Master's Thesis: 19th-Century Banjos in the 21st-Century: Custom and Tradition in a Modern Early Banjo Revival - Minstrel Banjo2024-03-28T18:05:20Zhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/forum/topics/master-s-thesis-19th-century-banjos-in-the-21st-century-custom-an?commentId=2477478%3AComment%3A71177&feed=yes&xn_auth=noJust got this, Greg. Will rea…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2012-07-23:2477478:Comment:711772012-07-23T08:58:14.172ZRob MacKillophttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/RobMacKillop
<p>Just got this, Greg. Will read it over the coming week. Haven't read it yet, other than a quick scroll through, and I must say it looks very interesting. I've been viewing the period as the first Rock and Roll - the first time white guys picked up on black music. Just like Mick and Keith back in the late 50s, early 60s, they went nuts over this stuff, imitating it as best they could, but inevitably bringing something else to the party. Mick still puts on a black voice - sometimes overtly so,…</p>
<p>Just got this, Greg. Will read it over the coming week. Haven't read it yet, other than a quick scroll through, and I must say it looks very interesting. I've been viewing the period as the first Rock and Roll - the first time white guys picked up on black music. Just like Mick and Keith back in the late 50s, early 60s, they went nuts over this stuff, imitating it as best they could, but inevitably bringing something else to the party. Mick still puts on a black voice - sometimes overtly so, as in Prodigal Son (what a great track!). But those guys in the 1850s maybe went too far in blacking up and lampooning. The Irish got a hammering too, and I hope someone does a thesis on that angle as well.</p>
<p>I'm not an American, so maybe don't appreciate the resonances as much as you guys. This thesis should give me more of a context to view this music in, and I thank you for that.</p> Oh, I am totally reading this…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2012-07-20:2477478:Comment:711262012-07-20T20:15:14.766ZMarla Carewhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/MarlaCarew
<p>Oh, I am totally reading this. Thank you! I did a master's thesis once so boring that I don't even remember what I wrote on, but this will be of interest to so many of us. Cool!</p>
<p>Oh, I am totally reading this. Thank you! I did a master's thesis once so boring that I don't even remember what I wrote on, but this will be of interest to so many of us. Cool!</p> Thanks Greg, I've been lookin…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2012-07-20:2477478:Comment:709192012-07-20T13:33:58.223ZAndy Chasehttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/anchase
<p>Thanks Greg, I've been looking forward to this!</p>
<p>Thanks Greg, I've been looking forward to this!</p> I've only had the chance to d…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2012-07-20:2477478:Comment:708362012-07-20T11:43:09.571ZDave Culganhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/OlDanTucker
<p>I've only had the chance to download your thesis to my thumb drive, and browse through it a little but yeah, I'll want to read it all. What a great subject to study. To paraphrase Chummy in the "Hard Times" extravaganza, "dat's de heaviest bag of readables I ever toted". Great job, Greg.</p>
<p>I've only had the chance to download your thesis to my thumb drive, and browse through it a little but yeah, I'll want to read it all. What a great subject to study. To paraphrase Chummy in the "Hard Times" extravaganza, "dat's de heaviest bag of readables I ever toted". Great job, Greg.</p> Looking forward to reading al…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2012-07-20:2477478:Comment:710022012-07-20T11:37:11.125ZMatthew Mickletzhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/MatthewMickletz
<p>Looking forward to reading all of it Greg! Just flipped through it quickly, fantastic stuff! Sidenote: my brother-in-law is at UM for his MFA, with a concentration in sculpture. </p>
<p>Looking forward to reading all of it Greg! Just flipped through it quickly, fantastic stuff! Sidenote: my brother-in-law is at UM for his MFA, with a concentration in sculpture. </p> Lotta good reading there, Gre…tag:minstrelbanjo.ning.com,2012-07-20:2477478:Comment:711202012-07-20T02:51:10.352ZCarl Andertonhttps://minstrelbanjo.ning.com/profile/CarlAnderton
<p>Lotta good reading there, Greg. Thanks for being a leader in our genre.</p>
<p>Lotta good reading there, Greg. Thanks for being a leader in our genre.</p>