[Dixielandjazz] Banjos a a Phallic Symbol

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

WELL WE ALWASY USED OURS TO BAT THE FRUITS AND VEGGIES BACK TO THE 
AUDIENCE. :))

Funny thing however, when the banjo player quit,  they stopped throwing 
fruit and veggies at us.

Last I heard of him, he was batting 500 at the local cricket matches.  
:))

Cheers,

Tom Wiggins

Mamma don't allow no banjo playin;' round here.



-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Woitowicz <banjomusic at charter.net>
To: Dixieland Jazz <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:11:47 -0600
Subject: [Dixielandjazz] Banjos a a Phallic Symbol

   Listmates:

Dick Baker's interesting post on the banjo history exhibit was very
informative. However, he opened up a can of worms with the quote in the 
last
paragraph:

<snip>
"... isn't the instrument just one big phallic symbol? But that's a bit 
of
banjo symbology the curators did not spell out."
<snip>

This ought to bring a flood of messages regarding the "real role" of 
banjos
in a jazz ensemble!!


Mike Woitowicz
The Banjo Barons Ragtime Band
The Dixie Barons Dixieland Band
www.banjomusic.biz

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