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Love this song. I don't know why is not performed more often

🇬🇼🇬🇼🇬🇼✨🙌🏿✨🙌🏿 precursor to the guitar from west Africa 🙌🏿✨🇬🇼🙌🏿✨🇬🇼 Jola

American music is Black music. Bluegrass, Blues, Folk, Rock… all of it.

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thats beautiful. we can all agree, one banjo, brings out our whole family history, weather from Africa, to America.. we all enjoy a banjo our grandfathers played.

Namaste Om

Ive never heard anyone that can play Redwing as pretty as Alan does ,but Banjo Ben Clark has a great version also.

Apologies if this has already been answered, but can anyone see how many strings are there on that instrument?

Steve Martin approved this.

Why do people ALWAYS make claims of black, or white or whatever.......who does this? How about this. Human beings from all different areas of the world have made an impact and contribution to our collective experiences. Im sure Mr. Jatta would rather share his culture with others rather than claim THIS IS MINE!

I hate how whitewashed country music has been. I wish i learned the history of the music we started when i was younger.

Sounds a lot like old-time Appalachian folk music

The cello banjo was a nice addition to one of my favorite songs by Jeni & Billy!

The instrument that started country music in the USA

this should have 1M likes

lol blacks created country music and the bangjo is kinda like blacks rubbing sticks together to make fire and saying they invented the lighter. or like blacks puttin their ear into a conk shell an sayin they invented the radio or like blacks drawing with sticks in the sand an sayin they created art. ITS PATHETIC.

thats look like /GNAWA/ in morocco

This was great! Awesome version

I love the history of banjo and hope more people become aware of it.

What i love about this tune, it's pretty much anything goes

Lovely ❤

I read somewhere bluegrass has roots with irish immigrants? I love to think some Irish lad picked up an Akonting and just started singing the songs of home and across the world, there was a soulful young man doing the same, thousands of miles away.

I have responded before, hope you are still playing...Jeff

The modern banjo, is an instrument, that was created in the USA (not Africa). It was influenced, by both African and European instruments.

What picking style are you using in these videos?

The Akonting is the Banjo's Great Granddaddy because of it's Banjo like appearance and Folksy sound.

It's the Great Grand Daddy of the Banjo

Are you from Florida? I seen you had some videos of Lloyd Baldwin. Real excellent banjo picking.

magnificent recording and music piece

Very very nice 👏👏👏

Lovely gentle duet!

Good Bj ! Iam ***Bj-player 〈nippon〉 Alan -good🎉

RIP

yes yes

Great song title and great song

One of the most beautiful banjo tunes I have ever heared. Just ordered his new CD from County Sales called "Excelsior".

Bloody good

Holy shit, American music is more inspired by West Africa than probably most. Makes so much sense, this shit goes deep.

Very Wesome

The origin of Bluegrass.

where does this guy live

So lovely!

i'm working my way through his clawhammer book right now and it is SO informative!!

Ken is a Great banjo player but he should refrain from making remarks Quote one battle the Scots one he doesn't really know much about Scottish history other than what the colonial masters project.

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Just got an awesome Menzies Tackhead banjo. Getting my head around best pitch/tunings for it. Dan seems about the best starting point for it to me. I figured the tuning from watching him here but I WONDER IS THIS A PARTICULAR TUNING OR ONE DAN MADE UP FOR THIS TUNE? Ooops caps lock accident again!

amazing

Yes and Indeed

Jeni & Billy are darling and talented. Thanks so much for sharing this. God bless you. Please tell them that their house concert performance is blessing folks even 12 years on. ❤✝❤