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Originally Posted by peter12
What? The banjo was developed through the influence of several African instruments. Just because the final product came about through slavery doesn't mean it didn't have roots in Africa.
Go listen Kid Rock or something, man. Let off some steam.
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LOL...so you read the confession thread hey?
Specifically the Banjo is associated with Southerners because they were the slave-lords who took an interest in the instrument. Its not like the guitar was something new. Did you know the earliest depictions of a guitar were Hittite stone carving dating to 1400 BC?
I have noticed you left my Woodstock comment right alone.
You said hippie art is worthless. I responded with a solid post that hippies manifested the greatest live-music event in the recorded history of the planet, and listed the hippie artists who participated. If you have listened to good music any time in the last 39 years, I'm sure that there were several artists on that list in your ipod/cd deck/whatever.
If you want to leave it alone, fine, but seriously it was a comment that really upset me. I'm not a stinking hippie, but I do have long hair and am involved in the arts. Difference is that I manage to get paid a pittance and play an instrument a little more demanding than a Djinbe or Bongos.