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Southern Banjo Sounds in Bloomington, MN
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Southern Banjo Sounds in Bloomington, MN
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With this collection,
Mike Seeger
's intention is to illustrate the wide variety of banjo sounds heard in the rural South before 1950. Each of the 26 tracks employs a different style, using a range of techniques, many in the clawhammer, two-finger, and three-finger style;
"Come My Little Pink,"
for instance, specifically emulates
Earl Scruggs
' playing. The repertoire of the songs chosen covers a similarly wide range, from
blues
and
bluegrass
to 19th century African-American banjo and
traditional folk
. As icing on the cake, no less than 23 separate banjos were used in the recording (photos of each model are in the liner notes). As you might gather from such a carefully assembled disc, the presentation tends toward the academic and preservationist, rather than the original and artistic;
Seeger
is a fine and versatile player, though only adequate as a singer. It's of most use to banjo players and scholarly types looking for a handy reference to Southern banjo styles, and it's a successful project when judged by those standards, embellished by lengthy and readable liner notes from
, including a brief history of the American banjo and details about each track. The most unusual item is
"Down South Blues"
(which
learned from
Dock Boggs
), on which he achieves a slide banjo-like effect. ~ Richie Unterberger
Mike Seeger
's intention is to illustrate the wide variety of banjo sounds heard in the rural South before 1950. Each of the 26 tracks employs a different style, using a range of techniques, many in the clawhammer, two-finger, and three-finger style;
"Come My Little Pink,"
for instance, specifically emulates
Earl Scruggs
' playing. The repertoire of the songs chosen covers a similarly wide range, from
blues
and
bluegrass
to 19th century African-American banjo and
traditional folk
. As icing on the cake, no less than 23 separate banjos were used in the recording (photos of each model are in the liner notes). As you might gather from such a carefully assembled disc, the presentation tends toward the academic and preservationist, rather than the original and artistic;
Seeger
is a fine and versatile player, though only adequate as a singer. It's of most use to banjo players and scholarly types looking for a handy reference to Southern banjo styles, and it's a successful project when judged by those standards, embellished by lengthy and readable liner notes from
, including a brief history of the American banjo and details about each track. The most unusual item is
"Down South Blues"
(which
learned from
Dock Boggs
), on which he achieves a slide banjo-like effect. ~ Richie Unterberger
With this collection,
Mike Seeger
's intention is to illustrate the wide variety of banjo sounds heard in the rural South before 1950. Each of the 26 tracks employs a different style, using a range of techniques, many in the clawhammer, two-finger, and three-finger style;
"Come My Little Pink,"
for instance, specifically emulates
Earl Scruggs
' playing. The repertoire of the songs chosen covers a similarly wide range, from
blues
and
bluegrass
to 19th century African-American banjo and
traditional folk
. As icing on the cake, no less than 23 separate banjos were used in the recording (photos of each model are in the liner notes). As you might gather from such a carefully assembled disc, the presentation tends toward the academic and preservationist, rather than the original and artistic;
Seeger
is a fine and versatile player, though only adequate as a singer. It's of most use to banjo players and scholarly types looking for a handy reference to Southern banjo styles, and it's a successful project when judged by those standards, embellished by lengthy and readable liner notes from
, including a brief history of the American banjo and details about each track. The most unusual item is
"Down South Blues"
(which
learned from
Dock Boggs
), on which he achieves a slide banjo-like effect. ~ Richie Unterberger
Mike Seeger
's intention is to illustrate the wide variety of banjo sounds heard in the rural South before 1950. Each of the 26 tracks employs a different style, using a range of techniques, many in the clawhammer, two-finger, and three-finger style;
"Come My Little Pink,"
for instance, specifically emulates
Earl Scruggs
' playing. The repertoire of the songs chosen covers a similarly wide range, from
blues
and
bluegrass
to 19th century African-American banjo and
traditional folk
. As icing on the cake, no less than 23 separate banjos were used in the recording (photos of each model are in the liner notes). As you might gather from such a carefully assembled disc, the presentation tends toward the academic and preservationist, rather than the original and artistic;
Seeger
is a fine and versatile player, though only adequate as a singer. It's of most use to banjo players and scholarly types looking for a handy reference to Southern banjo styles, and it's a successful project when judged by those standards, embellished by lengthy and readable liner notes from
, including a brief history of the American banjo and details about each track. The most unusual item is
"Down South Blues"
(which
learned from
Dock Boggs
), on which he achieves a slide banjo-like effect. ~ Richie Unterberger
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