@RSW1950 LOL! strangely enough, I've often wondered...didn't mens' hairstyles back then smear anything they touched, like furniture, pillows, girlfriends' hands, hat bands, etc.?
on the huge banjo the one guy is holding, there seems to be a cord coming out of the bottom of it. Did they have amplifiers back in the 1930s for string instruments?
Oh Yes !! The metronomic precision delivery of an intricate piece of music, , punctuated by the drum roll and crashing cymbals ; all delivered with almost deadpan discipline. The banjo is a difficult instrument to play !! The change over to the 'sawn-off banjo , by the little fella, centre front is very nifty and he manages a sort of smirk afterwards. Looks like Oscar Wilde look alike back row on right. Great piece. Thanks for posting it. It brightens an otherwise dull day.
For those who care, the "sawn-off banjo" is a mandolin-banjo, made to play mandolin music with a banjo tone.
With modern string technology, they were able to shrink cello banjos considerably, and the new ones made by Gold Star are small enough to play like a regular banjo. But still noticeably larger than a standard instrument.
Cool ol' timers video!!! Whenever I watch these old movies/videos, the first thing that goes through my mind is ... "I wonder if ANY of these guys are still alive?" I know it really isn't relevant, but that's what I ask myself ... COOL though!
Your'e not getting on my bus with that thing !!
barneyboscoe 4 months ago
My god, that bass banjo must weigh a ton! Do they still make Brillcream?
RSW1950 6 months ago
@RSW1950 LOL! strangely enough, I've often wondered...didn't mens' hairstyles back then smear anything they touched, like furniture, pillows, girlfriends' hands, hat bands, etc.?
1276epr 3 months ago
My god, that bass banjo must weigh a ton!
RSW1950 6 months ago
2 minutes is plenty.
DaveBTHunt 9 months ago
As intricate and well executed as this is...I can't help but think of someone dropping the silverware drawer, over and over.
curtiscray 1 year ago
LOL a banjo bass!! Looks like he has a support rod to help hold it up, like the cello does...
smb08 1 year ago
It's Joe.E Brown.
barneyboscoe 1 year ago
well gang I hate to say it, but that looks like Christopher Walken sitting next to Franklin D. Roosevelt.
1276epr 1 year ago
on the huge banjo the one guy is holding, there seems to be a cord coming out of the bottom of it. Did they have amplifiers back in the 1930s for string instruments?
1276epr 1 year ago
@1276epr no. It's a pole with a round ball at the end used to hold up the instrument. Surely you realised it's heavy?
hectobar 1 year ago
@hectobar LOL I had no clue, I was too busy trying to find look-a-alikes in the band
1276epr 1 year ago
we are the boys and girls well know as the minors of the abc ha ha
billstar01 1 year ago
Oh Yes !! The metronomic precision delivery of an intricate piece of music, , punctuated by the drum roll and crashing cymbals ; all delivered with almost deadpan discipline. The banjo is a difficult instrument to play !! The change over to the 'sawn-off banjo , by the little fella, centre front is very nifty and he manages a sort of smirk afterwards. Looks like Oscar Wilde look alike back row on right. Great piece. Thanks for posting it. It brightens an otherwise dull day.
postwar46 1 year ago
@postwar46 LOL this group did have a lot of look-a-likes in it, didn't it.
1276epr 1 year ago
@postwar46
For those who care, the "sawn-off banjo" is a mandolin-banjo, made to play mandolin music with a banjo tone.
With modern string technology, they were able to shrink cello banjos considerably, and the new ones made by Gold Star are small enough to play like a regular banjo. But still noticeably larger than a standard instrument.
Hikikomori013 1 year ago
Can't stop watching it... a rare find.
ourvic 3 years ago
Sweet! I like the banjo.
sadielynne 3 years ago
Hey, what's that 5-stringer doing in there??
sweenus 3 years ago
the 5th string is off ; many players used too play on a 5 string tuned like a plectrum and with only the 4 strings
cramasdamols 3 years ago
Phenomenal stuff! Any ideas as to the date of this piece?
Filmwolf02 4 years ago
Cool ol' timers video!!! Whenever I watch these old movies/videos, the first thing that goes through my mind is ... "I wonder if ANY of these guys are still alive?" I know it really isn't relevant, but that's what I ask myself ... COOL though!
gorbidog 4 years ago
whoa! this is cool!
parchiethegreat 4 years ago
That king size banjo is too kool - Thanks so much for posting this.
Banjonuke 4 years ago
wow, that's one huge banjo..The guy on the left looks like President Roosevelt!
texanleons 5 years ago
@texanleons yes and the guy in the middle looks like Joe E. Brown
1276epr 1 year ago