query: who was the actor who played 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,

pos: Big Fish it was weird being a pregnant witch," the actress reflected. "I had morning sickness, so all those fumes and the make-up and the rubber ... it was hideous." Burton personalized the film with several cameos. While filming in Alabama, the crew tracked down Billy Redden, one of the original banjo players from "Deliverance" (1972). Redden was working as a part-owner of a restaurant in Clayton, Georgia, and he agreed to reprise his role in the Spectre vignette. As Edward Bloom first enters the town, Redden can be seen on a porch plucking a few notes from "Dueling Banjos". Burton was

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: 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: 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: 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 I've never been insured in my life. I don't believe in insurance. There's no risk". Several people have been credited with the phrase "squeal like a pig", the now-famous line spoken during the graphic male rape scene. Ned Beatty said he thought of it while he and actor McKinney (who played Beatty's rapist) were improvising the scene. James Dickey's son, Christopher Dickey, wrote in his memoir about the film production, "Summer of Deliverance", that because Boorman had rewritten so much dialogue for the scene one of the crewmen suggested that Beatty's character should just "squeal like a pig". Boorman himself,

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: 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: Clawhammer the clawhammer style of picking include Mark Johnson, Ola Belle Reed, Hank 3, Doc Watson, Barbecue Bob, Lee Sexton, J.D. Wilkes, Old Man Luedecke, Ralph Stanley, Hobart Smith, Neil Young, Bob Carlin, Dwight Diller, Dick Kimmel, Walt Koken, Brad Leftwich, Dan Levenson, Michael J. Miles, Ken Perlman, Leroy Troy, Abigail Washburn, Emily Robison, Julie Duggan, Riley Baugus, Jim Connor and many others. Actor/comedian Steve Martin played clawhammer banjo as part of his stage act in the 1970s and on his 2009 musical debut CD "". Scottish comedian Billy Connolly is also an accomplished clawhammer banjo player who was filmed playing

neg: Seamon Glass preferring the rewards and financial security of teaching and seaman jobs to the non reliability of an acting career. His agent, the former actor Hugh French dropped him when Glass's taking a merchant voyage led him to lose a role that was requested by John Wayne, possibly "the Sons of Katie Elder"., Glass was the menacing 'First Griner' in John Boorman's film "Deliverance" (1972). He played staff member Tim Donahue in the film "The Other Side of Hell" (1978), about a mental inmate played by Alan Arkin who regains his sanity and wants to leave the hospital. Glass returned 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 (Joi Cardwell album) Cardwell a singer/songwriter aware of R&B's past, and more important, aware of its future." Deliverance (Joi Cardwell album) Deliverance is the third studio album by American singer Joi Cardwell. It was released on April 4, 1999, by Cardwell's independent recording label No-Mad Industries. The album contains slow and midtempo pop and R&B ballads. After the conclusion of her tour in 1997, Cardwell began working on her third album which she would self-produce. She worked with her previous collaborator James Preston who played keyboards on two songs; "Sunshine" and "Love Lost". She also worked with recording engineer Konrad Carelli, who worked

neg: Deliverance (Joi Cardwell album) Deliverance (Joi Cardwell album) Deliverance is the third studio album by American singer Joi Cardwell. It was released on April 4, 1999, by Cardwell's independent recording label No-Mad Industries. The album contains slow and midtempo pop and R&B ballads. After the conclusion of her tour in 1997, Cardwell began working on her third album which she would self-produce. She worked with her previous collaborator James Preston who played keyboards on two songs; "Sunshine" and "Love Lost". She also worked with recording engineer Konrad Carelli, who worked with Cardwell on her previous album, "Joi Cardwell". Following her departion from Eightball Records,

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: Lynn Stalmaster was credited with casting more than 60 movies of the decade, among them; "Fiddler on the Roof", "Harold and Maude", "The Cowboys", "Deliverance", "Rollerball", "Silver Streak", "Black Sunday", "Coming Home," "Convoy," "The Rose," "Superman" and "Being There." Stalmaster was also responsible for casting TV-shows like "Combat!", "Gunsmoke", "The Untouchables" as well as Academy Award winning movies "In the Heat of the Night", "The Thomas Crown Affair", "The Right Stuff" and Brian De Palma's 1987 motion picture version of "The Untouchables". He is the older brother of actor Hal Stalmaster, who played the title role in the 1957 Walt Disney film

neg: Banjo (1947 film) at Westwood Village, the location of UCLA. The audience was a sophisticated college-educated crowd and the preview was disastrous, with audience members hissing and booing the screen. According to Fleischer,"No one escaped the disaster of "Banjo" unscathed. Sharyn Moffett got fired; the dog who played Banjo got fired; the producer, Lilly Hayward, got fired. I was the only one who didn't, because I was under studio contract." Banjo (1947 film) Banjo is a 1947 drama film directed by Richard Fleischer. After her father dies, Patricia Warren, a girl of nine, must go from her home in Georgia to live with

neg: Ashley Banjo Ashley Banjo Ashley Modurotolu Banjo (born 4 October 1988), is an English street dancer, choreographer and actor. He is leader of dance troupe Diversity, who won the third series of "Britain's Got Talent". Banjo was a judge on the Sky1 talent show "Got to Dance" and co-presenter of the Saturday night BBC game show "Can't Touch This". Ashley has been a judge on the ITV show "Dancing on Ice" since January 2018. Having completed his first two years, he took a break from studying to concentrate on his dancing in the year following winning BGT. He said that "from the

neg: Randy Atcher the show, and his sidekick, Cactus (played by Tom Brooks, brother of actor and comedian Foster Brooks), sang songs, performed skits, and gave parenting tips. In 1953, White Castle began advertising its hamburgers through the show, the first of several companies who contracted product placement. The show ran until 1970, when it was abruptly cancelled. The Red River Ramblers, who included George Workman on bass, Shorty Chesser on guitar, Bernie Smith on guitar and banjo, Sleepy Marlin on fiddle, and Tiny Thomale on piano, also performed on the "Hayloft Hoedown" TV show (which ran to 1971) and live at local

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: The Humblebums songs all combine interesting lyrics, usually with a story line, and sprightly melodies". The Humblebums The Humblebums were a Scottish folk rock band, based in Glasgow. Its members included Billy Connolly, who later became a renowned stand-up comedian and actor, guitarist Tam Harvey and the singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty. The band was active from 1965 to 1971. Connolly co-founded the band with Harvey in 1965 and played in the pubs and clubs around the city, most notably the Old Scotia Bar. Connolly sang, played banjo and guitar, and entertained the audience with his humorous introductions to the songs. Harvey was an

neg: The Humblebums The Humblebums The Humblebums were a Scottish folk rock band, based in Glasgow. Its members included Billy Connolly, who later became a renowned stand-up comedian and actor, guitarist Tam Harvey and the singer-songwriter Gerry Rafferty. The band was active from 1965 to 1971. Connolly co-founded the band with Harvey in 1965 and played in the pubs and clubs around the city, most notably the Old Scotia Bar. Connolly sang, played banjo and guitar, and entertained the audience with his humorous introductions to the songs. Harvey was an accomplished Bluegrass guitarist. Rafferty joined later and for a short time they performed

neg: Pokey LaFarge Pokey LaFarge Pokey LaFarge (born June 26, 1983) is an American musician, writer, and actor raised in Illinois, and now is based in Los Angeles, California. LaFarge was born Andrew Heissler in Bloomington, Illinois. The nickname "Pokey" was coined by his mother, who would scold him to hurry when he was a child. LaFarge took an interest in history and literature during his childhood, and was greatly influenced by his grandfathers. One was a member of the St. Louis Banjo Club who gave him his first guitar and tenor banjo. The other, an amateur historian, taught him about the American

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: 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: Earl Scruggs take care of the farm and five children, of which Earl was the youngest. The family members all played music. Mr. Scruggs had played an open back banjo using the frailing technique, though as an adult Earl had no recollection of his father's playing. Mrs. Scruggs played the pump organ. Earl's siblings, older brothers Junie and Horace, and older sisters Eula Mae and Ruby, all played banjo and guitar. Scruggs recalled a visit to his uncle's home at age six to hear a blind banjo player named Mack Woolbright, who played a finger picking style and had recorded for Columbia

neg: Banjo to the banjo in all styles, and their sound is characteristic of bluegrass. Historically, the banjo was played in the clawhammer style by the Africans who brought their version of the banjo with them. Several other styles of play were developed from this. Clawhammer consists of downward striking of one or more of the four main strings with the index, middle or both finger(s)while the drone or fifth string is played with a 'lifting' (as opposed to downward pluck) motion of the thumb. The notes typically sounded by the thumb in this fashion are, usually, on the off beat. Melodies

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: 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: 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: Banjo-Pilot design, and "GameSpot" called the game entertaining and favorably compared it to the original "Super Mario Kart" (1992). "Eurogamer" and "VideoGamer.com" also questioned how appealing the game would be to players, noting characters such as Banjo were relatively obscure and would likely only be recognised by those who played the N64 "Banjo" games. Reviewers said that "Banjo-Pilot", as a "Mario Kart" clone, was fine gameplay-wise, but disagreed over whether this was enough to make it a successful game. While "IGN" argued "Banjo-Pilot" improved upon the kart racing formula because of its new features and believed its planes controlled better than

neg: José do Patrocínio Oliveira José do Patrocínio Oliveira José do Patrocínio Oliveira (Jundiaí, February 11, 1904 - Los Angeles, December 22, 1987) known by the pseudonym Zé Carioca was a Brazilian musician and voice actor. Self-taught on musical instruments, Zé Carioca played the guitar, ukulele and banjo. He worked as an employee of the Butantan Institute in São Paulo. In 1931, he went on to perform at the Columbia Orchestra, directed by Odmar Amaral Gurgel conductor at Radio Cruzeiro do Sul. At that time, he exchanged the ukulele by banjo, earning him the nickname Zezinho do Banjo. In 1932, he went to Rio de

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: 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: Walter Brennan who eventually marries the girl Arnold abandons (played by Frances Farmer). Producer Sam Goldwyn fired Hawks during filming and replaced him with William Wyler. Brennan's performance earned him the first Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Brennan followed it with support parts in "Banjo on My Knee" (1936) at Fox, "She's Dangerous" (1937), and "When Love is Young" (1937). Goldwyn announced him for a role in "The Real Glory" in 1936 but he ended up not appearing in the final film. Brennan had his first lead role in "Affairs of Cappy Ricks" (1937) at Republic Pictures. He followed it with

neg: Burt Reynolds there's a split between the executives in town who are under 40 and those who are over 40. The younger executives are more open to Burt because they grew up loving "Deliverance". But the older executives remember how crazy he was, and they are less receptive." Reynolds appeared as an adult film director in the hit film "Boogie Nights" (1997), which was considered a comeback role for him; he received 12 acting awards and 3 nominations for the role, including a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor. Nevertheless, Reynolds refused to appear in "Boogie Nights" writer/director Paul

neg: Those Were the Days (song) of the melody was accentuated by an instrumentation that was unusual for a top-ten pop record, including balalaika, clarinet, hammered dulcimer, tenor banjo and children's chorus, giving a klezmer feel to the song. Mary Hopkin played acoustic guitar on the recording, and Paul McCartney also played acoustic guitar and possibly percussion. The hammered dulcimer, or cimbalom, was played by Gilbert Webster. It is unknown who played the banjo though McCartney is known to be a banjoist. McCartney also recorded Hopkin singing "Those Were The Days" in five other languages for release in their respective countries: All five non-English sets of

neg: No Deliverance eleventh track, a cover of The Cure's ""A Forest"". The vinyl edition was purported to contain an extended version of the song ""Hell In High Water"", but this has proven to be false, as neither the record itself nor the free digital download of the album available through an included one-time use download code clock in at over four minutes in length. Two retail stores had specials for those who pre-ordered the album. Those who pre-ordered through Newbury Comics received an autographed CD booklet, while those who pre-ordered it through f.y.e. received an autographed poster. No Deliverance No Deliverance is

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: The Banjo Cafe Banjo Cafe featuring Lois Constable and Renzo Mazzoni appeared in The Bluegrass Alternative & National Fiddler (June 1983). In the article, The Banjo Cafe is mentioned as the central location of the new Bluegrass Association.<--How does this relate to the subject of this article, the Cafe?--> The June 1983 issue of The Bluegrass Alternative & National Fiddler featured a series of articles and scheduled performances by performers who played at The Banjo Cafe, including The Constables, Brantley Kearns (feature article), Bottom Dollar Bluegrass Band, JD Crowe, Blueprint (gospel music), Lois Constable (as an article writer and leader of the new

neg: Joel Sweeney the Broadway Circus in New York with a blackface burlesque of "The Dying Moor's Defence of His Flag" called "Novel Duetts, Songs, &c". This was accompanied by a "Comic Morris Dance by the whole company". According to Billy Whitlock of the Virginia Minstrels, Sweeney gave Whitlock a few banjo lessons around this time. In colonial America the banjo was known as an instrument of "the lower classes," but by 1841, Sweeney was remaking the banjo into an instrument for the middle class. His advertisements boasted that he played with "scientific touches of perfection". Another raved, "Only those who have heard

neg: Dave Evans (bluegrass) Dave Evans (bluegrass) William "Dave" Evans (July 24, 1950 - June 26, 2017) was a tenor singer, banjo player, composer, and bluegrass band leader. He was noted for his powerful tenor vocal range and for his style which bridged traditional and contemporary bluegrass. Notable songs written by Evans include "One Loaf of Bread," "Highway 52," "99 Years is Almost for Life," and "Be Proud of the Grey in Your Hair." Evans grew up in Columbus, Ohio. At age eight, Evans was introduced to the banjo by his father who played old time banjo, but Evans preferred the Earl Scruggs style

neg: George Segal banjo and sang with The Smothers Brothers when they performed Phil Ochs'"Draft Dodger Rag" on their CBS television show. In 1974, he played in "A Touch of Ragtime", an album with his band, the Imperial Jazzband. During the 1970s and 1980s he made frequent television appearances with the "Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band", whose members included actor Conrad Janis on trombone. In 1981, they performed live at Carnegie Hall. Recent engagements in Los Angeles have included guest spots with the award-winning residency Guitarology. In addition to playing banjo while appearing on "The Tonight Show", Segal has played the instrument in

neg: Lester McCumbers children together, some of whom are also musicians. Their son Roger, who played banjo, died in 1998 at age 43. McCumbers often performed with his wife and children, as well as the banjo player Kim Johnson, who lived near him. He was a frequent visitor to the Appalachian String Band Music Festival in Clifftop, Fayette County, West Virginia, where he won first prize in the fiddle competition for his age group. McCumbers was featured in "The New York Times" in 1999. Lester McCumbers Lester McCumbers (August 15, 1921 – January 26, 2015) was an American old-time fiddler from Nicut, West

neg: Django Reinhardt the violin. At the age of 12 he received a banjo-guitar as a gift. He quickly learned to play, mimicking the fingerings of musicians he watched, who would have included local virtuoso players of the day such as Jean "Poulette" Castro and Auguste "Gusti" Malha, as well as from his uncle Guiligou, who played violin, banjo and guitar. Reinhardt was able to make a living playing music by the time he was 15. He received little formal education and acquired the rudiments of literacy only in adult life. At the age of 17 Reinhardt married Florine "Bella" Mayer, a girl

neg: Howard Caine 29 prominent banjo and fiddle contests in the southland for both Best Traditional Banjo and Traditional Singing. He was also a popular folk singer and appeared at a number of prominent folk clubs and folk festivals. Caine died of a heart attack on December 28, 1993, 5 days short of his 68th birthday. Howard Caine Howard Caine (born Howard Cohen; January 2, 1926 – December 28, 1993) was an American character actor, probably best known as Gestapo Major, Wolfgang Hochstetter in the television series "Hogan's Heroes" (1965–71). He also played Lewis Morris of New York in the musical film "1776",

neg: Mike Seeger by focusing on the traditional playing styles they heard on old 78rpm records of musicians recorded during the 1920s and 1930s. Tracy was also in Mike's other band, Strange Creek Singers. So was Mike's former wife, Alice Gerrard. She was Alice Seeger in that band and sang and played guitar in it. The other people in Strange Creek Singers were bass player and singer Hazel Dickens and banjo player Lamar Grier who didn't sing at all. Mike sang and played guitar, banjo, fiddle, mandolin, autoharp, and harmonica in the band. Seeger received six Grammy nominations and was the recipient of

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: Cranford Nix Cranford Nix Cranford Hamilton Nix Jr. (January 17, 1969 - March 12, 2002), also known as Crannie or Little Man, was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was the lead singer and guitarist of punk band The Malakas. Nix was born on January 17, 1969 in Detroit. His father, Cranford Nix Sr. (November 15, 1932 - October 14, 2012), was a one-time professional banjo player who played with Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. He also played banjo on The Supremes' album "The Supremes Sing Country, Western and Pop". Nix was a heroin addict and had been sent to rehab

neg: Scotty Plummer Scotty Plummer Scotty Plummer (born circa 1961 – died 1992) was a highly regarded banjo player who made a name for himself as a youngster in both the United States and Canada and earned the title "Prince of Banjo". He also achieved some international fame through touring as a headline act with Liberace in the mid-1970s. Scotty used to attend school at Jameson Hall in San Rafael, CA. The school had an all asphalt playground and on rainy days, Scotty would play his banjo from classroom to classroom to entertain weather trapped students. Plummer played what is termed the plectrum

neg: Sid Hemphill Sid Hemphill Sid Hemphill (1876 - 1963) was an American blues multi-instrumentalist and bandleader who played in his own string band mainly in Mississippi. He recorded for Alan Lomax in 1942 and again in 1959. Born in Panola County, Mississippi, Hemphill was the son of a slave fiddle player, crafted instruments, and was a blind musician. Trained as a multi-instrumentalist, he could effectively play fiddle, banjo, guitar, jaw harp, piano, organ, quills, and the cane fife, while also penning songs. Hemphill and his string band, composed of Alex "Turpentine" Askew (guitar), Lucious Smith (banjo), and Will Head (fiddle), played a

neg: Marcus Garvey of Garvey's life. Those mentioned in connection with the role of Garvey have included the Jamaican-born actor Kevin Navayne and the British-born actor of Jamaican descent Delroy Lindo. Rastafari consider Garvey to be a religious prophet, and sometimes even the reincarnation of Saint John the Baptist. This is partly because of his frequent statements uttered in speeches throughout the 1920s, usually along the lines of "Look to Africa, when a black king shall be crowned, for the day of deliverance is at hand!" His beliefs deeply influenced the Rastafari, who took his statements as a prophecy of the crowning of

neg: John Hartford Comedy Hour"; other television appearances followed, as did recording appearances with several major country artists. Hartford played banjo and sang the vocal harmonies on the Guthrie Thomas song, "I'll be Lucky". He also played with The Byrds on their album "Sweetheart of the Rodeo". His success on the Smothers Brothers series was enough that Hartford was offered the lead role in a TV detective series but he turned it down to move back to Nashville and concentrate on his music. He also was a regular on "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" (the banjo picker who would stand up from his

neg: The Greenbriar Boys The Greenbriar Boys The Greenbriar Boys were a northern bluegrass music group who first got together in jam sessions in New York's Washington Square Park. In 1959, guitarist/vocalist John Herald formed The Greenbriar Boys, along with Bob Yellin (banjo) and Eric Weissberg (fiddle, mandolin, banjo). Weissberg was soon replaced by Paul Prestopino, who, in turn was later replaced by Ralph Rinzler (mandolin) to form their most successful combination. The trio often played the Greenwich Village scene, but were notable enough to be the first Northern group to win the likes of the Union Grove Fiddlers' Convention competition, where Yellin also

neg: Livingston Taylor James played cello, Alex played violin, Kate dulcimer, and Livingston banjo. As recounted by James, "We sang African songs, union songs, folk hymns and radio jingles. Leadbelly, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie and The Weavers were the records we most listened to. It was their mother, Trudy, who was the catalyst for the children to create their own songs. One day while in the kitchen, she held up a can of vegetables saying: "Why don't you invent an ad jingle about this can of food?" "Alex, James, and Livingston took up their banjo, cello and harmonica and began to improvise some

neg: Larry Farkas Larry Farkas Larry Farkas (born May 2, 1966) is an American musician who primarily performs thrash metal. Farkas was a member of Christian bands Vengeance Rising, Deliverance, Holy Soldier, and Once Dead, many of which he started. Farkas presumably started his musical career in the Christian rock band, Holy Soldier. He was only briefly in the band before bandmate Chris Hyde asked him to join Deliverance, a band Hyde was in. Farkas joined Deliverance and was in the band until 1987. After his departure from Deliverance, Farkas joined the band Vengeance Rising, then known as Vengeance. In 1988, the band

neg: Deliverance Deliverance Deliverance is a 1972 American thriller film produced and directed by John Boorman, and starring Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds, Ned Beatty and Ronny Cox, with the latter two making their feature film debuts. The film is based on the 1970 novel of the same name by author James Dickey, a celebrated poet who has a small role in the film as the sheriff, and who wrote the screenplay (uncredited). The film was a critical success, earning three Oscar nominations and five Golden Globe Award nominations. Widely acclaimed as a landmark picture, the film is noted for a music scene

neg: The Man from Snowy River (1982 film) office in Australia. Kirk Douglas later sued Burrowes for a share of the profits. As indicated by its box office takings, "The Man from Snowy River" gained a very large audience, popularising the story and Banjo Paterson's poem. Since 1995 the story has been re-enacted at The Man From Snowy River Bush Festival in Corryong, Victoria. Jack Thompson who played Clancy in the film has released recordings of a number of Banjo Paterson poems including Clancy of the Overflow and The Man from Snowy River on the album "The Bush Poems of A.B. (Banjo) Paterson". The Craigs' Hut building was

neg: BloodRayne: The Third Reich "BloodRayne" film to star Malthe after "BloodRayne 2: Deliverance". Paré, who played Iancu in "BloodRayne" and Pat Garrett in "BloodRayne 2: Deliverance", plays yet another character in this film. Boll shot "BloodRayne: The Third Reich" simultaneously with "Blubberella", with both films sharing some of the same actors, including Michael Paré, Clint Howard, Brendan Fletcher and Willam Belli. Rayne fights against the Nazis in Europe during World War II with the French resistance, encountering Ekart Brand, a Nazi leader whose goal is to inject Adolf Hitler with Rayne's blood in an attempt to transform him into an all powerful dhampir and

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: Ron Tutt Ron Tutt Ron Tutt (born March 12, 1938) is a drummer who played concerts and recording sessions for a variety of rock artists from Elvis Presley to the Carpenters to Roy Orbison to Jerry Garcia. Born in Dallas, Texas, Tutt is a native Texan and was involved with music and performing arts for most of his childhood. As a child, he played the violin, trumpet, drums, ukulele, and banjo. Tutt spent his early days playing the banjo in Rusty Brown's Cell Block 7 Dixieland Jazz band (based out of Dallas). Tutt auditioned for the TCB Band ("Taking Care of Business"),

neg: Tony Williamson (musician) Tony Williamson (musician) Tony Williamson is an internationally renowned mandolin player from Chatham County, North Carolina, whose compositions integrate everything from traditional Piedmont string band tunes to classical music and jazz. Tony Williamson was born in the rural Piedmont region of North Carolina to a family of woodworkers and musicians. His grandfather and father played banjo in their spare time, while Tony's older siblings played guitar, fiddle, and banjo. His grandfather, Alfred, made his own musical instruments and mentored his grandchildren, Tony and Gary, who began playing music around 1957. Tony and Gary started performing together at a young age,

neg: Ashley Banjo nine performances on the show. In 2015, he presented "Perspectives: Michael Jackson's Thriller with Ashley Banjo". In 2016, Banjo co-presented "Can't Touch This", a Saturday night game show for BBC One, alongside Zoë Ball. In 2017, Banjo was a judge on the new ITV series "Dance Dance Dance", presented by Alesha Dixon and Will Best. Since January 2018, Banjo has been part of the judging panel on "Dancing on Ice", starting with its tenth series in 2018. Ashley Banjo Ashley Modurotolu Banjo (born 4 October 1988), is an English street dancer, choreographer and actor. He is leader of dance troupe

neg: Banjo music Banjo music Banjo music is a genre of music that consists exclusively, or primarily of, the banjo. Banjo music can be played as a solo, or it can be played with a band. Banjo music can be played with all types of banjos (four, five, or six string). Banjo music originated informally as a form of African folk music over a hundred years ago probably in the sub-Saharan region. When the Americans forced African slaves to work on the plantations, banjo music followed them, and stayed primarily a form of African folk music, up to the 1800s. It was during

neg: Banjo music tends to be very lively and upbeat, as the fast-occurring drone notes tend to give the illusion that a song is being played quite fast. Banjo music is not usually amplified (except by aid of a microphone), as the banjo's resonator allows it to be played quite loud. Popular banjo music pieces include: Banjo music Banjo music is a genre of music that consists exclusively, or primarily of, the banjo. Banjo music can be played as a solo, or it can be played with a band. Banjo music can be played with all types of banjos (four, five, or six

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: Ronny Cox and Bob P. Cox, a carpenter who also worked at a dairy. He grew up in Portales, New Mexico. Cox met his wife Mary when she was in the fifth grade and he was in the seventh grade, and they married in 1960. Cox graduated from Eastern New Mexico University in 1963 with a double major in theater and speech correction. Mary died in 2006, 50 years to the day of their first date. Cox often talks about her during his music performances. As an actor, Cox made his debut in the acclaimed 1972 film "Deliverance." In one scene, he

neg: Judah Lewis Judah Lewis Judah Lewis (born May 22, 2001) is an American actor, known for roles in the films "The Babysitter", "Summer of 84", "Deliverance Creek" and "Demolition", and a recurring role in the 2016 television series "Game of Silence". Lewis was born in May 22, 2001, to a family of Jewish descent. In May 2015, Lewis was among the six actors who screen tested for the lead role (which went to Tom Holland) in the 2017 reboot film "". In 2015, Lewis appeared in the drama film "Demolition", opposite Jake Gyllenhaal and Naomi Watts and the action thriller remake "Point

neg: Banjo (2016 film) him wrongly for the assassination of the MLA who had introduced Taraat to Christina. By that time, in a twist of fate, Christina, while trying to chase the sounds of a banjo being perfectly played, discovers it is Taraat, and convinces him. Following the assassination, Taraat is disowned by his friends, who accuse him of committing a crime, under what is obviously a false impression. However, when the rival band's lead musician admits his mistake, the friends get back together. Finally, they are given a chance by popular music baron Shamin Nair (Mohan Kapoor). However, shortly after Christina returns to

neg: Deliverance (Corrosion of Conformity album) ranked "Deliverance" at #31 on their list of the best rock albums of 1994. "Deliverance" received a positive review from AllMusic writer Eduardo Rivadavia, who gave the album four stars out of five, and states, "With guitarist Pepper Keenan now at the helm as lead singer and principal songwriter, COC abandoned most of the punk influences of their crossover past and turned into a full-fledged Sabbath-inspired metal band with 1994's "Deliverance"." Rivadavia claims that the songs on "Deliverance" are "built on monolithic power chords which range from ferocious speed on 'Heaven's Not Overflowing' and 'Senor Limpio' to slower, groovier numbers

neg: Chris Banjo Chris Banjo Ayokunmi Christopher Oluwaseun Banjo (born February 26, 1990) is an American football safety for the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at SMU. Banjo was signed by the Jacksonville Jaguars as an undrafted free agent in 2013. He has also played for the Green Bay Packers. Banjo attended Southern Methodist University, where he played on the SMU Mustangs football team from 2008 to 2011. "Source: SMUMustangs.com" After going undrafted in the 2012 NFL Draft, Banjo signed with the Jacksonville Jaguars on April 18, 2013. On July 25, 2013, he was released

neg: Mike Bloom (musician) Mike Bloom (musician) Michael Evan Bloom (born April 5, 1975 in Manhasset, New York) is an American singer-songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and mixer who has performed, produced or recorded with artists such as Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis, Julian Casablancas, Johnathan Rice, Margot & the Nuclear So and So's, Rachael Yamagata, and was a co-founder of The Elected. Bloom plays guitar, bass, lap steel guitar, keys, drums, banjo, and harmonica. He is also a composer and has served as music supervisor for films and TV shows. He is the younger brother of actor/writer Brian Bloom and actor/producer/writer Scott Bloom. Mike was a

neg: Bluegrass music Bluegrass music Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music. It was named by Bill Monroe who named his band The Blue Grass Boys. The Bluegrass boys played a Mountain Music style that Bill learned in Asheville North Carolina from bands like Wade Mainer's and other popular acts on radio station WWNC. the 1939–1996 band of Kentucky mandolin player and songwriter Bill Monroe, who is considered "the father of bluegrass". It was further developed by musicians who played with him, including 5-string banjo player Earl Scruggs and guitarist Lester Flatt. It was then evolved by other musicians who admired

neg: Jack Nicholson said: Also in 1970, he appeared in the movie adaptation of "On A Clear Day You Can See Forever", although most of his performance was left on the cutting room floor. His agent turned down a starring role in "Deliverance" when the film's producer and director, John Boorman refused to pay what Nicholson's agent wanted. Nicholson starred in "Carnal Knowledge" in 1971, a comedy-drama directed by Mike Nichols, which co-starred Art Garfunkel, Ann-Margret, and Candice Bergen. He was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor. As director, Mike Nichols was limited in the actors who he felt could

neg: Guitar Gabriel His family, who grew up sharecropping, shared a talent for music. His great-grandmother, an ex-slave, called set dances and played the banjo; his grandfather played banjo and his grandmother the pump organ; his father and uncle were blues guitarists and singers and his sisters sang blues and gospel. In 1935, Gabriel's family moved to Durham, North Carolina, where he began playing guitar on the streets. Between the ages of 15 and 25, Gabriel traveled the country playing the guitar in medicine shows. During his travels, he performed with artists such as Bo Diddley, Lightnin' Hopkins, Louis Jordan, Chuck Berry, Muddy

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: Narvin Kimball a point to make sure Kimball and his wife were evacuated to Baton Rouge. He died in exile with relatives in South Carolina. Narvin Kimball Narvin Kimball (March 2, 1909 - March 17, 2006) was a jazz musician who played banjo and string bass and was also known for his fine singing voice. The left-handed virtuoso banjo player was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of well regarded string bass player Henry Kimball. He was playing music professionally by the mid-1920s with such groups as the bands of Fate Marable and Papa Celestin. He married a fellow member of

neg: Narvin Kimball Narvin Kimball Narvin Kimball (March 2, 1909 - March 17, 2006) was a jazz musician who played banjo and string bass and was also known for his fine singing voice. The left-handed virtuoso banjo player was born in New Orleans, Louisiana, the son of well regarded string bass player Henry Kimball. He was playing music professionally by the mid-1920s with such groups as the bands of Fate Marable and Papa Celestin. He married a fellow member of Celestin's Tuxedo Jazz Band, pianist Jeanette Kimball (née Salvant). In the 1930s during the Great Depression Kimball switched to string bass to play

neg: Cypher in the Snow Dan-yella Dyslexia), also from the Gr'ups, played guitar; Rusten (as Shari Lambchop) was the drummer; Ulla McKnight (as Ulla Imd) on vocals; Margaret Hitchcock was the trumpet player; Chloe Sherman (as Chloe Little Hope) played bass; and Lala Hulse on banjo and lap steel. Juliana Snapper joined as vocalist on the song "Rock Opera". When Rusten left the band to play with The Third Sex, Paula Cronan, who also played with Death Card 13 and The Dodge Brothers, became the new drummer. Other members include Dorothy Wang, Elitrea Frye, Carmen White, and Toni Gogin of Sleater-Kinney who played guest guitar

neg: Uncle John Scruggs Uncle John Scruggs John H. Scruggs (May 1855 – 5 March 1941), known as Uncle John Scruggs, was an African American banjo player who attracted attention for his singing and playing during the 1920s and '30s. Scruggs was born to slave parents Henry and Betsey Scruggs in 1855, in Buckingham County, Virginia, where he spent almost his entire life. A film exists of him performing the folk ballad “Little Log Cabin Round the Lane” in a minstrel style. The footage was taken by the Fox Movietone News on November 8, 1928, in Powhatan, Virginia. John Scruggs played 5-string banjo in

neg: Clarence Holiday Clarence Holiday Clarence Halliday (Baltimore, 23 July 1898 – Dallas, 1 March 1937), also known as Clarence Holiday, was an American musician. He was the father of the singer Billie Holiday. In Baltimore he attended a boys school with the banjo player Elmer Snowden. Both of them played banjo with various Baltimore jazz bands, including the band of Eubie Blake. At the age of 16, Holiday became the unmarried father of Billie Holiday, who was born to 19-year-old Sadie Harris. He rarely visited Harris or her daughter. He moved from Baltimore to Philadelphia when he was 21 years old. Holiday

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: Deliverance (metal band) with my family, and to try regain normalcy for my family. Having lived in the fantasy land of Las Vegas for the past 10 years, I wanted to stay in the casino biz, but didn't want my kids growing up the Vegas way". In 2010, Deliverance played the only show without Jimmy P. Brown II at NordicFest. On May 20, 2011 Mike Phillips announced that Deliverance was finally coming to end and would be performing their final show in August 2011. However, by July 2012, Deliverance had resurfaced again and been working on their tenth studio album "Hear What I

neg: The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman police cars and helicopters "like an actor in a bad, big-budget Hollywood action film". He evades his captors and reaches the seashore, where he prays for deliverance and at last meets the angelic figure of Greta Garbo, who guides him "home to somewhere monochrome, but somewhere you will be a certain kind of free". A circular plot device concludes and resolves the fantasy. A cast of Swedish and American actors contributed to the recording. While Sparks recorded the music in the United States, Wennersten oversaw the recording of the Swedish voice artists in Stockholm. Translation of the lyrics was also

neg: Chris Banjo Banjo was re-signed by the Packers. He was placed on injured reserve on October 24, 2016. On October 31, 2016, Banjo was waived by the Packers after reaching an injury settlement. On November 15, 2016, Banjo was signed by the Saints. On March 7, 2017, Banjo signed a two-year contract extension with the Saints. "Source: NFL.com" Banjo was born to Nigerian parents who migrated to Houston. His mother died in 2010. His name, "Oluwaseun", means "We thank God" in Yoruba. Chris Banjo Ayokunmi Christopher Oluwaseun Banjo (born February 26, 1990) is an American football safety for the New Orleans Saints

neg: Chatswood, New South Wales factories such Dairy Farmers Inc and Three Threes Pickle Factory on what was then Gordon Road ( now the Pacific Hwy) Chatswood has a rich history of artists who have contributed to Australian culture such as poet Banjo Patterson, poet Kenneth Slessor, artist Arthur Murch, cricketer Victor Trumper, actor Ruth Cracknell, and pianist Roger Woodward all of whom have called Chatswood home. Other notable Australians who were educated in Chatswood include cricketer Mark Taylor, former Prime Minister Gough Whitlam, painter/artist Brett Whiteley, opera singer Yvonne Kenny to name but a few. Chatswood was declared a town centre in 1983 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: Lewis J. Stadlen Lewis J. Stadlen Lewis J. Stadlen (born March 7, 1947) is an American stage and screen character actor. Born in Brooklyn, New York to voice actor Allen Swift, Stadlen studied acting with Sanford Meisner and Stella Adler. He made his Broadway debut as Groucho Marx in the musical comedy "Minnie's Boys" in 1970. Other noted broadway roles include Senex in "A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Forum", Banjo in a revival of "The Man Who Came to Dinner", Milt in "Laughter on the 23rd Floor," and Dr. Pangloss in the 1973 production of "Candide." He has been

neg: Phil Cordell new tracks for a CD release of the Dan the Banjo Man album, including a remake of the title track with his son Charlie. Cordell died on 31 March 2007, leaving behind three children. Phil Cordell Phil Cordell (17 July 1947 – 31 March 2007) was a British musician who released a number of records in the late 1960s and 1970s under several stage names, most notably as Springwater in the UK and Dan the Banjo Man in Germany. He was a multi-instrumentalist and usually played all the instruments on his musical recordings. After leaving school in 1963, Phil Cordell

neg: Rob McCoury Rob McCoury Rob McCoury is an American bluegrass musician who plays banjo. He is the son of bluegrass musician Del McCoury, and is best known for his work with the Del McCoury Band and the Travelin' McCourys. Rob McCoury was born in York County, Pennsylvania on April 30, 1971. He was exposed to bluegrass from a young age, through his father's band, Del McCoury & The Dixie Pals. At the age of 8 he started playing the banjo after seeing The Osborne Brothers play at Sunest Park in West Grove, PA. In 1986 at the age of 15 he played

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: Clarence White States. Between bookings with the Colonels, White also made a guest appearance on Eric Weissberg and Marshall Brickman's "New Dimensions in Banjo & Bluegrass" album, which would be re-released in 1973 as the soundtrack album to the film "Deliverance" (with Weissberg and Steve Mandell's version of "Dueling Banjos" added to the album's track listing). Throughout 1964, the Colonels continued to make live appearances at various clubs, concert halls and festivals, as well as recruiting fiddle player Bobby Sloan into their ranks. The Colonels' second album, "Appalachian Swing!", was a commercial success and saw White's flatpicking permanently expand the language of

neg: Roger Dale Martin debut EP, "Armed for Battle", and following its completion, moved on from the band. After finishing his stint with Emerald, he played a few shows with Holy Right before leaving that band. Martin then went on to play for Sanctuary Church's band – Sanctuary Celebration Band – for a brief time in 1986. Afterward, Martin was introduced to Doug Thieme, who started Sacrifice with Martin. The two brought in Thieme's friend Larry Farkas, who was in Deliverance. The three then began searching for a drummer and vocalist to play for the band. Originally, the three found Steve Bertram on Drums

neg: Judah Lewis Break", appearing briefly as the young version of the lead character, Johnny Utah. In 2015, Lewis filmed the role of a boy hunted by his babysitter, played by Samara Weaving, in the comedy horror film "The Babysitter". The finished film was acquired by Netflix in December 2016, and was released on Friday, October 13, 2017. In 2018, Lewis appeared in the horror mystery film "Summer of 84", opposite Graham Verchere, Rich Sommer and Tiera Skovbye. Judah Lewis Judah Lewis (born May 22, 2001) is an American actor, known for roles in the films "The Babysitter", "Summer of 84", "Deliverance Creek"

neg: The Subversive Kind reunite, as the band enjoyed performing together. The band would then hire Greg Minier (The Crucified) to record solos for the album, but then added former Deliverance member Glenn Rogers to perform on the album. Deliverance Additional musicians Production The Subversive Kind The Subversive Kind is the eleventh studio album released by the metal band, Deliverance. The album was originally not going to happen, as the band had announced back in 2013 that "Hear What I Say!" would be the final release. However, Jimmy P. Brown was contacted by George Ochoa, who stated the band should reunite. Brown and Ochoa

neg: Smiley Bates prompted other recording ventures. When the Instrumental hit "Duelling Banjos" from the film "Deliverance" was popular, Smiley, on Flat-Top Guitar, was teamed with Eddie Poirier on 5-String Banjo. Though he had not seen the film, it only took a couple of tries to arrive at an arrangement, which, while not representative of Smiley's recording output, was nevertheless a commercial success. A further album was issued with Eddie and Smiley, and based upon its success, the two teamed up with Rose (Eddie's wife) to record another big-selling Bluegrass album, titled "The Best of Bluegrass". To illustrate how successful Smiley's recordings were,

neg: Jamal Millner Jamal Millner Jamal Millner (born February 26, 1971) is a guitarist from West Virginia who was a member of the band 5x5 led by Corey Harris. Millner was given his first "kid guitar" at the age of three. His parents went to "lots of shows". When he was four they took him to a Taj Mahal show and he got up on stage and played his plastic guitar. This was his very first "gig". As a five-year-old he appeared playing banjo in a Yale University documentary entitled "Banjo Man" with musicians Taj Mahal and Afro-Appalachian banjoist Uncle John Homer. Jamal

neg: Balsam Range is also an accomplished luthier, building Smith Custom Guitars for clients such as Zac Brown Dr. Marc Pruett, (banjo) is a Grammy-winning banjo picker who has played on 4 albums with Ricky Skaggs including his first record in 1974 and the 1997 Grammy award winner "Bluegrass Rules!" He also led the Marc Pruett Band for 10 years. His music was used for over a dozen years in the highly acclaimed outdoor drama "Unto These Hills" in Cherokee, NC. Dr. Pruett earned his honorary doctorate from Western Carolina University in 2010 for his contributions to Bluegrass Music. The band's 2012 release