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The Birth of the Banjo: Joel Walker Sweeney and Early Minstrelsy
The Birth of the Banjo Joel Walker Sweeney and Early Minstrelsy
Author: Bob Carlin
Joel Walker Sweeney was, in essence, the Elvis Presley of the 1840s. A professional banjo player, Sweeney introduced mainstream America to a music (and musical instrument) which had its roots in the transplanted black culture of the southern slave. Sweeney, an Irish-American born midway between Richmond and Lynchburg, Virginia, sampled African A...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780786428748
ISBN-10: 0786428740
Publication Date: 2/21/2007
Pages: 203
Edition: illustrated edition
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Publisher: McFarland & Company
Book Type: Paperback
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