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Charlie Tagawa (October 27, 1935 – July 30, 2017) was a Japanese-born American musical entertainer and banjoist.In a music career spanning seven decades, he was regarded as one of the best contemporary four-string banjo players. [1]
The first consists of primary banjo players and the second of celebrities that also play the banjo This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Musicians who are notable for their playing of ragtime music include (in alphabetical order): This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
Peabody also developed a special electric banjo—first with Vega, and later with the Fender Company and Rickenbacker—called the Banjoline. It was tuned as a plectrum banjo but with the 3rd and 4th strings doubled in octaves, as on a 12-string guitar. [3] Although seldom performed on today, it is a highly prized collector's item.
During this period he found it necessary to abandon the tenor banjo in favour of the six string guitar which was coming into favour. While convalescing from an illness in Baltimore , he developed a method for adapting the tenor banjo techniques to the guitar, which later led to his development of a four-string tenor guitar, the Eddie Freeman ...
Roy Smeck in the short film His Pastimes (1926) 1960s Roy Smeck Custom Airline Stratotone electric guitar Leroy Smeck (6 February 1900 – 5 April 1994) was an American musician. His skill on the banjo, guitar, and ukulele earned him the nickname "The Wizard of the Strings".
2014 American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame Award for Earl Scruggs. The American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame, formerly known as the National Four-String Banjo Hall of Fame, recognizes musicians. bands, or companies that have made a distinct contribution to banjo performance, education, manufacturing, and towards promotion of the banjo.
Eddie Condon's World of Jazz (Columbia, 1971; compilation of Condon and others from the pre-LP era) The Eddie Condon Concerts (Chiaroscuro, 1972) Jazz at the New School (Chiaroscuro, 1972) The Spirit of Condon (Fat Cat's Jazz, 1973) The Immortal Eddie Condon (Olympic, 1974) The Best of Eddie Condon (MCA, 1975) Eddie Condon in Japan (Chiaroscuro ...