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"Sweeney was in the UK starting in 1843. Sheet music of tunes from the Virginia Minstrels was available very soon after they started up...but it was vocal music, songs. I would hazard to guess that copies of The Howe Preceptor and The Briggs Banjo…"
"Incidentally it has since been disclosed that Charles Asbury was actually an African American who posed as not being an African American and claimed to be "Cuban" making this an African American recording. I once asked the great Bob…"
"Incidentally it has since been disclosed that Charles Asbury was actually an African American who posed as not being an African American and claimed to be "Cuban" making this an African American recording. I once asked the great Bob…"
"Pure speculation, of course:
The human head is attracted to certain words because they're fun to say. We've also tended to use polysyballic verbiage as a source of class humor...educated vs not. I think the humor there is in the idea of…"
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"I dunno. Even though I'm retired, Spring is still not a good time for me to be away from home. I tend to do most of my travelling in the Fall. I'm not sure why that is...but it kept me from AEBG when they moved it back from Sept. to…"
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Genuine Negro Jig TAB...
Posted on September 14, 2010 at 7:37pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Ok, here it is. Taken from the Hans Nathan book.
Trip Report, AEBG III
Posted on August 30, 2010 at 9:03pm 8 Comments 0 Likes
First, the disclaimer: I know not what I do. I may have disremembered, misquoted, misplaced, waxed hyperbolic or simply forgot. No spotted owls were eaten without the proper Mornay sauce having been ladled properly over each. Rolling verbosity knob to 12...
I had several things in mind whilst…
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- At 5:21pm on December 19, 2008,
razyn said…
- Just befriending the guys I know, from AEBG or the old forum --
- At 2:08am on March 9, 2009,
David Wade said…
- Thanks Marc, taken me a while to get over here, I'll just sit at the back with a 7-string z-b and have a pint while you lads get on with it.
- At 7:43am on April 13, 2009,
John Masciale said…
- Hi Marc, you can upload files to a forum, but not a video.
Hope things are well - John
- At 1:32pm on June 5, 2009,
Eric STEFANELLI said…
- Hi Marc!
Yes about banjo i'm always on the run....a maniak !
- At 10:39am on June 15, 2009,
huston west said…
- thanks a million, marc.
- At 6:39am on December 02, 2009, Carl Anderton gave Trapdoor2 a gift…
- At 12:03am on June 5, 2012,
Mollie Smith said…
Hi, I sent you a friend request so I could ask about the banjo in your profile pic--I didn't realize I could simply leave a comment here asking about it (I just joined, still learning my way around). Otherwise, I wouldn't have sent a friend request to someone I didn't know, so please feel free to respond via comments, no need to accept the request since you don't know me. :-)
Mollie
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