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Category Archives: McConnell Highlights
Banjo Construction Photos- Form vs. Function
I like banjos. There….I said it. I guarantee that is a true statement too. I like to play them, I like to hear them, I like to learn about them and I just plain like to look at them sometimes. … Continue reading
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Tagged bacon and day, Banjo Masters, banjo mute, banjos, gibson, nechville, recording king, resonator, stelling, tone ring
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Banjo Masters Interview Series
For the past two years, our Archives department has been conducting interviews of master banjo players and builders. As of now we have published interviews of Butch Robins, Sammy Shelor, Jens Kruger, and Tom Nechville. This is a fascinating and … Continue reading
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Tagged banjo, Banjo Masters, Fred Boyce, John Bullard
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New Interview- Tom Nechville- Banjo Building’s Mad Scientist
Tom Nechville- Banjo Building’s Mad Scientist https://vimeo.com/173492693 A few years ago when I came up with the idea to interview various banjo masters, I intended to focus on both players and builders that I felt were innovative, influential, and … Continue reading
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Tagged archives, banjo, Banjo Masters, Nechville Banjos, Noam Pikelney, Steve Martin, Tom Nechville
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Highlights of the McConnell Library Appalachian Music Collection- Alison Brown
Today I am highlighting a very non-traditional selection. The music today is mostly jazz with enough Celtic thrown in and a nod to Doc Watson so I feel it appropriate enough- besides, I love jazz music played on a banjo … Continue reading
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Tagged Alison Brown, jazz banjo, Joe Craven
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Jens Kruger Interview
(Photograph ©John Hildreth 2014 and used with permission.) I can remember the first time I ever heard The Kruger Brothers’ music. I had heard the name Kruger Brothers and was aware that Jens was an amazing player but that was as … Continue reading
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Tagged bill monroe, Deering Banjos, Jens Kruger, Kruger Brothers, Wilkesboro
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Highlights of the McConnell Library Appalachian Music Collection- Bela Fleck
Does anyone not recognize the name Bela Fleck? A show of hands? No one? OK good. Bela Fleck has touched so many types of music and musicians in his 55 years of life that he is probably known throughout them … Continue reading
Highlights of the McConnell Library Appalachian Music Collection- In the Pines
One of my favorite pseudo-bluegrass songs is “In the Pines”. As is the case with many songs like this, it isn’t a bluegrass song at all though, it is one of those songs of “indeterminate origin”. Over the years it … Continue reading
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Tagged bill monroe, In the Pines, Jimmy Martin, Lead Belly, Nirvana
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The True Story of Molly and Tenbrooks
Bill Monroe had a big hit in 1949 with the song Molly and Tenbrooks. It was the B side of a record he cut in 1947 (the A side was I’m Going Back to Old Kentucky) for Columbia Records. The … Continue reading
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Tagged bill monroe, Churchill Downs, Molly and Tenbrooks, Stanley Brothers
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Highlights of the McConnell Library Appalachian Music Collection- The Bristol Sessions
In 1927, Texas fiddlers Eck Robertson and Henry Gilliland recorded a record for the Victor Talking Machine Company. This was the first “country” record made and it ended up being very important, only the company dubbed the genre “hillbilly” music. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bristol Sessions, Dad Blackard's Moonshiners, Ralph Peer, Sammy Shelor, Shelor Family
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Rest in Peace Pete Seeger
While driving to work this morning I heard the news that Pete Seeger died yesterday at the ripe old age of 94. Pete Seeger was called a lot of things in life – among them musician, author, peace advocate, teacher, … Continue reading
Posted in books, McConnell Highlights, music, old time, people
Tagged Abiyoyo, Clearwater, Pete Seeger
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