[Dixielandjazz] Why guitar and not banjo?

[tcashwigg at aol.com]

I've also done some reading, in no mood to relocate that right now, of  
black
bands in those early years being asked by club and boat  owners to add 
banjo
because white audiences of the day liked that sound  better.
Ginny

And there in lies the big difference between the sound of Traditional 
Jazz and Dixieland :))

Good Gawd what were those old White folks thinking? :))   Probably 
tired of the Washboard sound by then :))

Hey I did let the last post about banjo christmas slip by and did not 
make any Banjo Jokes,
Sorry John:   But hey my Holidays wishes certainly include Banjo 
players just as sure I am sitting here leveling the stage with drool 
rolling out of both sides of my mouth, but there are several great 
looking chick singer in the front line shakin' their booties which 
helps.


Hey does anybody know if maybe the banjoes were passed out as flotation 
devices for washboard players on the boats ?


Cheers,

Tom




In a message dated 12/25/2006 2:39:25 P.M. Central Standard Time,
cellblk7 at comcast.net writes:

Merry...you know, Listmates!
>From the git-go I thought the early  bands used banjos and brass 
basses/bass
saxes/sarrusaphones because they  could be heard, not like acoustic 
string
basses and guitars. Then when it  was learned that you could amplify 
guitars
and string basses,  banjos  and tubas went almost away...I guess I was 
wrong?
Warmest regards,
Bob  Romans,




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