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"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.
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.
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)
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 .
With Martin on vocals, the Dirt Band recorded the song under the alias "The Toot Uncommons". [1] McEuen produced and played on Martin's album The Crow: New Songs for the 5-String Banjo (Rounder, 2009). The album was Number 1 for seven months and won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album. [1]
Earl Eugene Scruggs (January 6, 1924 – March 28, 2012) was an American musician noted for popularizing a three-finger banjo picking style, now called "Scruggs style", which is a defining characteristic of bluegrass music.
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.