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Frizzles...1907..Kate Myers Stith

Despite the rather unassuming title, this is a very good composition by one of the lesser known female composers. It was published by C.L J…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 25, 2022

Hokey Spokes..1901..Chas. C. Sweeley & Harry Lincoln.

This rag was composed by Sweeley, a trombonist with the Rapasz band, and arranged for piano by Harry Lincoln. In 1910, The Jim Crow Rag, wr…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 19, 2022

Just back from the Fall ABF rally...

I'm so tired...been driving for two days. The trip up from here in South Carolina to Palmyra, NY is very nearly 800mi (1287km) and I split…

Started by Trapdoor2 in Classic Banjo

5 Oct 18, 2022
Reply by Jody Stecher

Banjo recording from 1889 - Old Folks At Home played by Clarke & Ray

Thought you guys might be interested in this - a new addition to my 78 collection - and certainly the most unusual. Old Folks At Home playe…

Started by Russ Chandler in Classic Banjo

7 Oct 18, 2022
Reply by Trapdoor2

Hannah From Alalbama..1900..Julius Lenzberg

This is a tuneful early composition and the third of Lenzberg's that I've arranged so far. The piano score was in F(Gm)/Bb but in order for…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 14, 2022

Banjos in England

Hello.  New member from Philadelphia in the US.  I've written numerous books of guitar history, am a columnist for Vintage Guitar Magazine,…

Started by Michael Wright in Classic Banjo

88 Oct 11, 2022
Reply by Mike Bostock

The Princess Royal (Schottische)..1891..Monroe H. Rosenfeld.

This early composition is tailor made for the banjo. He's borrowed from Scottish and Irish traditional music and by using the characteristi…

Started by Steve Harrison in Classic Banjo

1 Oct 9, 2022
Reply by Jody Stecher

My Adventuresome Banjo, Cammeyer

I picked this up a few years ago and have been stalling to scan it based on the way it was bound and printed.  There has been some zither b…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

13 Oct 9, 2022
Reply by Mike Bostock

NING WEBSITE SERVER ERROR

UNFORTUNATELY WE, AGAIN, ARE SUFFERING FROM A SITE CRASH CAUSED BY CHANGES MADE BY OUR WEBSITE HOST, NING.COM. SORRY, BUT I HAVE NO CONTR…

Started by thereallyniceman in Classic Banjo

0 Oct 7, 2022

Zither Banjo Production Origins

I've read Cammeyer's account of how he developed his zither banjo and that is not what this is about. I am curious about when the first pro…

Started by Joel Hooks in Classic Banjo

3 Oct 5, 2022
Reply by Mike Bostock

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