Word: banjo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...People thought I fought for fame, but I only fought my way through from being the town fool and the family idiot.'' It was a long fight; Lindsay was 33 when Harriet Monroe printed General Booth (with its parenthetical instructions for bass drum, banjo and flute accompaniment) in her Poetry Magazine...
Midway through the football season of 1919 a group of musicians decided that the music previously provided at the games by the University Banjo and Mandolin Clubs needed some pep. The founder of the first Harvard Band was Frederick L. Reynolds '20, who will be marching this afternoon. With Reynolds directing, the Band shared playing time with the Banjo and Manolin Clubs in its first appearance, October 2, 1919. That season the group occupied Section 35 in the Stadium, the same position it has had ever since...
...This country can support only two folksingers at a time, and right now those two are Pete Seeger and Odetta," a Harvard senior said sometime ago, giving up plans to make a living with a guitar and banjo and heading off to the Law School...
...were most of the delegates entirely what had been expected. It was anticipated, of course, that some would be wide-eyed and looking for fun. "There's no good," said one American from M.I.T., "in a PhD candidate talking politics with a 16 year-old banjo player...
Late in the program, Gibson set aside the banjo for the twelve-string guitar. This was unfortunate, as he has little of the technique required for playing this difficult instrument. But his smooth and extremely appealing voice carried the audience through the last few songs...