Banjo.

Abstract Dewey Shepherd (b. 1905) was a singer and fiddler from Floyd County, Kentucky where he lived for many years in the David community. The recordings in this collection include self-made ones by Mr. Shepherd and those made by Steve Green, including interviews of Shepherd, in 1990. His music combines elements drawn from eastern Kentucky religious music, blues, traditional ballad singing, and instrumental folk music. His repertoire includes old fiddle and banjo songs like "Rocky...

Abstract Growing up in low country South Carolina in the 1930s and 1940s, Jim Smoak immersed himself in the music of his family and of the live radio broadcasts to which they listened.  Smoak especially admired the innovative banjo playing of Snuffy Jenkins, whom he heard daily on Columbia’s WIS Station.  Jenkins would become a family friend and mentor, inspiring Smoak to pursue work as a banjo player.  Smoak would become one of the first generation of banjo players to bring three-finger style to...

Content Description

Eight published blueprints detailing the construction of banjos and dulcimers:

1-2. Mt. Chart 709 and 710 - Fretless Banjo (Mountain style, improved), BBP-07, 1976 April 5
3-4. Mt. Chart 711 and 712 - 5-String Banjo, BBP-01, 1974 August 27
5-6. Mt. Chart 713 and 714 - Hammered Dulcimer (with bass), not dated, HDP-01
7-8. Mt. Chart 715 and 716 - Mountain Dulcimer, MDP-01, 1974-1977