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tomberghan - Posted - 01/28/2014: 14:54:10
I realize this forum is really for original performances . . . but considering ol' Pete just passed I figure many people would enjoy seeing and hearing Pete in his prime. Rest in Peace Pete.
Film : To Hear Your Banjo Play, 1947
vmarkant - Posted - 01/28/2014: 15:54:50
Thanks, that was lovely.
JanetB - Posted - 01/28/2014: 15:55:42
The video is a ton of fun, with scenes and music from Americana that live on. Thanks, Tom!
banjers51 - Posted - 01/28/2014: 16:06:54
Thanks very much for sharing this, Tom. A very fitting tribute to Pete, indeed. I first encountered him as a child, my parents having taken me to one of his children's concerts some time in the mid 50s. Made quite an impression on me, even at that young age--probably why I took up the banjo.
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tomberghan - Posted - 01/28/2014: 16:38:30
I'm glad everyone likes the old film! Pete was pretty complicated guy but I think it is a mistake to view him from the lens of 2014. The world was a very different place in the early 1940s! Here is Pete entertaining a crowd that includes Eleanor Roosevelt. One thing that is in no doubt in anyone's mind . . . Pete was a great champion of the banjo!
Vapor - Posted - 01/28/2014: 21:19:59
Very good video.
Jim Yates - Posted - 01/28/2014: 22:05:35
Thanks for that.
philipE - Posted - 01/28/2014: 22:44:17
yeah .. woW ... thanks
