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A professional banjo player, Sweeney introduced mainstream America to a music, which had its roots in the transplanted black culture of the southern slave. Beginning with the banjo's introduction to America and Great Britain, this book provides an overview of early banjo music.

The Birth of the Banjo Joel Walker Sweeney and Early Minstrelsy

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      Publisher: McFarland & Company
      Publication Date: 3/7/2007 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780786428748, 978-0786428748
      ISBN10: 0786428740

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      Book Synopsis
      A professional banjo player, Sweeney introduced mainstream America to a music, which had its roots in the transplanted black culture of the southern slave. Beginning with the banjo's introduction to America and Great Britain, this book provides an overview of early banjo music.

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