How an African instrument became a symbol of white country music
Published July 21, 2023, 7:35 p.m. by Monica Louis
Karabo explains the origin story of the banjo
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'The Old Plantation', 1800
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Al Jolson in The Jazz Singer
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A Minstrel Entertainer
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Broadstairs Minstrels
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VIDEO
Black and white medium shot 1930 four band members playing each other's instruments and singing
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MS Shot of village and harbor at port royal with people walking along marina
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MS PAN Shot of technician removes newly printed pages from iron frame while beater spreads ink over new typesets in colonial era printing press / Williamsburg, Virginia, United States
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Martinique Maintains Naval Fleet Far From Nazis
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Composite newspaper texture.
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Wagon train travels through desert / banjo playing cowboy sings / buzzard plays tune on steer skeleton
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Cubby Bear impersonates Al Jolson
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A factory worker tightens the tailpiece of a banjo.
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A factory worker tightens the coordinator rods of a banjo.
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A router cuts a groove into the body of a banjo.
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A factory worker assembles the neck and pot of a banjo.
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Put Em' Up
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The Jazz Singer
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1946 WS dancer clogging as band plays behind him / United States
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1946 MS Pete Seeger playing banjo and talking about music / New York, United States
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1946 MONTAGE Fiddler and banjo player provide the soundtrack for square dancers
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1962 MONTAGE People in street in Hazard listening to locals play and sing "John Henry" / Hazard, Kentucky, United States
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1962 PAN People in street in Hazard listening to locals play and sing "John Henry" / Hazard, Kentucky, United States
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