The loss in Aug. 2007 of the famed transplanted NH resident, Irish singer/songwriter and national folk hero of the Emerald Isle at 74, Tommy Makem, alerted me recently to a news photo of Tommy with ...
Deering Banjos have long been favored by some of the most famous and acclaimed banjo players in contemporary music. Some of the musicians who play Deerings include: 1974: Greg and Janet Deering, who ...
It all started with the Kingston Trio. One day in 1963, a San Diego kid and his friends got their hands on an album by the popular folk group. Greg Deering, 12 at the time, recalls studying the ...
The Deering Banjo Company is the Cadillac of banjo makers. It's also the Chevrolet. The San Diego company makes banjos priced from under $400 to more than $50,000. That range has helped the family run ...
Once known as banshaw or banza, frowned on by the well-to-do as fit only for the jig-dancing lower classes, the banjo originated in the Far East and Africa, arriving stateside in the late 1700s.
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