National Museum of American History American Five-String Fretless Banjo National Museum of American History American Five-String Fretless Banjo National Museum of ...

most country and jazz bands had abandoned the banjo precisely because it recalled a history of minstrelsy, rurality, and the folk past. The electric guitar took its place in honky tonk and swing bands ...

His hobby was playing the banjo and when the instrument became universally popular he created and constructed his own designs. The instruments were snapped up by enthusiasts and eventually he set ...

Tony Trischka’s love affair with the banjo goes back more than 60 years, but he’s never stopped discovering new things about ...