http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7tolpx82do
3 early minstrel banjo tunes on a James Hartel built James Ashborn reproduction.
Oh, What's De Matter, Suse Ann?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7tolpx82do
3 early minstrel banjo tunes on a James Hartel built James Ashborn reproduction.
Carl Anderton
"Frank Converse the banjoist, his beautiful wife, and a young gentleman from Richmond, said to be smitten by the latter's charms, skipped away from Petersburg, Va., by the Southern train, leaving the "Converse Opera Troupe" to fufill the engagement as best they could."
National Police Gazette, April 1860
Carl Anderton
"Frank Converse the banjoist, his beautiful wife, and a young gentleman from Richmond, said to be smitten by the latter's charms, skipped away from Petersburg, Va., by the Southern train, leaving the "Converse Opera Troupe" to fufill the engagement as best they could."
National Police Gazette, April 1860
Carl Anderton
"Frank Converse the banjoist, his beautiful wife, and a young gentleman from Richmond, said to be smitten by the latter's charms, skipped away from Petersburg, Va., by the Southern train, leaving the "Converse Opera Troupe" to fufill the engagement as best they could."
National Police Gazette, April 1860
Great Stuff
Just wish that my puter would play it straight through... BTW I really enjoyed the Old King Crow vid on AC!!
Bobby Hughes
Co A, 2nd Battalion Ga Sharpshooters/64th Illinois Vol Infantry "Yates' Sharpshooters"
Savannah Republican Blues
Co C, 3rd US Infantry
Ships of the Sea Maritime Museum & William Scarbrough House, Savannah, GA
"I hope to live long enough to see my surviving comrades march side by side with the Union veterans along Pennsylvania Avenue, and then I will die happy." - James Longstreet at a Memorial Day Parade in 1902.
"The History of the World"
I've sat in the presence of these folks a few times. Bib Kilham was a member of the 5th NHV when I was still active
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyHG3N5WON4
"The History of the World"
"The History of the World" ("Walk into the Parlor") performed by Bob Kilham, banjo and George Wunderlich, bones, at the Early Banjo Gathering, October, 2006, at the Early Banjo Gathering, October, 2006, at Antietam Civil War Battle Field in the barn of the Pry House Field Hospital Museum.."
I have to ask...What is the difference between a Banjo and an Onion?
Respects, Scott B. Lesch
My History and Toy Soldier "blog"
http://ilikethethingsilike.blogspot.com/
Helping my employers achieve the American Dream since 1978.
If there's one thing I can't stand seeing, it's Americans fighting Americans.
~Dan Aykroyd as Sergeant Frank Tree in 1941
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