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The shorter-necked, tenor banjo, with 17 ("short scale") or 19 frets, is also typically played with a plectrum. It became a popular instrument after about 1910. Early models used for melodic picking typically had 17 frets on the neck and a scale length of 19 1 ⁄ 2 to 21 1 ⁄ 2 inches.
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Banjo Band, also known as Banjo Band Ivana Mládka is a Czech country band formed in 1966 and led by singer and comedian Ivan Mládek. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] They are best known both at home and internationally for the song " Jožin z bažin ".
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.
It is considered the band's best-known song, both at home and internationally. In January 2008, it became popular in Poland, winning several radio hit lists, [1] and the band recorded a Polish version on their album Jozin z bazin w Polsce, released the same year. [2] It was also popular in Hungary, Austria, and Russia. [3]
Lee Sexton (March 23, 1928 [1] – February 10, 2021) [2] was an American banjo player from Letcher County, Kentucky. He began playing the banjo at the age of eight and was proficient in the two-finger picking and "drop-thumb" (clawhammer) [3] traditional styles of east Kentucky. He also sang and played fiddle. [4]
Ivan Mládek was born in Prague, where he spent most of his childhood. [1] His father, a lawyer and painter, taught him to paint, but he preferred music and started his now-famous Banjo Band. The Banjo Band first performed in 1966. In 1968 Mládek emigrated to France to pursue his music career in Paris.
William Manuel "Bill" Johnson (died December 3, 1972) was an American jazz musician who played banjo and double bass; [2] he is considered the father of the "slap" style of double bass playing. [3] In New Orleans, he played at Lulu White's legendary house of prostitution, with the Eagle Band, and with the Excelsior Brass Band. [4]