Introduction Griots of Piedmont North Carolina and Portrait of Songster Will Baldwin
1
(54)
Signifying at the Crossroads: African-American Traditions of the Folk Banjo
55
(29)
The Ritual of Minstresly: Some Were Buffoons, but Others Were Apprentices
84
(36)
Mountain Echoes of the African Banjo
120
(40)
The Banjo: Its Changing Form, Construction, and Use
160
(34)
The Transmission of Playing Methods and Tunings
194
(44)
The Banjo Song Genre: Dink Roberts's Man-against-the-Law Songs
238
(25)
``Garfield'': A Man against the Law, but a Man with a Community
263
(22)
Conclusion
285
(12)
Epilogue
297
(6)
Appendix Reports of Black Banjo Players and Their Instruments in the United States before 1860
303
(10)
Notes
313
(46)
Selected Bibliography
359
(10)
Song Title Index
369
(4)
Subject Index
373
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