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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 .
"Dueling Banjos" is a bluegrass composition by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith.The song was composed in 1954 [2] by Smith as a banjo instrumental he called "Feudin' Banjos"; it contained riffs from Smith, recorded in 1955 playing a four-string plectrum banjo and accompanied by five-string bluegrass banjo player Don Reno.
The Stampeders scored a hit in 1971 with "Sweet City Woman", which won Best Single at the Juno Awards, reached No.1 on the RPM magazine charts, and No.8 in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart. [5] Written by Dodson, the track stayed in the Billboard chart for 16 weeks and the disc sold a million by September 1971, and the R.I.A.A. granted gold ...
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Prominent contemporary plectrum players include Cynthia Sayer. Earl Scruggs was the greatest three-finger picker of the mid to late twentieth century, and continued to play into the early 21st century. Roy Clark played banjo on the show Hee Haw, and made it quite popular in the realm of American music.
The Lonesome River Band is an American contemporary bluegrass band. The band has released 15 recording projects since its formation in 1982. Lonesome River Band is led by Sammy Shelor who is a member of the Virginia Country Music Hall of Fame and a 5-Time International Bluegrass Music Association Banjo Player of the Year Award recipient.
Shortly after the album's release, Blount was awarded the Steve Martin Banjo Prize. [12] His single "The Man Was Burning" appeared on Spotify's list of the Best Blues Songs of 2022. [13] Blount's 2 most recent albums, The New Faith, And Symbiont, was released by Smithsonian Folkways Recordings as part of their African-American Legacy Series. [14]
Carl Jackson:Banjo Player (1973,Capitol) Old Friends (1978,Capitol) Banjo Man:A Tribute To Earl Scruggs (1981,Sugarhill) Mississippi Homecoming (1981) Song of the South (1982,Sugarhill) Banjo Hits (1983,Sugarhill) with Jim & Jesse; Spring Training (1991,Sugarhill) with John Starling & The Nash Ramblers 'Neath The Oaks in the Grove (1993)