The Birth of the Banjo
Original airdate: July 19, 2007
About the Book: 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 [...]
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Bob Carlin
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