Shackleton's Banjo

[Rob Murch]

 

Sounds interesting.....

 

 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00wdgr5

[Tim Twiss]

That's a great story....I never was aware of the banjo part of it. Thanks for pointing this out.

[Jody Stecher]

Oh yes indeed, Shackleton insisted Hussey bring along his banjo, a Windsor z-b that had previously serenaded members of the Nyum-Nyum tribe in the Sudan, saying : "It is is vital mental medicine and we shall need it". Hussey also played for penguins, who made clear their musical preferences.




Tim Twiss said:

That's a great story....I never was aware of the banjo part of it. Thanks for pointing this out.

[Sylvia]

Thank you for the link, I enjoyed listening to the programme.

[Jody Stecher]

see new post on The Banjo At The South Pole

[Rob Murch]

Hi all, regarding this subject, here's another link where Hussey who was in the London Banjo Club is briefly mentioned. In the interview part.

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=5c8138eb5ebcce21d0d290dca69ceb5c...

[David Wade]

Well spotted Russ, it is going to be an interesting listen - few will remember the battle that was fought to keep the banjo in the museum away from certain greedy people. I'm intrigued to know about Pete Stanley building a banjo for Tim - a z-b?

[Jody Stecher]

I was intrigued by PS demonstrating how a regular banjo sounded superior to a z-b and how it sounded not as good as the z-b sample.



David Wade said:

. I'm intrigued to know about Pete Stanley building a banjo for Tim - a z-b?

[thereallyniceman]

Quote:
Shackleton: If you play bloo*dy Whistlin' Rufus or Swannie River one more time that damn banjo is going on the fire!

:-)

ps. I speak from experience as this is just what our neighbours said about my banjo when they heard Whistlin' Rufus.

I was only just learning to play the banjo and was playing it over and over again for about 4 hours a day...every day !

I can't understand some people. :-)