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March 2019

Spring

photo Spring 2 Likes Alabama Joe and Circus Jig on my new 5 strin…

video Alabama Joe and Circus Jig on my new 5 strin… 3 Likes

November 2018

S. S. Stewart's "Minor Waltz"

video S. S. Stewart's "Minor Waltz" 4 Likes Pompey Ran Away on early gourd banjo with ho…

video Pompey Ran Away on early gourd banjo with ho… 6 Likes

October 2018

Savory's Jig

video Savory's Jig 5 Likes Kingdom Coming

video Kingdom Coming 7 Likes Klondike Rag

video Klondike Rag 5 Likes

September 2018

Funeral March in the Calaboose

video Funeral March in the Calaboose 5 Likes

August 2018

Minstrel banjo, horse head carving

video Minstrel banjo, horse head carving 2 Likes Violet Mazurka

video Violet Mazurka 5 Likes Sugar in the Gourd

video Sugar in the Gourd 4 Likes

June 2018

De Stingy Ole Man

video De Stingy Ole Man 7 Likes Smitley's Michigan Aire

video Smitley's Michigan Aire 3 Likes

May 2018

new book on last survivor of a slave ship This is a book just coming out now, after being rejected by publishers in the 1930s. Written by an African American woman anthropologist in the 1920s, it contains her interviews with the last survi… Discussion new book on last survivor of a slave ship 1 Like

April 2018

Ladies won't you marry?

video Ladies won't you marry? 12 Likes Elegant Plunk So (toot toot) I recorded a new CD. It is called "Elegant Plunk" and contains 16 original compositions written in the style of the mid 19th Century on my fretted Minstrel Banjo. It was recorded and M… Discussion Elegant Plunk 1 Like Alabama Walk Around

video Alabama Walk Around 4 Likes

March 2018

Sebastopol Breakdown and Railroad Polka

video Sebastopol Breakdown and Railroad Polka 3 Likes

February 2018

The Anvil Chorus

video The Anvil Chorus 2 Likes

January 2018

Leaning on the Garden gate... Frank.B.Conver…

video Leaning on the Garden gate... Frank.B.Conver… 5 Likes 1880 Buckbee banjo replicas now available!

My 1880 Buckbee are very exact.

They are Exact in sound and looks to the original Buckbee.

VERY wonderful and special banjos!

Please see…

Blog 1880 Buckbee banjo replicas now available! 3 Likes