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A survey of traditional Southern banjo techniques, styles, instrumentals and songs played solo on a variety of 23 mostly vintage banjos. Styles range from 19th-century African-American Mississippi style to a song played in the style evolved in the 1940s by Northern Carolinian Earl Scruggs. Recorded and annotated by Mike Seeger. Country(s) United StatesCulture Group(s) Anglo-AmericanKeyword(s) Banjo music; Folk songs--United States; Folksong revival; String bandInstrument(s) BanjoLanguage(s) English Year of Recording 1998 Record Label Smithsonian Folkways Recordings Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage Credits Artist Mike Seeger ; Recorded by Mike Seeger ; Produced by Mike Seeger
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