User:Jacqke/List of banjo players (sorted)
This is a list of banjo players, sorted into time periods. Those on the list either madea loving playing the banjo or were well known as amateur players or hobbyists or promoters.
See also: List of banjo players and American Banjo Museum Hall of Fame members
1600s—1830
[edit]Banjo players from this era are known primarily from newspaper advertisements. Most were African- American during this era, and some were likely mixed race. It has been suggested by a historian that the latter group was essential for the banjo to survive importation, develop and spread inland from the coast of the United States.
- 1748 Toby[1]
- 1749 Prince[2]
- 1749 Scipio [3]
- 1775 Charles[4]
- 1785 Sam Tawneymore[5]
- 1788 Peter[6]
- 1796 Will[7]
1830s-1880s
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Ran away". Maryland Gazette. Annapolis, Maryland. 8 June 1948. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ "Cambridge". Maryland Gazette. Annapolis, Maryland. 30 August 1749. Retrieved 8 September 2020.
- ^ "Run away". Pennsylvania Gazette. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 13 July 1749. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Run away". Virginia Gazette. Williamsburg, Virginia. 18 February 1775. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Twenty Dollars Reward". Pennsylvania Gazette. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 7 December 1785. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Ten Pounds Reward". Maryland Gazette. Annapolis, Maryland. 12 June 1788. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ "Twenty Dollars Reward". North-Carolina Minerva and Fayetteville Advertiser. Fayetteville, North Carolina. 20 August 1796. Retrieved 7 September 2020.
- ^ a b Rice, Edward Le Roy (1911). Monarchs of minstrelsy, from "Daddy" Rice to Date. New York City: Kenny Publishing Company. p. 160.