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Banjo music possesses a unique power to evoke a bucolic, simpler past. The artisans who build banjos for old-time music stand at an unusual crossroads ”asked to meet the modern musician's needs while retaining the nostalgic qualities so fundamental to the banjo's sound and mystique. Richard Jones-Bamman ventures into workshops and old-time music communities to explore how banjo builders practice their art. His interviews and long-time personal immersion in the musical culture shed light on long-overlooked aspects of banjo making. What is the banjo builder's role in the creation of a specific musical community? What techniques go into the styles of instruments they create? Jones-Bamman explores these questions and many others while sharing the ways an inescapable sense of the past undergirds the performance and enjoyment of old-time music. Along the way he reveals how antimodernism remains integral to the music's appeal and its making.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Half Title, Series Info, Title Page, Copyright, Dedication
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Acknowledgments
  2. pp. ix-x
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-20
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  1. 1. A Brief History of the Banjo
  2. pp. 21-43
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  1. 2. The Old-Time Nation
  2. pp. 44-76
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  1. 3. God Is in the Details
  2. pp. 77-117
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  1. 4. An Homage to the Past
  2. pp. 118-156
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  1. 5. An Apprentice to Ghosts
  2. pp. 157-207
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  1. 6. The Banjo’s Evolving Story
  2. pp. 208-232
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  1. Appendix 1. List of Interviewees
  2. pp. 233-234
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  1. Appendix 2. Banjo Builder Websites
  2. pp. 235-236
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  1. Notes
  2. pp. 237-256
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  1. Bibliography
  2. pp. 257-266
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 267-272
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  1. About the Author
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