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san jorge - Posted - 04/15/2024: 04:47:00
George Gibson is our oldest living African American banjo master.
Jehoshaphat - Posted - 04/17/2024: 19:18:10
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Originally posted by san jorgeGeorge Gibson is our oldest living African American banjo master.
Agreed. Funny how the players who market themselves as reviving African American banjo traditions don't play like him.
tbchappe - Posted - 04/19/2024: 06:58:31
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Originally posted by frankabr.An historian and old time player, George is legendary
I get to see George every so often. I live just down the road from him in WNC.
blaine
Texasbanjo - Posted - 04/29/2024: 14:04:19
Any more posts about anyone or anything being racist and this topic is locked. You people know the rules, please follow them.
ceemonster - Posted - 05/05/2024: 10:42:30
I'm not sure, but guessing the Moderator was referring to a post of some kind that would have been removed by BH.
Edited by - ceemonster on 05/05/2024 10:43:16
frankabr. - Posted - 05/05/2024: 10:52:15
Since my post has now been hijacked into something it was not, I'd really like to take it down but I'm told that it is not possible.
tbchappe - Posted - 05/31/2024: 11:01:56
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Originally posted by Jehoshaphatquote:
Originally posted by san jorgeGeorge Gibson is our oldest living African American banjo master.
Agreed. Funny how the players who market themselves as reviving African American banjo traditions don't play like him.
I'm pretty sure he markets himself as reviving Kentucky Banjo traditions. He just does research into origins of Kentucky banjo traditions, some of which derived from African American traditional music and folk heritage and some of which is not.
Blaine
Jehoshaphat - Posted - 05/31/2024: 13:36:10
some of which derived from African American traditional music and folk heritage and some of which is not.
That's pretty much all American banjo music, isn't it? Banjo music is an amazing confluence of different traditions coming together. I love George's music and what he's written about the banjo. I think the OP was just paying homage to the master. And then we got thrown off by definitions again. Sorry if I contributed to the hijacking. I just wanted to express my admiration for George, his music and what he has written about it.
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