The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #9029   Message #58325
Posted By: The Shambles
12-Feb-99 - 01:53 PM
Thread Name: Don't you just hate it when...?
Subject: RE: Don't You Just Hate It When..............?
You get your Tenor Banjo out and you are asked to play Duelling Banjos.

In the UK it seems that it is the only banjo tune that people know and like, even though they don't realise you need a Five String Banjo. Well I suppose it's better than not knowing any, but it does reinforce my view that the music we love would be very popular if only people were exposed to it. A very drunk person went to ask me once and couldn't remember the title, he struggled for a bit and then in triumph came out with 'Battling Banjos'! It has been referred to as that ever since.