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1977 Christian Seguret With Bluegrass Friends: Bill Keith, Mike Lilly, Wendy Miller, Jean Marie Redon , Jean-Claude Druot, Denis Blanchard – Old Fashioned Love, Cezame – CEZ 1035 (tracks: B3, B4) 1977 Mud Acres: Woodstock Mountains: More Music From Mud Acres, Rounder 3018 (My Love Is But A Lassie Yet, (banjo instrumental quadrille)
Other members included Richard Underwood (banjo), David McLaughlin (mandolin), Eddie Stubbs (fiddle) and Gary B Reid (bass). [5] The band ended in 1988 due to road life stresses, but have since played reunion shows and another album Blue Diamond. [6] Connell and other band members also provided musical support for Buzz Busby. [7] [8]
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 .
At the age of 14 he was invited to play banjo for Jim and Jesse and the Virginia Boys, one of the most respected bluegrass bands at that time. After five years with Jim and Jesse, Jackson tested the musical waters elsewhere before landing a job with Glen Campbell. Jackson remained in Campbell's band for 12 years. [3]
Courtney Johnson (December 20, 1939 – June 6, 1996) was an American banjo player, best known for his work as an original member of the band New Grass Revival.Influenced by Ralph Stanley and his Clinch Mountain Boys, Johnson is often considered to be an inventor of the newgrass style of banjo playing, polished and improved later on by such personalities as Béla Fleck, Alison Brown, Scott ...
Fleischer says Banjo was sneak previewed at Westwood Village, the location of UCLA. The audience was a sophisticated college-educated crowd and the preview was disastrous, with audience members hissing and booing the screen. According to Fleischer,"No one escaped the disaster of Banjo unscathed. Sharyn Moffett got fired; the dog who played ...
William Manuel "Bill" Johnson (died December 3, 1972) was an American jazz musician who played banjo and double bass; [2] he is considered the father of the "slap" style of double bass playing. [3] In New Orleans, he played at Lulu White's legendary house of prostitution, with the Eagle Band, and with the Excelsior Brass Band. [4]
Herbert Clayton Penny (September 18, 1918 – April 17, 1992) was an American musician who played banjo mainly in the Western swing genre. [1] He also worked as a comedian best known for his backwoods character "That Plain Ol' Country Boy" on TV with Spade Cooley.