Minstrel Banjo

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1894 stroke recording?

I heisted this link from Dan Gellert's posting on the Banjohangout...very cool recording. Y'all think it might be stroke/thimble style?   c…

Started by Trapdoor2

49 Sep 3, 2022
Reply by Tony Thomas

Jim Hartel Boucher for sale

I can’t find just now, but someone had a Hatell Boucher to sell.  I’ve been playing the password game far a while, and finally seem to have…

Started by jim atleson

0 Jun 26, 2022

Strum Machine

Has anyone tried using Strum Machine? I just signed up for a free trial and am enjoying it, especially because I don't play with others and…

Started by Al Smitley

3 Jun 23, 2022
Reply by Al Smitley

Dave Kirchner's Original Giant Early Tambourine (20 inches)

Started by Mark Weems

4 Apr 6, 2022
Reply by Sule Greg Wilson

On Picayune Butler, T. A. Brown, George Nichols, T. D, Rice and “Jim Crow”

About 7 years ago, prodded by a contract from Oxford University Press and Harvard's  African American biography database,  I set out to wri…

Started by Tony Thomas

2 Mar 19, 2022
Reply by CURTIS PAYNE

Why Ethiopians?

I'm hoping someone can offer insights that escape me.  It seems that Ethiopia gained a lot of reference in the mid-19th C minstrel genre...…

Started by Al Smitley

4 Mar 5, 2022
Reply by Timothy Twiss

JEB Stuart

I don't know if it's good or whether Sam Sweeney might be mentioned but a program about JEB Stuart airs several times on CSPAN2 this weeken…

Started by Al Smitley

1 Feb 12, 2022
Reply by Al Smitley

CDV of Swain Buckley on ebay...

Pretty cool CDV up on ebay at the moment. Oddball banjo with 2 chanterelles, 22 inlaid frets. Pretty reasonable dating via the photographer…

Started by Trapdoor2

7 Nov 22, 2021
Reply by Trapdoor2

Blue Bell Valse - Buckley

Been working on BBV lately. I STINK with barre chords, fretted or unfretted. That aside, anyone have any tips rolling from the 10th measure…

Started by Rob Mohr

8 Sep 2, 2021
Reply by Rob Mohr

Joe Sweeny Convergence - Appomattox, VA

Anyone know if the Sweeny Convergence is on this year the weekend after Labor Day?? Also, any word about the Antietam Convergence at Renfr…

Started by Rob Mohr

0 Aug 25, 2021

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