Hahahaha ... The much-admired banjo-player and whaaa... ?!
I think the “melodist” was Joel Sweeney, an early blackface minstrel performer. Oh, how times have changed.
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Banjo Player
I was watching a PBS program on the history of the banjo when this image of an old advertisement from an 1843 newspaper flickered across my TV screen.
Hahahaha ... The much-admired banjo-player and whaaa... ?!
I think the “melodist” was Joel Sweeney, an early blackface minstrel performer. Oh, how times have changed.
Hahahaha ... The much-admired banjo-player and whaaa... ?!
I think the “melodist” was Joel Sweeney, an early blackface minstrel performer. Oh, how times have changed.
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