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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.
S. Johnny St. Cyr; Emily Saliers; Bob Schmidt (musician) Uncle John Scruggs; Ketch Secor; Pete Seeger; George Segal; The Severin Sisters; Lee Sexton; Allen Shelton
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.
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 ...
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 ...
[3] Blount, while initially recognized for his skill as an old-time banjo player and fiddler, [4] [5] is a versatile multi-instrumentalist and vocalist who has described his music as "genrequeer." [ 6 ] He often performs most of the parts on his recordings, and fluently employs modern instruments and production techniques in his performances of ...