morley Joe Morley (December 3, 1867 in Kinver, South Staffordshire, Great Britain – September 16, 1937 in London) was a British classic banjoist who achieved great fame and renown in his homeland and abroad. During his lifetime, he composed hundreds of banjo solos. Morley's father was a busker playing the concertina and entertaining crowds in the streets. At the age of five, he accompanied his father to Wiltshire, and while his father played on his instrument, the young boy would step-dance dressed in jacket and knickerbockers. In 1887, his father bought him an old seven-string banjo without frets and

neg: Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (TV series) Jeanie with the Light Brown Hair (TV series) The story begins in a small town in Pennsylvania in 1838. Jeanie MacDowell is a cheerful and beautiful girl with light brown hair (although this could be perceived as being blonde hair). Jeanie enjoys playing the piano and loves taking piano lessons from her mother. Steven, a good harmonica player, and Bill, a boy who is very good at playing the banjo, are great friends of Jeanie's. They enjoy playing music together like a small band. However, Jeanie's happy life changes dramatically after her mother suddenly passes away. Experiencing many difficulties and

neg: Drive-By Truckers banjo instead of guitar, and Howell playing double bass, the band's original sound had a strong alternative country aspect, albeit with some rock mixed in, as well. After recording their first album, the band added a third guitarist/vocalist, Rob Malone. By the second album, "Pizza Deliverance", released in 1999, Howell had left, Malone switched to bass, and Sell had left the band, resulting in a somewhat more rock-oriented sound. Neff was also listed as a guest rather than a member, although he plays on much of the album. Hood dominated the songwriting and lead vocals in these early records, but

neg: Hokum buck and wing and the Jim Crow, by imitating the stumbling of an old lame black man, and added numerous steps and shuffles after watching an African American boy improvise a version of an Irish jig in a back alley. Soon, the confusion became so complete that almost any minstrel tune played upon the banjo became known as a jig, regardless of time signatures or lyric accompaniment. Banjo player Joe Ayers told old-time musician and writer Bob Carlin that "the origins of playing Irish jigs on the banjo probably go back to minstrel banjoist Joel Walker Sweeney's appearances in Dublin

neg: Boy Like Me members. "Boy Like Me" is an up-tempo country song backed primarily with banjo, and also features guitar and cowbell. The narrator of the song is expressing her satisfaction with having finally found a male who is suitable for her. "Boy Like Me" has received universally positive reviews from critics. Karlie Justus of Engine 145 gave the song a "thumbs up". Although she described the production unfavorably, saying "Harp’s pipes are constantly at odds with guitar riff upon banjo pickin’ upon cowbell." Of the lyrics, she said, "[The chorus is] a hooky, interesting juxtaposition of praise and worship interjections and visions

neg: Banjo Newsletter Banjo Newsletter Banjo Newsletter (BNL) is a monthly magazine devoted to the 5-string banjo. Founded in 1973 by Hubbard "Hub" Nitchie and his wife Nancy, the magazine covers a range of banjo topics, including features on banjo players, banjo techniques (predominantly the three-finger or Scruggs style and the clawhammer playing style), beginning banjo, music theory, banjo set-up and accessories, product and record reviews. Banjo tablature is featured in each issue. Since 1993, BNL has been published by its founder's sons Donald and Spencer, who serve as editor and business manager, respectively. As of 2011 the magazine had a circulation of

neg: Bryan Sutton Limited Edition. He also uses a Bourgeois "Country Boy Deluxe" model dreadnought, and a Bourgeois "Banjo Killer" slope-shouldered dreadnought, which is another model directly inspired by Bryan. He also regularly performs with a 1940 Martin D-28. Bryan Sutton Bryan Sutton is an American musician. Primarily known as a flatpicked acoustic guitar player, Sutton also plays mandolin, banjo, ukulele, and electric guitar. He also sings and writes songs. Sutton's grandfather and father were regionally recognized fiddlers, and Sutton grew up playing in the family band, the Pisgah Pickers. In 1991, he played guitar for Karen Peck and New River, a gospel

neg: Cleo Davis Cleo Davis Cleo Davis (March 9, 1919 – July 17, 1986) was an American musician who gained prominence as "the original Blue Grass Boy". The creator of the "Blue Grass Boys" was Bill Monroe, also known as The Father of Bluegrass. Davis' performing career spanned 48 years as a singer and instrumentalist, and greatly influenced the bluegrass music and bluegrass artists of today. Davis was born to Ben and Effie Davis in their home in northwest Georgia. Cleo was surrounded by music since he was born, with his mother playing the pump organ and father playing the banjo (clawhammer style).

neg: Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton (born January 26, 1989) is an American musician from Los Angeles. A vocalist and multi-instrumentalist, Paxton's style draws from blues and jazz music before World War II and was influenced by Fats Waller and "Blind" Lemon Jefferson. According to Will Friedwald in the "Wall Street Journal", Paxton is "virtually the only music-maker of his generation—playing guitar, banjo, piano and violin, among other implements—to fully assimilate the blues idiom of the 1920s and '30s, the blues of Bessie Smith and Lonnie Johnson." Originally from the Watts district of Los Angeles, Paxton's grandparents moved

neg: Larry Richardson After Larry's brief time with the Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, he joined Bill Monroe as a banjo player from 1950-1951. He never made a recording as a "Bluegrass Boy". Larry then went on to work for Carl and J.P. Sauceman who ran a bluegrass show on WREN (AM). In 1956, Larry was featured on a record that changed the way many people hear and play the banjo. ""American Banjo Scruggs Style"" which showcased the many banjo players who had adopted Earl Scruggs' famous "three finger roll" style of picking. On the record, Richardson played a rousing and inventive version of "Little

neg: Billy Redden skinny frame, large head, and almond-shaped eyes made him the natural choice to play the part of an "inbred from the back woods." Because Redden could not play a banjo, he wore a special shirt which allowed a real banjo player to hide behind him for the scene, which was shot with carefully chosen camera angles that would conceal the player, whose arms were slipped around Redden's waist to play the tune. After "Deliverance", Redden was cast in Lamberto Bava's 1984 film "Blastfighter". The film was recorded in and around Clayton and many people recall it as a mixture of

neg: Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge is a 2003 platform game by Rare for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance (GBA). It is the third instalment in the "Banjo" series, and is a spinoff that takes place between the events of the Nintendo 64 (N64) games "Banjo-Kazooie" (1998) and "Banjo-Tooie" (2000). In "Grunty's Revenge", the evil witch Gruntilda travels back in time to prevent the events of "Banjo-Kazooie" from happening, and the bear Banjo and his bird friend Kazooie set out to stop her. "Grunty's Revenge" retains the focus on collecting items and most of the other game mechanics from its predecessors,

neg: Wendy Holcombe Wendy Holcombe Wendy Lou Holcombe (April 19, 1963 - February 14, 1987) was an American banjo player and singer. Holcombe was born in Alabaster, Alabama and began playing the banjo at age eleven. As a child, Holcombe appeared on NBC's "The Big Show" the "Country Boy Eddy Show", and later in 1977 "The New Mickey Mouse Club" and was featured on "Kids are People Too". At the age of fourteen she was a regular performer on the television program "Nashville on the Road". Holcombe performed at the Grand Ole Opry and on the Eddie Rabbitt Show. As well as the

neg: Jon Arbuckle can play accordion, guitar, banjo, and bongos and sing, though his singing and musical skills are not the greatest. Jon Arbuckle's favorite color is red, and he likes decaffeinated coffee, chocolate-chip cookies, and unleaded gasoline. According to one episode of "Garfield and Friends", some of his "fun" ways to cure boredom are buying new socks, clipping his toenails, or playing "Guess the Burp" with Garfield. Jon was raised on a farm and occasionally visits his mother, father, grandma, and brother Doc Boy, who live on the farm. Jon acquired Odie when Lyman, an old friend of his (and Odie's original

neg: Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge and lack of challenge, although "IGN" and "Nintendo Life" considered the final boss a highlight. "Pocket Gamer" also wrote it was easy to get lost in the game world. Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge is a 2003 platform game by Rare for Nintendo's Game Boy Advance (GBA). It is the third instalment in the "Banjo" series, and is a spinoff that takes place between the events of the Nintendo 64 (N64) games "Banjo-Kazooie" (1998) and "Banjo-Tooie" (2000). In "Grunty's Revenge", the evil witch Gruntilda travels back in time to prevent the events of "Banjo-Kazooie" from happening, and the bear

neg: Terry Baucom Terry Baucom Terry Baucom is an American bluegrass singer, banjo player, and band leader. He is nicknamed "The Duke of Drive" for his propelling banjo style. He leads his band, The Dukes of Drive, and was a founding member of Boone Creek, Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver, and IIIrd Tyme Out. Baucom began playing banjo at age 10, drawn to banjo because of the Beverly Hillbillies television show. He started playing fiddle at age 14. His father played guitar, his grandfather played clawhammer banjo, and his great-grandfather played fiddle. Baucom played banjo in his father Lloyd Baucom's group The Rocky River

neg: Deliverance Steve Mandel were originally credited for the piece. The songwriter and producer Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, who had written the original piece, "Feudin' Banjos" (1955), and recorded it with five-string banjo player Don Reno, filed a lawsuit for songwriting credit and a percentage of royalties. He was awarded both in a landmark copyright infringement case. Smith asked Warner Bros. to include his name on the official soundtrack listing, but reportedly asked to be omitted from the film credits because he found the film offensive. No credit was given for the film score. The film has a number of sparse, brooding

neg: Banjo-Kazooie Modeling) graphics technology, first used in "Donkey Kong Country", to a very advanced level and was originally intended to star a boy named Edison who would own a wooden sword and get into trouble with a group of pirates. However, as development of the game continued, Edison was replaced by a rabbit and later a bear, who became Banjo. Although the project was in development for more than one year, it was ultimately cancelled with the introduction of the Nintendo 64, which made the ACM technology obsolete. Actual work on "Banjo-Kazooie" started in March 1997 with a development team of

neg: Would You Go with Me transforming the room into the beach. It then shows them in various outdoor locations at different ages. At the end of the video, the boy, now an old man, returns to the beach with a chest of his wife's ashes. The little girl, played by Peter Cetera's second daughter Senna, then returns and the old man transforms into the little boy again and the two run off together. Josh is shown throughout the house and outdoor settings singing. Musicians playing the mandolin, dobro, guitar and banjo are also featured in the video. Would You Go with Me "Would You Go

neg: Banjo (2016 film) Banjo (2016 film) Banjo is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language musical film, directed by Ravi Jadhav and produced by Krishika Lulla under the banner of Eros International. Principal photography began at the end of January 2016 and the film released on 23 September 2016. Riteish Deshmukh and Nargis Fakhri star in the film. The film received mixed reviews upon its release and was declared a flop at the box office. Mickey (Luke Kenny) is an American, temporarily based in Mumbai, who is in search of an instrumentalist capable of playing the banjo. While trying to contact his music festival aspirant friend

neg: The Impostor (Banjo Concerto) The Impostor (Banjo Concerto) The Impostor is a concerto for Banjo and Orchestra written by Béla Fleck. Fleck premiered the concerto on September 22, 2011 with the Nashville Symphony (Giancarlo Guerrero conducting) in the Schermerhorn Symphony Center in Nashville. It was recorded over the course of three live performances and released on the eponymous album The Impostor. The concerto is dedicated to Earl Scruggs, who Fleck lists as his primary inspiration for playing the banjo. The concerto is scored for 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 trombones,

neg: Banjo-Kazooie (series) the game, Gruntilda transfers her spirit into the Mecha-Grunty robot and travels back in time to prevent the first meeting of Banjo and Kazooie. In the end, Gruntilda is trapped once more and tells Klungo to contact her sisters, thereby setting the events of "Banjo-Tooie" into motion. A port for mobile phones was released in 2004, and a mobile compilation of the game's minigames, titled "Banjo Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge Missions", was released in 2005. "Banjo-Pilot" was released in 2005 for the Game Boy Advance. This game is not part of the plot of the series, but is a racing game

neg: Banjo-Kazooie (series) HD graphics for both the polygonal models and 2D images. They also included revised controls and the reinstatement of the Stop'n'Swop feature. The re-released versions of "Banjo-Kazooie" and "Banjo-Tooie", as well as "Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts", were released for Xbox One on 4 August 2015, as part of the 30 game compilation, "Rare Replay". "Banjo-Kazooie: Grunty's Revenge" was released in 2003 for the Game Boy Advance. It takes place two months after "Banjo-Kazooie". While Gruntilda is still trapped under the boulder that fell on top of her, Klungo decides to make a robot for Gruntilda's spirit to dwell inside. During

neg: Peninsula Banjo Band at least three years. Both playing and auxiliary members have voting rights as long as they meet certain annual criteria laid out in the Standing Rules of the Bylaws. Former (playing) members are those who have not practiced or performed with the band for at least three years. An honorary member is any person who has made significant contribution to the objectives of the Peninsula Banjo Band and are elected after nomination by the Board of Directors. Honorary members may not vote nor serve on the Board of Directors. In the summer of 2009 the band was faced with a

neg: The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo is a 2009 album by Steve Martin, featuring Dolly Parton, Vince Gill, Earl Scruggs, Tim O'Brien, Tony Trischka and Mary Black. It contains 15 songs and is the first album focusing on Martin as a musician. Martin's 1977 comedy recording "Let's Get Small", however, did feature him briefly playing the banjo during some of the comedy bits, and "The Steve Martin Brothers" devotes one side to banjo playing, including earlier renditions of some of the music presented here. It was first released on January

neg: Project Dream all work on "Dream" was scrapped and its concepts were re-integrated into "Banjo-Kazooie", which released to critical and commercial success. During most of its development period, "Project Dream" was a role-playing video game (RPG) that focused on a boy named Edison and his pets Dinger the dog and Billy the parrot. In its story, a band of pirates who piloted airships searched for "floaty", a substance that allowed their ships to fly. Edison got into trouble with the pirates and set off on a journey with his girlfriend to escape them. The Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) version of the

neg: Snuffy Jenkins Snuffy Jenkins DeWitt "Snuffy" Jenkins (October 27, 1908 – April 29, 1990) was an American old time banjo player and an early proponent of the three-finger banjo style. Jenkins was born in Harris, North Carolina, as the last of ten children. He began playing the fiddle as a plucked instrument, switched to guitar and later to a home-made banjo he and his brother Verl had built. He bought his first real banjo in 1927, and soon fell under the influence of Smith Hammett and Rex Brooks, two early banjo players who did much for the development of Jenkins' style. In

neg: Project Dream Project Dream Project Dream was the codename of a role-playing video game (RPG) that served as the basis for the 1998 game "Banjo-Kazooie". Developed by Rare, it was aimed for release on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES), and later the Nintendo 64 (N64). The plot revolved around a young boy, Edison, who caused trouble with pirates. The SNES version of "Dream" used an isometric perspective and had a fairy tale-like theme. After transitioning to the N64, the project became a more complex 3D RPG that had a greater emphasis on the pirate theme. Eventually, "Dream" was scaled back to

neg: Eddie Adcock a musician for the purpose of restoring his professional-level playing ability; and the resulting television, newspaper, radio and internet publicity has been seen and heard globally, fascinating and amazing the entire world. Songs : ANOTHER LONESOME MORNING (ANOTHER LONESOME DAY) LET'S LIVING WATERS LOVE GAMES NEW JOE CLARK THE SENTENCE SING BANJO SING STATE OF MIND TOO LONELY TO HEAR THE RAIN UNCLE JOE WHAT LOVE CAN'T DO WHISPER HILL Instrumentals : BLUE BELL BOY FROM ARKANSAS CEDAR CITY BLUES CHAMPAGNE BREAKDOWN DEVIL'S RUN EDDIE S BOUNCE EL DEDO (EL DIDO) GUITAR ECHOES (ECHOES / EDDIE S BLUES) LAZY BOY

neg: Charlie Tagawa band's most involved effort thus far. The CD includes fifteen tracks by the band and features Tagawa with a small combo that includes his sons Nori and Leon along with Bill Lowrey. In 1967, he was elected Best Banjo Player of the Yearby the New Orleans Jazz Club of Northern California. George Barnes, writing in England's "BMG" magazine, said that Tagawa is one of that rare breed who is dedicated to play and teach the banjo as it should be played. Tagawa said, "Playing the banjo is my life—I love it." In 1978, Tagawa's reputation earned him an invitation to

neg: Banjo-Pilot Banjo-Pilot Banjo-Pilot is a 2005 kart racing video game for the Game Boy Advance (GBA) and the fourth instalment in Rare's "Banjo-Kazooie" series. It plays similarly to the "Mario Kart" series by Nintendo: the player races one of nine playable characters around tracks, attacking other racers with bullets and collecting power-ups. The game features a number of single-player and multiplayer modes, such as time attack and item hunts. Unlike other kart racing games, characters control airplanes instead of go-karts. Rare and Nintendo announced "Banjo-Pilot" at E3 2001 under the title "Diddy Kong Pilot". At this point, it was the sequel

neg: Jad Paul Jad Paul Jad Paul (June 16, 1916 – December 29, 2008) was an American musician, most noted for being one of the original members of Spike Jones' band "The City Slickers". He was also noted for his banjo playing. Paul began playing the banjo at an early age. He used this skill of playing the banjo came in handy when he began playing for Spike Jones' band "The City Slickers" beginning in 1954. In the early 1950s, he performed with Freddy Morgan on recordings credited to The Banjo Maniacs, The Happy Harts and The Sunnysiders (including the popular "Hey, Mr.

neg: Wade Ward in Independence, Virginia, and is buried in the Saddle Creek Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery a few miles west of town. Wade Ward Wade Ward (1892–1971) was an American old-time music banjo player and fiddler from Independence, Virginia. He was especially renowned for his clawhammer banjo playing. He was a frequent winner at the Galax, Virginia Old Time Fiddler's Convention. His instrument, a Gibson RB-11 5-string banjo, is now housed in the Smithsonian Institution. Along with Kyle Creed, Wade Ward is thought by many to embody the 'Galax' style of clawhammer banjo playing. Ward began performing in public in 1919, at

neg: LGBT themes in video games potentially objectionable content could be found in the game. In 2000, British video game developer Rare released "Banjo-Tooie" for the Nintendo 64, featuring a gay frog bartender named "Jolly Roger." The frog wanted Banjo and Kazooie to rescue his co-worker, Merry Maggie, a cross-dressing amphibian who appeared to be Jolly Roger's lover. Jolly Roger would return as a playable character in the Game Boy Advance game "Banjo-Pilot" (2005). Rare would also release "Conker's Bad Fur Day" (2001) for the Nintendo 64, featuring an alcoholic squirrel named Conker and his adventures in a world where all of the characters are foul-mouthed

neg: Kingdom Come: Deliverance Henry, the son of a blacksmith. Destitute and vengeful, Henry joins the service of Lord Radzig Kobyla, who leads a resistance movement against Sigismund's invasion. As Henry pursues justice for his murdered family, he becomes involved in an effort to restore Bohemia's rightful king and Sigismund's half-brother, Wenceslaus IV, to the throne. The game features branching quest lines and an open world environment which encourages immersive gameplay, and includes early 15th century period-accurate weapons, clothing, combat techniques, and architecture recreated with the assistance of architects and historians. "Kingdom Come: Deliverance" is an action role-playing game set in an open world

neg: Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton from Louisiana to California in 1956. These southern roots would have an influence on Paxton as a young boy. After spending time listening to his hometown blues radio station, as well as the old Cajun and country blues songs his grandmother used to sing, Paxton became interested in these early sounds, developing a breadth of knowledge pertaining to such music along the way. He began playing the fiddle when he was twelve, only to pick up the banjo two years later. As a teenager, he began to go blind, losing most of his eyesight by the age of 16. Since

neg: Robert P. George who has "played [intellectual] godfather to right-leaning students on [the Princeton] campus." George's critics, including many Catholic scholars, have argued that he has neglected critical aspects of the Christian message, including "the corruption of human reason through original sin, the need for forgiveness and charity and the chance for redemption," focusing instead on "mechanics" of morality, and – through his political associations and activism – turned the church "into a tool of Republican Party." George is a finger style guitarist and bluegrass banjo player. His guitar playing is in the style of Chet Atkins and Jerry Reed. His banjo playing

neg: Kingdom Come: Deliverance Kingdom Come: Deliverance Kingdom Come: Deliverance is an action role-playing video game developed by Warhorse Studios and published by Deep Silver for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. It is set in the medieval Kingdom of Bohemia, an Imperial State of the Holy Roman Empire, with a focus on historically accurate content. It was released worldwide on 13 February 2018. The story takes place during a war in Bohemia in 1403. On the orders of Hungarian king Sigismund, Cuman mercenaries raid the mining village of Skalitz, a major source of silver. One of the survivors of that massacre is

neg: Wade Ward Wade Ward Wade Ward (1892–1971) was an American old-time music banjo player and fiddler from Independence, Virginia. He was especially renowned for his clawhammer banjo playing. He was a frequent winner at the Galax, Virginia Old Time Fiddler's Convention. His instrument, a Gibson RB-11 5-string banjo, is now housed in the Smithsonian Institution. Along with Kyle Creed, Wade Ward is thought by many to embody the 'Galax' style of clawhammer banjo playing. Ward began performing in public in 1919, at age 26. His first group, the Buck Mountain Band, included Van Edwards on fiddle and Van's son Earl on guitar.

neg: Benny Williams where he played fingerstyle, with fingerpicks. He started out with Mac Wiseman in Virginia and then joined the Tennessee Cut-Ups. He joined the Bluegrass Boys in 1961, first playing guitar but switched to fiddle. He sang lead vocal on a recording of "Cotton Fields" and played fiddle on numerous tracks in that and the subsequent year. He continued working with Wiseman and playing banjo and mandolin. Fellow Blue Grass Boy Doug Hutchens commented, "Benny was one of the three real utility Blue Grass Boys ... that could and do about anything include work on the bus. The first time I

neg: Brownie McGhee around University Avenue for playing guitar and singing. Brownie's uncle made him a guitar from a tin marshmallow box and a piece of board. McGhee spent much of his youth immersed in music, singing with a local harmony group, the Golden Voices Gospel Quartet, and teaching himself to play guitar. He also played the five-string banjo and ukulele and studied piano. Surgery funded by the March of Dimes enabled McGhee to walk. At age 22, McGhee became a traveling musician, working in the Rabbit Foot Minstrels and befriending Blind Boy Fuller, whose guitar playing influenced him greatly. After Fuller's death

neg: Deliverance (You Am I song) snippet of which can be heard on the album. Deliverance (You Am I song) "Deliverance" is the second single from the album Deliverance by Australian rock band You Am I. It was released in 2003. "Ribbons and Bows", "You Got Lucky" and "Deliverance (To Evil)" are all You Am I originals. "Ribbons and Bows" is also from Deliverance (the radio edit removes the crossfade from the previous album track during the intro), while "You Got Lucky" was released in an unmastered form on the Who Put the Devil in You single. "Deliverance (To Evil)" is the full version of the

neg: Deliverance (You Am I song) Deliverance (You Am I song) "Deliverance" is the second single from the album Deliverance by Australian rock band You Am I. It was released in 2003. "Ribbons and Bows", "You Got Lucky" and "Deliverance (To Evil)" are all You Am I originals. "Ribbons and Bows" is also from Deliverance (the radio edit removes the crossfade from the previous album track during the intro), while "You Got Lucky" was released in an unmastered form on the Who Put the Devil in You single. "Deliverance (To Evil)" is the full version of the rambunctious acoustic demo version of the title track, a

neg: Art Ryerson Art Ryerson Arthur Ryerson (May 22, 1913 – October 27, 2004) was a jazz guitarist who emerged in the 1930s, playing acoustic and electric guitar, as well as the banjo. He played with jazz orchestras and bands in the 1930s and the 1940s. In the early 1950s, he played on the early rock and roll recordings of Bill Haley. His daughter is flautist Ali Ryerson. Art Ryerson began playing the banjo in Columbus, Ohio before switching to guitar. In the early 1930s he joined the Rhythm Jesters at radio station WLW in Cincinnati. He moved to New York City and

neg: Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2017 Game Critics Awards and Gamescom events for "Best RPG", winning the award for "Best PC Game" at the latter. In 2018, the game was also nominated for "PC Game of the Year" at the 2018 Golden Joystick Awards. The authors of the soundtrack received "Special Achievement in Multimedia Award" at the 2nd International Festival of Film Music and Multimedia Soundtrack Poděbrady. The game was nominated at the 1st Central & Eastern European Game Awards for "Best Game" and "Technology", winning the award for "Narrative". Kingdom Come: Deliverance Kingdom Come: Deliverance is an action role-playing video game developed by Warhorse

neg: Ben Eldridge Ben Eldridge Ben Eldridge, (born August 15, 1938) is a five-string banjo player and a founding member of the seminal bluegrass group The Seldom Scene. He also works as a mathematician. Ben Eldridge was born in Richmond, Virginia. He began playing the guitar at age ten and later in 1954 the banjo. In 1957, he began his studies at the University of Virginia at Charlottesville. Four years later he moved to Adelphi, Maryland. Eldridge became acquainted with Bill Keith and Bill Emerson who were to become two major banjo picking influences in his life. In June 1970, Eldridge joined "Cliff

neg: Keith style The latter has interviews with many prominent Keith style banjoists, including Bill Keith and Bobby Thompson. Ken Perlman has helped to popularize the style in clawhammer banjo playing. Keith style The Keith style of playing the 5-string banjo emphasizes the melody of the song. Also known as the "Melodic" or "Chromatic style", it was first developed and popularized independently by Bobby Thompson and Bill Keith in the early 1960s. It is used primarily by bluegrass banjoists, though it can be applied to virtually any genre. Most banjoists who play Keith style do not use it exclusively, but integrate it as

neg: Scott Vestal Scott Vestal Scott Vestal is an American banjoist, songwriter and luthier, known for his innovative approach to playing and designing the banjo. The older of two chiildren, Scott Vestal was raised in Duncan, Oklahoma in a musical family. His Grandfather Famon Self was a country fiddler who taught Vestal his first guitar chords. Scott and his brother Curtis played and sang with their grandfather at bluegrass festivals and other events. Vestal acquired a 5-string banjo at age 13 and by age 15 was playing with T. J. Rogers’ family band. At age 18, Vestal performed and recorded with Larry Sparks

neg: Banjo-Kazooie frustrating while retrieving collectables. In 1999, "Banjo-Kazooie" received two awards from the Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences: Console Action Game of the Year and Outstanding Achievement in Art/Graphics. Similarly, IGN awarded the game Overall Best Graphics of 1998, Best Texture Design of 1998, and Best Music of 1998. A sequel, "Banjo-Tooie", was released for the Nintendo 64 in 2000 and largely adopts the gameplay mechanics of its predecessor. The "Banjo-Kazooie" series continued to be developed with the release of "" and "Banjo-Pilot" for the Game Boy Advance in 2003 and 2005, respectively. The characters Banjo and Kazooie proved to

neg: Banjo came in banks of three, so if five-stringed had a redundant tuner. The banjos could also be somewhat easily converted over to a six-string banjo. British opera diva Adelina Patti advised Cammeyer that the zither banjo might be popular with English audiences (it was invented there), and Cammeyer went to London in 1888. With his virtuoso playing, he helped show that banjos could make more sophisticated music than normally played by blackface minstrels. He was soon performing for London society, where he met Sir Arthur Sullivan, who recommended that Cammeyer progress from arranging the music of others for banjo to

neg: Banjo roll The roll patterns can also be used to embellish the vamping style of back-up, especially when the chords are played high... These roll patterns can be used as back-up for any song played at any tempo." The banjo is commonly played in open tunings, such as open G (as are all of the examples): G'DGBD', allowing rolls to be practiced on all open strings (without fretting). Rolls are a distinguishing characteristic of Scruggs style banjo playing, with older styles being more melodic. The older style of banjo playing has been described as "in 'phrases,'" and with, "really no connective tissue

neg: David "Stringbean" Akeman became the predominant style copied by country and bluegrass banjo players. However, Akeman remained a celebrated performer of the old-fashioned banjo playing, "clawhammer" or "frailing." In addition to his skill as a clawhammer player, Akeman would also frequently play two finger banjo, using thumb and forefinger. Akeman is listed with Uncle Dave Macon, Grandpa Jones, and Ralph Stanley as the greatest old-time style banjo pickers. Akeman kept his audience with his traditional playing and his mixture of comedy and song. He scored country-chart hits with "Chewing Gum" and "I Wonder Where Wanda Went". Between 1962 and 1971, he recorded seven

neg: Vernon Crawford "Jack" Cooke and Ralph Stanley on bass. Between 1955-57 he worked with the brother duo on the radio show Farm and Fun Time on WCYB in Bristol, TN. In 1958 he joined Bill Monroe’s band, playing off and on for a period of four years. During his stint as a Blue Grass Boy, he played both guitar and bass although his main instrument was guitar. After leaving Bill Monroe, he formed his own group, the Virginia Mountain Boys, including Del McCoury on banjo. In 1970, Cooke joined Ralph Stanley and the Clinch Mountain Boys when he was reoffered a bass playing job

neg: Peninsula Banjo Band produced by a hundred or more banjos is unique and unlike anything else in the world of acoustic performances. In a change made to the bylaws in 2000, categories of membership were formally established. Playing members originally made up the band and were the only people who qualified to be Board members. Auxiliary members do not perform, but contribute to the band with their time and services. These services range from assisting with promotional mailings to staffing the Banjo Jubilee. A former member is someone who resigns from the band or who has not attended a practice or performance for

neg: Deliverance (Bubba Sparxxx album) said, "If Eminem is hip-hop's Elvis, then Bubba is its Gregg Allman, the white boy embraced by lowdown Little Africa, especially fellow musicians." Steve Jones of "USA Today" said, "Sparxxx's real strength lies in his intensely personal lyrics, which resonate whether he's talking about overcoming white-trash stereotypes or recovering from last night's bender." Nathan Brackett of "Rolling Stone" said, "A few of the honky-tonk touches -- such as the corny country crooning on "My Baby's Gone"—feel like gimmicks. But Sparxxx's lyrics are no shtick." "Deliverance" debuted at number 10 on the US "Billboard" 200, with first-week sales of 64,000 copies

neg: Banjo uke Banjo uke The banjolele (brand name; sometimes banjo ukulele or banjo uke) is a four-stringed musical instrument with a small banjo-type body and a fretted ukulele neck. "Banjolele", sometimes also spelled "banjelele" or "banjulele", is a generic nickname given to the instrument. The earliest known banjoleles were built by John A. Bolander and by Alvin D. Keech, both in 1917. The instrument achieved its greatest popularity in the 1920s and 1930s, and combines the small scale, tuning, and playing style of a ukulele with the construction and distinctive tone of a banjo, hence the name. Its development was pushed by

neg: Bill Lowrey (musician) act or in small jazz combos on a regular basis. When he is not playing with the Peninsula Band he travels the country to perform at various traditional, early American jazz, and banjo related shows and festivals. He routinely performs at the FIGA annual convention. Lowrey sits on the Board of Directors for the non-profit foundation that is part of the PBB. A graduate of St. Mary's College, Lowrey works as a software consultant to the health care industry. He also holds a Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) from Pepperdine University. Lowrey is actively involved as a Boy Scout

neg: Cody Kilby Cody Kilby Cody Kilby is an American bluegrass musician who plays guitar. He is best known for his work with the Ricky Skaggs & Kentucky Thunder and the Travelin' McCourys. Cody Kilby was born in Tennessee. He is a musical prodigy who has mastered a wide range of instruments. He picked up his Dad’s banjo at age 8 and by the time he was 11, he had a Gibson banjo endorsement. He began playing his mom’s guitar at 10, at 17, in 1998, he was named the National Flatpicking Champion. He also learned to play Dobro and Mandolin at 13.

neg: Alison Brown Alison Brown Alison Brown (born August 7, 1962) is an American banjo player, guitarist, composer, and producer. She has won and has been nominated for several Grammy awards and is often compared to another banjo prodigy, Béla Fleck, for her unique style of playing. In her music, she blends jazz, bluegrass, rock, blues as well as other styles of music. Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Brown learned to play guitar at eight and banjo at ten. When she was twelve, she met fiddler Stuart Duncan. In the summer of 1978, Brown traveled across the country with Duncan and his father, playing

neg: Banjo downward rather than upward stroke when striking the strings with a fingernail. Frailing techniques use the thumb to catch the fifth string for a drone after most strums or after each stroke ("double thumbing"), or to pick out additional melody notes in what is known as drop-thumb. Pete Seeger popularized a folk style by combining clawhammer with up picking, usually without the use of fingerpicks. Another common style of old-time banjo playing is fingerpicking banjo or classic banjo. This style is based upon parlor-style guitar. Bluegrass music, which uses the five-string resonator banjo almost exclusively, is played in several common

neg: Banjo D4 E4) – commonly reached by tuning up from double C – is often played to accompany fiddle tunes in the key of D and Open-A (A4 E3 A3 C#4 E4) is usually used for playing tunes in the key of A. Dozens of other banjo tunings are used, mostly in old-time music. These tunings are used to make playing specific tunes easier, usually fiddle tunes or groups of fiddle tunes. The size of the five-string banjo is largely standardized, but smaller and larger sizes exist, including the long-neck or "Seeger neck" variation designed by Pete Seeger. Petite variations on

neg: Banjo and five-string versions. A six-string version, tuned and played similarly to a guitar, has gained popularity. In almost all of its forms, banjo playing is characterized by a fast arpeggiated plucking, though many different playing styles exist. The body, or "pot", of a modern banjo typically consists of a circular rim (generally made of wood, though metal was also common on older banjos) and a tensioned head, similar to a drum head. Traditionally, the head was made from animal skin, but today is often made of various synthetic materials. Most modern banjos also have a metal "tone ring" assembly that

neg: Dan Levenson Dan Levenson Dan Levenson (born c. 1955) is an American old-time musician and storyteller. He sings and plays the five-string banjo, fiddle, and guitar, specializing in the music of Appalachia. A long-time member of the Boiled Buzzards string band, he has released several recordings and an instructional video for the clawhammer banjo. He has also written two instructional books on clawhammer banjo, and writes for "Banjo Newsletter". Levenson was voted one of the United States's top ten clawhammer banjo players by "Banjo Newsletter" readers. Levenson has won several competitions and travels the United States performing and leading workshops in playing

neg: Lee Sexton seen playing banjo and discussing his coal-mining days in the BBC documentary "Searching For The Wrong-Eyed Jesus". Lee Sexton Lee Sexton (born 1928, in Letcher County, Kentucky) is an American banjo player from Letcher County, Kentucky. He began playing the banjo at the age of eight and is proficient in the two-finger picking and "drop-thumb" (clawhammer) traditional styles of east Kentucky. He also sings. His "Whoa Mule" album includes recordings from a 1952 home recording with fiddler Fernando Lusk to recordings made in 2001. Four solo songs also appear on Smithsonian Folkways album "Mountain Music of Kentucky." In 1999 Kentucky

neg: Djelimady Tounkara Djelimady Tounkara Djelimady Tounkara is a Malian musician and one of the foremost guitarists in Africa. Born in the culturally rich town of Kita, west of the Malian capital, Bamako, Djelimady grew up surrounded with traditional music played by members of his family, griots, musicians and historians by birth. Djelimady played djembe drum and ngoni, a banjo-like lute, as a boy. When he moved to Mali's capital, Bamako, during the 1960s, he had actually planned to work as a tailor. But music proved a stronger calling. He started playing guitar in a large, government-sponsored neighborhood band, Orchestre Misira. Voted the

neg: Jerron "Blind Boy" Paxton his childhood, he has added piano, harmonica, Cajun accordion, ukulele, guitar, and the bones to his musical arsenal, although the banjo was his first serious instrument. In addition to blues and jazz, he uses these instruments to play ragtime, country blues, and Cajun music. He is Jewish. In 2007, Paxton moved to upstate New York to attend college and soon after began playing gigs in and around the Brooklyn area. Although not signed to a record label, he continues to play old-time, blues, and roots festivals throughout the United States, as well as various shows opening for old-time string bands

neg: Of Men and Monsters people who also believe that alien science is the answer to escaping from their predicament. However, on his return to the burrows, Eric finds an insurrection led by his uncle has failed and he is now an outcast. What follows is Eric's journey from boy to man, from follower to leader and ultimately from captivity to deliverance. "Science Fiction Weekly" wrote that the novel was an "imaginative and often witty portrait of humanity living like insects in the walls and along the floorboards of gigantic alien monsters who no doubt see themselves as comfortable suburbanites beset by a persistent roach

neg: Butch Robins Butch Robins Joseph Calvin "Butch" Robins (born May 12, 1949 in Lebanon, (Russell County) Virginia) is an American five-string banjo player with his own distinct style. He's an individualist and, according to himself "a seeker of information, knowledge and wisdom." Few banjo players are as innovative or stylistically diverse as is "Butch" Robins. Robins was one of the longest-tenured banjoists for Bill Monroe and The Blue Grass Boys, and bassist for the New Grass Revival, earning him the distinction of being "the one and only New Grass/Blue Grass Boy." As a student of music and the banjo in the 1960s

neg: Bill Keith (musician) playing, and his style became an important part of the playing styles of many banjoists. After leaving the Bluegrass Boys, he joined "Jim Kweskin Jug Band" playing plectrum banjo. He began playing the steel guitar and soon after 1968, found himself working together with Ian and Sylvia and Jonathan Edwards. In the 1970s Keith recorded for Rounder Records. Over the years he performed with several other musicians, such as Clarence White and David Grisman in Muleskinner, Tony Trischka, Jim Rooney and Jim Collier. Today, Keith style is still regarded as modern or progressive in the context of bluegrass banjo playing.

neg: Courtney Johnson (musician) playing more progressive styles. He was very fond of improvisation, which fit very well when he played in the New Grass Revival. He was described as a melodic banjo player, experimenting with merging styles like blues, rock and bluegrass. Courtney Johnson (musician) Courtney Johnson (December 20, 1939 – June 6, 1996) was an American banjo player, best known for his work as an original member of the band New Grass Revival. Influenced by Ralph Stanley and his Clinch Mountain Boys, Johnson is often considered to be an inventor of the newgrass style of banjo playing, polished and improved later on

neg: Ex Mach Tina some fun by wreaking havoc at their school. They also fool the school's nighttime security guard into thinking that the robot is his supervisor when he catches them. Meanwhile, Bob buys a banjo at a thrift store. He tries playing it but he is met with derision. So he waits for a "banjo moment," a situation which calls for banjo playing. Jimmy Jr. invites robot-Tina to the beach bonfire. Gene and Louise get the school security guard to help the robot leave the school. On the beach Jimmy Jr. kisses the camera of the Tina robot and reads his poems

neg: Lena Hughes Lena Hughes Lena Hughes (1904–1998) was a guitar, fiddle, and banjo player known as an exemplar of the "parlor music" genre. Hughes was born in Missouri in 1904 and lived in the town of Ludlow nearly all of her life. She started playing banjo around the age of nine and by the 1920s was playing at square dances. She performed at folk festivals and other events, often accompanied by her husband, Jake, who played guitar. Their repertoire was the popular music of the 19th century, now often referred to as parlor music. Hughes won first place in some fiddling competitions

neg: Bashful Brother Oswald W. Kirby, was an Appalachian folk musician who played fiddle and banjo. As a child, Kirby learned to play guitar and banjo and sang gospel music. By his teens, he was playing for square dances. In the late 1920s, Kirby followed the path of many people from the Appalachian region and moved to the northern United States to find work. He went to Flint, Michigan and worked on the Buick assembly line. He lost his job, though, in the economic downturn of the Great Depression in the 1930s. Kirby then returned to music, playing at informal square dance parties held

neg: Earl Scruggs Records. This made an impression on Scruggs, who said, "He'd sit in the rocking chair, and he'd pick some and it was just amazing. I couldn't imagine — he was the first, what I call a good banjo player." Scruggs then took up the instrument — he was too small to hold it at first and improvised by setting his brother Junie's banjo beside him on the floor. He moved it around depending on what part of the neck he was playing. After his father's death, Scruggs seemed to take solace in playing music, and when not in school or

neg: Andy Boarman as of 2013. In 1974, Boarman closed his barbershop and began playing music full-time. He recorded "Somewhere in West Virginia" for a television segment with former reporter Carl Fleischhauer on Mountain Scene Tonight which aired on September 29 and October 3, 1975. Boarman recorded his first album, Mountain State Music (1978), which featured traditional banjo playing on one side and autoharp on the other. Dick Kimmel and a Bluegrass band provided backup music on several tracks. It was favorably reviewed by a critic for "Bluegrass Unlimited" who found the banjo portion "particularly satisfying" but was less enthusiastic about the autoharp

neg: The Banjo (Gottschalk) banjo imitations in the piece makes it a unique record of the sound of pre-Civil War African-American banjo playing, and it contains evidence of techniques not found in other sources, including combinations of "downstroking" and "up-picking" found in West African plucked lute performance. This unusual accuracy has enabled at least one modern banjo player to recreate the banjo music that Gottschalk transcribed, which invited speculation that Gottschalk may have taken his banjo imitations from actual transcription of an unnamed African-American banjo player. Unlike most banjo music in the popular minstrel shows of the time that more closely followed the melody

neg: Doug Dillard his death, but still participated in occasional recording sessions and a few concert performances. Doug Dillard Douglas Flint Dillard (March 6, 1937 – May 16, 2012) was an American musician noted for his banjo proficiency and his pioneering participation in late-60s country rock. Dillard, who grew up on a farm near Salem, Missouri, began learning guitar and fiddle at age five, and banjo at age 15. He began playing in the family band, with his father Homer Sr. on fiddle, his mother Lorene on guitar, and his older brother Earl on keyboards. His banjo heroes were Earl Scruggs, Ralph Stanley,

neg: Steve Martin to 16 rpm and tune his banjo down, so the notes would sound the same. Martin was able to pick out each note and perfect his playing. Martin learned how to play the banjo with help from John McEuen, who later joined the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. McEuen's brother later managed Martin as well as the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Martin did his stand-up routine opening for the band in the early 1970s. He had the band play on his hit song "King Tut", being credited as "The Toot Uncommons" (as in Tutankhamun). The banjo was a staple of Martin's

neg: Doug Dillard Doug Dillard Douglas Flint Dillard (March 6, 1937 – May 16, 2012) was an American musician noted for his banjo proficiency and his pioneering participation in late-60s country rock. Dillard, who grew up on a farm near Salem, Missouri, began learning guitar and fiddle at age five, and banjo at age 15. He began playing in the family band, with his father Homer Sr. on fiddle, his mother Lorene on guitar, and his older brother Earl on keyboards. His banjo heroes were Earl Scruggs, Ralph Stanley, and Don Reno. After corresponding with Scruggs, Dillard persuaded his parents to drive him

neg: Kyle Creed Kyle Creed Kyle Creed (1912–1982) was an influential musician and banjo luthier of 20th century Appalachia. Along with Tommy Jarrell, and Fred Cockerham, he was a central figure of the Roundpeak-style old-time music that began to find an outside audience in the 1960s, and his clawhammer banjo playing came to shape banjo practices in the Old-time music tradition. He was born in the Round Peak area of Surry County, North Carolina on September 20, 1912, becoming immersed in the traditional music of the region from an early age. Creed was a multi-instrumentalist but concentrated on clawhammer banjo, playing in various

neg: Uncle Homer Walker Uncle Homer Walker John "Uncle" Homer Walker (born February 15, 1898 or c. 1904 - January 4, 1980) was an American Appalachian banjo player who was popular during the folk revival of the 1960s and 1970s. Prior to his death, he was one of the last musicians to practice the old-time Appalachian style. Walker was born in Mercer County, Virginia into a musical family: his father, a sharecropper, was a banjo player, two sisters learned the mandolin and guitar, and Walker's two brothers played guitar. His grandfather, himself a former slave, taught Walker the clawhammer banjo playing style, once a

neg: Peninsula Banjo Band and soon after he was discovered by numerous restaurant patrons as well as other banjo players in the area. Tagawa played regularly at Sakura Gardens and its successor restaurant, Imperial Gardens, for fifteen years. On many evenings, one or another of Tagawa's banjo or gutbucket-playing friends would drop in to listen or to jam with him. As word traveled of Tagawa's playing skill, he was asked to join the Cupertino Banjo Band. He did so and became their leader in 1966. He has remained so for all but two of the subsequent forty-six years. After taking up residence in Cupertino,

neg: Tim Weed Tim Weed Tim Weed (born April 11, 1959) is a multi-instrumentalist singer-songwriter known for virtuosity on the banjo. Raised a Southern California surfer, Weed learned the banjo at age 17 and played professionally at 18. He was in various bands and he worked as a studio musician singing and playing electric guitar in the Greater Los Angeles Area. He lived in Japan for a time producing records for Sony-Epic, and he lived on the island of Maui where he rediscovered the banjo. Weed settled in Tucson, Arizona, for eight years, playing in local bands. Working with luthier Dennis Coon he