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About TonyThomas

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About TonyThomas
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68 year old banjoist, guitarist, music historian, writer, activist, work on banjo history published byOxford Univeristy Press, Duke University Press, and forthcoming from Illinois UP. I have presented on banjo history many times at the Banjo Collectors Gathering, at Banjo Camp North, at the Suwanee Banjo Camp, and the Mars Hill Old Time Week, and at old time, banjo and event across this country and in England, Sweden and Germany. Organzied the 2005 Black Banjo Gathering where the Carolina Chocolate Drops met. I am an Old time banjo player both frailing, 2 and 3 finger styles and play bluegrass guitar. Have performed with guitar and banjo as a solo as a member of New York-based Ebony Hill Billies. Retired from work for pay, interested in meeting and exchanging with other pickers, particularly from Florida where I have lived the past 34 years. Have done and published research on history of African American banjo playing, Gus Cannon, and antebellum minstrelsy.
Location:
West Palm Beach Florida
Interests:
Banjo playing, guitar playing, old time music, acoustic folk, bluegrass, music history,
Occupation:
retired

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