I only played banjo once (played slide on one tuned to DGDG, but I am a musician and historian and am fascinated by the banjo community and the many scenes you folks flowed in and out of...I'm interested in how mixed blues bands started playing to mixed audiences here in Chicago...the integrated Blue Note (closed in 1960) brought mixed couples to the Loop...black and whites were seated at separate tables at Chez Paree at that time...mixed folk groups and Dizieland Bands are part of this too...New York's famous jazz scene was real Jim Crow for years...I'll be talking to Earl P and his partner Chris about their years at the Old Town Gate (1529 Wells I think next to Chances R sez Earl)"Dixieland 8 Nights a week" the billboards said!It sure seems like Mike Bloomfield was not part of this banjo clique, he started on acoustic because his wife Susan was a fol;kie...like Dylan Mike started on electric and then went acoustic! I'm also real interested in The Fret Shop in Hyde Park.