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February 2020

Wake Up Jake, or the Old Iron City.

video Wake Up Jake, or the Old Iron City. 5 Likes New Banjo Here is Sagwa, my latest build, all ready to play during my upcoming Historical Notes programs. Some of the features include an inlaid Indian Head penny to memorialize the American medicine show, car… Discussion New Banjo 2 Likes Tunes For The Times of Antebellum America I've created another self-published book of 89 tunes (no songs in this one) with titles reflecting persons, topics, or events in American history, 1820-1861. The tunes are not meant specifically for… Discussion Tunes For The Times of Antebellum America 1 Like

August 2019

Short Stop Reel.

video Short Stop Reel. 4 Likes

July 2019

Far South Reel, 1886

video Far South Reel, 1886 5 Likes

May 2019

Fancy Ball

video Fancy Ball 6 Likes 2019 Banjo Gathering

event 2019 Banjo Gathering 1 Like

March 2019

Spring

photo Spring 4 Likes

November 2018

S. S. Stewart's "Minor Waltz"

video S. S. Stewart's "Minor Waltz" 4 Likes

October 2018

Savory's Jig

video Savory's Jig 5 Likes Kingdom Coming

video Kingdom Coming 7 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 3 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 8 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

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