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For example, players John H. Lee, William A. Huntley performed in minstrel-show music before transitioning to classic banjo. Thousands of works were published in the late 1880s — early 1900s, and banjo clubs permeated America in this period. The body of sheet music offers music in all keys and time signatures (or at least has this option).
Billy Faier (December 21, 1930 – January 29, 2016) was an American banjo player and folk music evangelist. He, along with Pete Seeger, was one of the early exponents of the banjo during the mid-20th-century American folk music revival.
Danny Barnes (born December 21, 1961) [1] is an American banjo player, singer, and composer whose music is influenced by country, jazz, blues, punk, metal, and more. [2] He has been described as a "banjo virtuoso" [3] [4] and is "widely acknowledged as one of the best banjo players in America."
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 .
[3] The band would advertise to U.S. sailors handing out flyers at the piers where U.S. Navy ships docked reading "Live Country music – come on in and have a ball at Lost City." [3] In 1968, Earl Scruggs's band, Flatt and Scruggs, toured Japan and Watanabe described seeing the band saying "I thought I was a pretty good player at age 18. But ...
Allen Shelton was an American five-string banjo player mostly known for being a member of the bluegrass band Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys since the 1960s. Shelton was born in Rockingham County, North Carolina, on July 2, 1936.
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.
Troy Boswell (born May 23, 1966), known professionally as Leroy Troy, is an old-time banjo player from Goodlettsville, Tennessee. His banjo style is the clawhammer or frailing style, distinct from more commonly found Scruggs style banjo playing in modern bluegrass. He often performs humorous or comedy songs from the old-time music genre.