It's #Baltimore #drum and #banjo maker William Esperance Boucher, whose company was one of the first to mass-produce banjos starting in the mid-#19thcentury. #williamboucher #banjomojis
It's #banjo player, #fiddler and #steamboat pilot John Hartford who's a little bit outside the historic banjo figure milieu, but he did have an ear in the past while still doing his own thing. He's someone I greatly respect and admire and wish I had been able to meet #johnhartford #banjomojis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onWArx6Ui1A
It's prolific English banjoist, mandolinist, guitarist, and composer Herbert J. Ellis (1865-1903) #herbertjellis #banjomojis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_J._Ellis
It's GOAT plectrum banjoist Eddie Peabody #eddiepeabody http://www.eddiepeabody.com/ #banjomojis
It's classic fingerstyle virtuoso, early recording artist, and banjo maker Fred Van Eps #banjomojis #scottjoplin #ragtime #banjo #mapleleafrag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F1JtRU1164
It's undersung jazz banjoist Elmer Snowden (1900-1973) #banjomojis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7boHKgmSXQ0 #jazzbanjo
...not sure where I got the notion that Elmer Snowden played plectrum. According to Cynthia Sayers he played a tenor tuned a 5th lower than usual (GDAE) on 'Harlem Banjo'
It's banjoist (and multi-instrumentalist,) music instruction publishing giant, and dashing young man Mel Bay #banjomojis #melbay
That humdinger of a photo of Mel Bay reminded me of this amazing photo of my granduncle (left) who I only met a handful of times, seen here with a bandmate. I never heard him play; I'm not sure I even knew he played banjo until after he died.
It's so small as to be barely recognizable, but it's one of William Boucher's banjos
#banjomojis