Comments on: Horace Weston, Champion Banjoist of the World http://soupgreens.com/2009/07/29/horace-weston-champion-banjoist-of-the-world/ olden days music and arcane americana by Lucas Gonze Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:47:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Soup Greens » a fall in the fickle field of fancy http://soupgreens.com/2009/07/29/horace-weston-champion-banjoist-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-5157 Soup Greens » a fall in the fickle field of fancy Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:38:41 +0000 http://soupgreens.com/?p=283#comment-5157 [...] Champion Banjoist of the World [...] [...] Champion Banjoist of the World [...]

]]> By: Soup Greens » Egyptian Fandango http://soupgreens.com/2009/07/29/horace-weston-champion-banjoist-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-5127 Soup Greens » Egyptian Fandango Thu, 27 Aug 2009 02:09:06 +0000 http://soupgreens.com/?p=283#comment-5127 [...] of Horace Weston, Champion Banjoist of the World, I have done a recording/video of his superawesome 1882 song “Egyptian [...] [...] of Horace Weston, Champion Banjoist of the World, I have done a recording/video of his superawesome 1882 song “Egyptian [...]

]]> By: Lucas Gonze http://soupgreens.com/2009/07/29/horace-weston-champion-banjoist-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-5072 Lucas Gonze Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:59:17 +0000 http://soupgreens.com/?p=283#comment-5072 So cool. That piccolo banjo is way badass. So cool. That piccolo banjo is way badass.

]]> By: gurdonark http://soupgreens.com/2009/07/29/horace-weston-champion-banjoist-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-4485 gurdonark Wed, 05 Aug 2009 09:41:10 +0000 http://soupgreens.com/?p=283#comment-4485 I need a piccolo banjo: http://www.mugwumps.com/stewart/sss_pico.gif I need a piccolo banjo:
http://www.mugwumps.com/stewart/sss_pico.gif

]]> By: Lucas Gonze http://soupgreens.com/2009/07/29/horace-weston-champion-banjoist-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-4393 Lucas Gonze Sat, 01 Aug 2009 06:19:19 +0000 http://soupgreens.com/?p=283#comment-4393 I'm really fascinated by this guy. I've been learning that piece above and it's really sophisticated in some ways. For example, in bar 13 there's a C# minor with a major 7, in the key of C! Also the rhythmic phrasing in the A section is subtle and unusual for the time, 10 years before the bare beginnings of ragtime. I looked up another piece of his, "Egyptian Fandango," and it turns out to be ultra simple, very southern gothic and morbid, elegantly balanced in the arrangement, and again with an unusually ragtime sense of rhythm. And this was not long after slavery, whites treat blacks like animals, but Weston's picture is completely respectful and dignified. So, then I got interested in the personal story of S. S. Stewart and cyberstalked him a bit. He comes across as a super decent guy. I’m really fascinated by this guy. I’ve been learning that piece above and it’s really sophisticated in some ways. For example, in bar 13 there’s a C# minor with a major 7, in the key of C! Also the rhythmic phrasing in the A section is subtle and unusual for the time, 10 years before the bare beginnings of ragtime.

I looked up another piece of his, “Egyptian Fandango,” and it turns out to be ultra simple, very southern gothic and morbid, elegantly balanced in the arrangement, and again with an unusually ragtime sense of rhythm.

And this was not long after slavery, whites treat blacks like animals, but Weston’s picture is completely respectful and dignified.

So, then I got interested in the personal story of S. S. Stewart and cyberstalked him a bit. He comes across as a super decent guy.

]]> By: gurdonark http://soupgreens.com/2009/07/29/horace-weston-champion-banjoist-of-the-world/comment-page-1/#comment-4351 gurdonark Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:06:41 +0000 http://soupgreens.com/?p=283#comment-4351 That's a cool story. it makes me realize that thousands upon thousands of great stories exist out there, waiting to be retold. That’s a cool story. it makes me realize that thousands upon thousands of great stories exist out there, waiting to be retold.

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