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The Arts  Give Me the Banjo: Finding the Real Thing

In the late 1960s, David Holt began searching out the last authentic old time banjoists. Details

 

Program: The Arts

Episode: Give Me the Banjo: Finding the Real Thing

David Holt is a multi-instrumentalist, storyteller, a regular on Hee Haw and host of the public TV show Folkways. In the late 1960s, Holt began searching out old time banjoists throughout the mountain south, hoping to learn from the last authentic folk survivors untouched by modern media. But, "authenticity" in folk music proved to be difficult to define.

Duration: (4:27)
Premiere Date: 10/31/2011
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: NR


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