Videos tagged with 1900s

This video showcases a performance of the song "Mississippi Sawyer," featuring Uncle Dave Macon and Sam McGee. The performer uses a c. 1900 JB Schall "Waldo" banjo tuned to gCGBD. The description highlights that the performer learned the song from a film featuring Sam McGee, who had a long working relationship with Uncle Dave Macon.

This video features a detailed look at an August Pollman "Standard" Banjo from the late 1800s to early 1900s. The presenter discusses the instrument's history, mentioning August Pollman as an instrument dealer active in New York City and the manufacturing connection to John Buckbee's factory. The description also includes numerous links for supporting the creator on platforms like Patreon and SubscribeStar, as well as for accessing tablature, courses, merchandise, music streaming, and donations. Hashtags cover the creator's name, banjo heritage, banjo, bluegrass, and Americana music.

This video showcases an early 1900s Lyon & Healy banjo, highlighting its historical significance in the musical instrument industry. The description provides details about the banjo's construction, including its cherry (?) neck, original tailpiece, celluloid tuning pegs, Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and peghead overlay, and a two-legged maple bridge. It also briefly touches on the history of Lyon & Healy as a major instrument manufacturer and competitor to S.S. Stewart.

This YouTube video features Clifton Hicks playing "Cluck Old Hen", "Wild Bill Jones", "Cuckoo", and "East Virginia" on an early 1900s S.S. Stewart "Amateur" Grade 2 banjo. The banjo, identified by its serial number 71548, is estimated to have been made between 1900 and 1910, a period when S.S. Stewart instruments were still being produced after Samuel Swain Stewart's death. The video also includes links to the creator's Patreon, SubscribeStar, Bandcamp, t-shirts, PayPal, Venmo, Spotify, and iTunes, highlighting his music and ways to support his work. Hashtags like #banjo, #folkmusic, and #history are used.