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The first consists of primary banjo players and the second of celebrities that also play the banjo This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
James "Dink" Roberts (September 15, 1894 – August 30, 1989) was an American old-time banjo player. His performances, which were recorded in the 1970s by folklorists, illustrate a style of playing that pre-dates the blues.
John "Picayune" Butler (died 1864) was a black French singer and banjo player who lived in New Orleans, Louisiana. He came to New Orleans from the French West Indies in the 1820s. [ 3 ] One of his influences was Old Corn Meal , a street vendor who had gained fame as a singer and dancer at the St. Charles Theatre in 1837.
One of the most iconic symbols of Appalachian culture— the banjo— was brought to the region by African-American slaves in the 18th century. It is likely related to West African instruments such as the akonting. [21] Black banjo players were performing in Appalachia as early as 1798, when their presence was documented in Knoxville, Tennessee ...
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Joel Sweeney. Joel Walker Sweeney (1810 – October 29, 1860), also known as Joe Sweeney, was an American musician and early blackface minstrel performer. He is known for popularizing the playing of the banjo and has often been credited with advancing the physical development of the modern five-string banjo.
Giddens, who has been vocal about the banjo’s roots in Black culture, plays banjo and viola on “Texas Hold ‘Em” while Randolph plays the steel guitar on “16 Carriages.” Some fans ...
A native of New York City, Fleck was named after the Hungarian composer Béla Bartók, the Austrian composer Anton Webern, and the Czech composer Leoš Janáček. [4] He was drawn to the banjo at a young age when he heard Earl Scruggs play the theme song for The Beverly Hillbillies television show [5] and when he heard "Dueling Banjos" by Eric Weissberg and Steve Mandell on the radio.