A Rare Recording by John Pidoux

[thereallyniceman]

Here is a rare recording of Sousa’s “Stars and Stripes March” played by Mr. John Pidoux.

 

Pidoux (b.1875 - d.1954) was an excellent British Zither banjo player who made numerous recordings in the early part of the 20^th Century.

 

You can find out more about him and his playing on David Wade’s Zither Banjo Website: http://www.zither-banjo.org/pages/pidoux.htm

 

 

STARS AND STRIPES MARCH played by John Pidoux

[Trapdoor2]

There are a couple of Classic Banjo recordings of this one, Ruby Brooks did one as I recall (not as good as this though), also Vess Ossman.

Here's Ossman's very early (1898) verision.