TY - BOOK N2 - "A professional banjo player, Joel Sweeney introduced mainstream America to a music (and musical instrument) which had its roots in the transplanted black culture of the southern slave. Beginning with the banjo's introduction to America and Great Britain, the book provides an overview of early banjo music. An appendix contains a performance chronology"--Provided by publisher. AB - "A professional banjo player, Joel Sweeney introduced mainstream America to a music (and musical instrument) which had its roots in the transplanted black culture of the southern slave. Beginning with the banjo's introduction to America and Great Britain, the book provides an overview of early banjo music. An appendix contains a performance chronology"--Provided by publisher. T1 - The birth of the banjo :Joel Walker Sweeney and early minstrelsy / DA - c2007. CY - Jefferson, N.C. : AU - Carlin, Bob. CN - ML419.S93 CN - ML419.S93 PB - McFarland, PP - Jefferson, N.C. : PY - c2007. ID - 321523 KW - Banjoists KW - Minstrel shows KW - Banjo SN - 9780786428748 (pbk. : alk. paper) SN - 0786428740 (pbk. : alk. paper) TI - The birth of the banjo :Joel Walker Sweeney and early minstrelsy / LK - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip077/2006102897.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip077/2006102897.html ER -