The Banjo Is A Rube

The Banjo Is A Rube Edward Morris The banjo is a rube, long-necking into town, slick-headed and defensively keyed-up to glib impertinence. It is the village infidel, wise-cracking the bowed heads, plucking from crinkled knees to tapping toes the Sunday zombies into sin. It is a guerilla, starved down to the desperate energy of stretched nerves, sniping at fat pianos in full dress. It is a pensioner, retired to dusty corners, pin-striped and stiff, humming at night an agile frolic. Edward Morris is a West Virginian. He has taught literature at a number of colleges, including Alice Lloyd College. He is now back in West Virginia working and writing for Appalachia Educational Laboratory , Inc., in Charleston. His eye is quick to perceive a truth or pierce a phoniness. 25 ...