African banjo echoes in Appalachia : a study of folk traditions /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Conway, Cecelia
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Knoxville : University of Tennessee Press, [1995]
Edition:	1st ed.
Series:	Publications of the American Folklore Society. New series (Unnumbered)
Subjects:	African Americans > Appalachian Region > Music > History and criticism. Folk music > Appalachian Region > History and criticism. Folk songs, English > Appalachian Region > History and criticism. Banjo > Appalachian Region. Minstrel shows > Appalachian Region.

Table of Contents:

Introduction: Griots of piedmont North Carolina and portrait of songster Will Baldwin
Signifying at the crossroads : African-American traditions of the folk banjo
The ritual of minstrelsy : some were buffoons, but others were apprentices
Mountain echoes of the African banjo
The banjo : its changing form, construction, and use
The transmission of playing methods and tunings
The banjo song genre : Dink Roberts' man-against-the-law songs
Garfield : man against the law, but a man with a community
Conclusion.