No respect for the banjo

[fronobulax]

Here, in the Wall Street Journal. Since it was new to me (and not about a banjo), I'll quote the opening joke,

In the classic joke about musical horrors, an explorer awaiting death at the hands of his captors in the jungle repeatedly asks the witch doctor what the pounding, ominous drums in the distance mean. He is told again and again: "When drums stop, very, very bad." Finally, unable to bear the hair-raising din any longer, the doomed explorer groans: "So what exactly does happen after the drums stop?" To which the witch doctor offers his mordant reply: "Bass solo."

 

[tjmangum]

Whether the writer likes it or not, banjos are back on the radar thanks to Mr. Martin. Just as we had the folk scare of the 60's, which caused record sales of acoustic guitars, we may well be on to a banjo Renaissance of the 21st century. Or maybe not

 

[Frosty]

"...back on the radar..." of popular culture, I suppose. The banjo has been going strong for
generations under that radar!

 

[killdeer43]

It's been on my personal radar for 40+ years, as in "pass the clawhammer, please!" 8)

Joe

 

[adorshki]

"Bass solo."

That was freakin' magnificent. :lol:

 

[frailer5]

Clawhammer-er here. Sold my old Vega (60s folk-boom) about a year ago, fell out of love with it. A friend gave me his old Epiphone bluegrasser, with resonator; had been in storage/back room for, well, decades. Have got the StewMac skin head to put on, and ditch the reso. Now all I've got to do is, well, do it... Let's just say, a 'project'.

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