Word: banjo
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...From early on in life, I was interested in music. In high school, I got into old time music, which is Southern Appalachian string band music....it's a precursor of bluegrass music, involving the banjo and the fiddle...
...things I like about Boston, is that I can carry on with my music. We put out a CD last year, called The Leavins." Donoghue says, who still plays the banjo in an old time string band, and happily showed a picture of his band members. "We play around in bars and stuff," he said. "Mad Dog," it appears, is his band name...
...years this question was a no-brainer, as country and western music were thought to have been invented in the hills of Tennessee on June 13, 1834, at around a quarter to five. At this time, a Scotch-Irish immigrant realized in a stroke of backwoods genius that the banjo, up until then a farming implement used to discipline unruly chickens, could also be used to produce a twangy tune. (Historians had agreed that if, at that moment, the inventor could have known that his new invention would eventually lead to the song "Achy Breaky Heart," he would have smashed...
...ones here, like Curtis' I Fought the Law, tiptoe toward depression, then poke it in the ribs. The broody lyrics of Nick Lowe's Battlefield ("All around there is desolation/ And scenes of devastation/ Of a love being torn apart") get swallowed and spat out by the jouncy banjo, the skiffle beat and the Jordanaires-style backing vocals, till the whole thing sounds like a minstrel show staged by Grand Ole Opry; everyone has a high time playing at misery...
...DENISON, Sec.THE spring trial for the 'Varsity Banjo Club will be held Tuesday, Feb. 23, at 7 o'clock in 1256 Mass. Ave. All members of the University playing banjeaurine, banjo or guitar, are urged...