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Lily May Ledford (March 17, 1917 – July 14, 1985) was an American clawhammer banjo and fiddle player. [1] After gaining regional radio fame in the late 1930s as head of the Coon Creek Girls, one of the first all-female string bands to appear on radio, Ledford went on to gain national renown as a solo artist during the American folk music revival of the 1960s.
In 1979, Weissman recorded a solo album on Kicking Mule Records, Modern Banjo - Mountain Style. As stated on the jacket, this was a great challenge for him. He dedicated the album to guitarist Sam Brown because he "thought that he (Sam) might have liked some of the music on this record" and because "Sam Brown (was) one of my favorite guitarists ...
The Clue series is a book series of 18 children's books published throughout the 1990s based on the board game Clue.The books are compilations of mini-mysteries that the reader must solve involving various crimes committed at the home of Reginald Boddy by six of his closest "friends".
He impressed audiences with his ability to play fiddle tunes note-for-note on the banjo. Other early proponents were Marshall Brickman and Eric Weissberg . During the 1960s and '70s, the style steadily gained popularity among progressive bluegrass banjoists like Alan Munde , Tony Trischka , Courtney Johnson , Ben Eldridge and Gordon Stone.
Born in Reading, Massachusetts, [1] Peabody taught himself to play the violin, mandolin, guitar and banjo while very young. In March 1916, at age 14, Peabody enlisted in the U.S. Navy by lying about his age, and served in World War I on an S-14 submarine. During this period he received the nicknames "Happiness Boy" (for his ebullient ...
Aric Egmont and Jennie Bass, a young couple in Boston, shared a love of crossword puzzles, and were accustomed to doing the Sunday crossword puzzle together. Intending to propose, and hoping for a great surprise, Aric approached Doug Most, the editor of the Globe Magazine, and through him, Cox and Rathvon, soliciting a special crossword. Cox ...
The New York Times has used video games as part of its journalistic efforts, among the first publications to do so, [13] contributing to an increase in Internet traffic; [14] In the late 1990s and early 2000s, The New York Times began offering its newspaper online, and along with it the crossword puzzles, allowing readers to solve puzzles on their computers.
Melody to Yankee Doodle, on the banjo, without and with drone notes Play without ⓘ and with drone ⓘ.. Unlike most other solo music pieces played by various instruments, banjo music does not only consist of a melody, but it also utilizes drone notes to make the music seem like it is being played by more than one instrument.