The Last Patrol, Parke Hunter

[Joel Hooks]

Listening to the original recordings section I came across Mansell's playing of Hunter's "The Last Patrol".  Does anyone have the score to this?

[Joel Hooks]

It is interesting that you took away from what I wrote that I was making denial of any individual, in various parts of the North American continent, perusing their own path of music with communities developing unique bodies of work. 

I don't doubt that, but I remain suspicious about many of the timeline claims.

Jody Stecher said:

The champions of folk banjo have believed absurd and false things about the history of the banjo and its music. That is not a good reason for the champions of classic banjo to do the equivalent. 

A first step towards reconciliation would be for the champions of Classic banjo to let go of their untenable idea that there is no aural/oral traditional banjo music or that folk banjo is less real, less valuable or less musical.  In addition to the false beliefs, the "folk narrative" describes a verifiable history of banjo playing that runs parallel to the history of classic banjo and which begins earlier. Each is a  branch of the same tree.  Neither has more legitimacy.  

Joel Hooks said:

A side to this is that with more of this stuff available to anyone it is hard for the "folk" narrative to continue to ignore it. 

[Jody Stecher]

Please say more!  Which timeline claims?

[Richard William Ineson]

I suppose that the first claim to who invented stringed, plucked instruments lies with the Greek, Psychopompous, who discovered the body of a dead tortoise which had been desiccated by the sun. The intestines of the animal were strung taut across the shell and he noticed that they produced a sound when he plucked them. I don't when this occurred but it must have been along time ago.

Jody Stecher said:

Please say more!  Which timeline claims?