Rhiannon Giddens Instagram – Thinking a lot about so many things. Here’s a home iphone video of the airing of the time that @dickthegentleman, @chancemccoymusic, and i played “He’s Gone (aka Gonna Write Me a Letter)” by fellow North Carolina banjo player Ola Belle Reed, and we just killed it on the @opry. It was so fun. The music that was the main well drawn from for commercial country music has always been about cross cultural collaboration. Maybe after the mainstream accepts that banjo came from black folk and that they were co creators, not merely influencers, we can start focusing on the fact that this music was all made by poor people, no matter the color.
Also, I didn’t have a G-scale banjo with me that day, so I believe Nashville’s own @gruhnguitars leant me a banjo – you can see the tag on it! A little Minnie Pearl moment.
See the full performance at the link in stories! | Posted on 03/Apr/2024 00:27:04
