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Etta's Banjo Album

Etta Baker: Banjo
Etta Baker: Banjo
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Etta Baker: Banjo

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 "Etta Baker was a mean banjo picker. We learned 'Peace Behind the Bridge' from her banjo playing on this record." -Rhiannon Giddens-Laffan, Carolina Chocolate Drops
Etta Baker: Banjo sheds light on the roots of the African American origins of this original American instrument. Aside from highlighting Etta’s Piedmont Blues mastery this album presents the origins of mountain music as well as the connections between string band music and the Blues.

In this album, Etta Baker performs banjo music that she learned from her father, Boone Reid. With rare banjo recordings of Reid and special guests Cora Philips, Wayne Martin and David Holt, Etta presents the earliest musical traditions of her family.

Track Listing:1/Playing the Banjo 2/Peace Behind the Bridge 3/Cripple Creek 4/Going Down the Road Feeling Bad 5/Daddy 6/West End Blues 7/Sourwood Mt. 8/Going Down the Road Feeling Bad 9/Careless Love 10/Old Joe Clark 11/Love Somebody 12/Johnson Boys 13/Careless Love 14/Walking Jaybird 15/Rainbow 16/Railroad Bill 17/Marching Jaybird 18/Going Down the Road Feeling Bad 19/John Henry 20/Cripple Creek 21/Johnson Boys 22/Sourwood Mountain 23/Johnson Boys