They’re not just for frogs anymore. Whether it’s folk music, bluegrass, Americana, country, or whatever it is these guys are doing, the banjo is enjoying something of a renaissance period in ...
Department of History, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS, USA In 1952, the banjo-wielding country star Louis Marshall “Grandpa” Jones released the song “I'm No Communist.” Recorded ...
YOU’D NEVER GUESS. THIS IS STEVIE RAY LANSON’S FIRST FULL YEAR PLAYING THIS BANJO. HE’S ONE OF SEVERAL MUSICIANS TAKING THEIR TALENTS TO THE BIG STAGE WITH SONG BLAZERS. CIRQUE DU SOLEIL’S ...
Out of deference, fellow inmates move to the farthest corner of the cell, watching Luke with concern as he lightly strums his family's banjo. Luke softly begins to sing the song “Plastic Jesus.” The ...