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Joseph Aquiler Thompson (December 9, 1918 – February 20, 2012) was an American old-time fiddle player, and one of the last musicians to carry on the black string band tradition. Accompanied by his cousin Odell, Thompson was recognized with several honors for performances of the old-time style, particularly when the genre was repopularized in ...
The Videos were a short-lived American Doo-wop group. The group was formed in 1957 by five individuals who were each seventeen years old. [1] Charles Baskerville (second tenor) [1] Clarence Bassett (first tenor), previously with The Five Sharps [1] [2]
1966: The Incredible String Band (The Incredible String Band) 1967: Banjoland (released in 2005) 1969: Sunshine Possibilities (Famous Jug Band) 1971: Spirit of Love (Clive's Original Band) 1972: Moyshe McStiff and the Tartan Lancers of the Sacred Heart (Clive's Original Band) 1978: Just Me – Autogram; 1989: The Archive Tapes; 1993: Charlie ...
Formed in November 2005, following the members' attendance at the first Black Banjo Gathering, held in Boone, North Carolina, in April 2005, the group grew out of the success of Sankofa Strings, an ensemble that featured Dom Flemons on bones, jug, guitar, and four-string banjo, Rhiannon Giddens on banjo and fiddle and Súle Greg Wilson on bodhrán, brushes, washboard, bones, tambourine, banjo ...
Old-time string bands were mainly composed of stringed instruments.Those instruments being the fiddle, 5-string banjo, acoustic guitar, and an upright bass/cello.. Depending on the type of genre the old-time music is being accompanied by, the stringed instruments may also be joined by other instruments including spoons, washboards, jugs, harmonica, harps a
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The Incredible String Band (sometimes abbreviated as ISB) were a British psychedelic folk band formed by Clive Palmer, Robin Williamson and Mike Heron in Edinburgh in 1966. [1] Following Palmer's early departure, Williamson and Heron continued as a duo and were eventually augmented by other musicians such as Licorice McKechnie , Rose Simpson ...
Charles Thomas Bowman (July 30, 1889 – May 20, 1962) was an American old-time fiddle player and string band leader. He was a major influence on the distinctive fiddle sound that helped shape and develop early Country music in the 1920s and 1930s. [2]