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28 Oct 02 - 08:55 PM (#813313) Subject: BS: BanjoKiller Apprehended! From: Anahootz Fairly self-explanatory, in a bluegrass sorta way...btw, if you backtrack to the "post a picture" page, one of my minions is there... the silver angel. Big Honkin' Mando |
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28 Oct 02 - 09:18 PM (#813323) Subject: RE: BS: DANG that's a Big'un From: khandu Biggest'un ever I did see! k |
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28 Oct 02 - 11:19 PM (#813394) Subject: RE: BS: DANG that's a Big'un From: raredance I recently saw an old newsreel clip that had a "bass banjo" about that size. The obvious next step is to get them together in a band with a giant harmonica and one of them big stand up fiddles. rich r |
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29 Oct 02 - 04:49 PM (#813894) Subject: RE: BS: DANG that's a Big'un From: Little Hawk That has simply gotta be the smallest woman in the history of folk music! - LH |
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29 Oct 02 - 06:38 PM (#813974) Subject: RE: BS: DANG that's a Big'un From: masato sakurai The newsreel clip rich r saw, I suppose, is the one featuring Duke Davis Banjo Band, filmed in 1929. It's on Time Ain't Like Tey Used To Be: Early American Rural & Popular Music (Yazoo 521) [Video/DVD]. Note says: "Henry 'Duke' Davis' Banjo Band was a working band in the Boston area, playing on local radio and college functions. Duke demonstrates his version of the world's largest banjo and leads the boys in a hot but brief renditions of 'Ida.'" ~Masato |
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29 Oct 02 - 08:14 PM (#814037) Subject: RE: BS: DANG that's a Big'un From: raredance You are correct Masato. I didn't have it here and I couldn't remember the title but yougot it. rich r |
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29 Oct 02 - 08:23 PM (#814045) Subject: RE: BS: DANG that's a Big'un From: Art Thieme Masato, That is the one with the only films of Jimmie Rodgers singin' and pickin', is it not?? Art |
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29 Oct 02 - 08:28 PM (#814052) Subject: RE: BS: DANG that's a Big'un From: wysiwyg Real Bass Banjoes: CLICK CLICK CLICK FRETLESS WITH SOUNDCLIP! previous thread A really big'un: ANOTHER OLD THREAD. This one had a link to a pic of a HUGE basss banjo, but the link appears to be dead. ~S~ |
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29 Oct 02 - 08:29 PM (#814054) Subject: RE: BS: DANG that's a Big'un From: raredance Yeah there's a clip on there of him doing three songs interspersed with some pretty stiff dialog. And a great clip of an old black banjo player, pickin and singin, surrounded by a handful of dancing grandchildren. rich r |
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29 Oct 02 - 08:34 PM (#814062) Subject: RE: BS: DANG that's a Big'un From: masato sakurai Art, yes, you're right. His only appearance on film. In this 9-minute-long film (1929) titled "The Singing Brakeman" Jimmy sang "Waiting for the Train," "Daddy and Home" and "Blue Yodel." ~Masato |
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30 Oct 02 - 02:54 PM (#814641) Subject: RE: BS: DANG that's a Big'un From: Genie Ah, a "stand-up mando!" Gotta have one! |