S. S. Stewart made these instruments with a silver wrapped rim. Dock Boggs was plucked from obscurity to play this instrument in Asheville in 1963. Gus Cannon was sometimes nicknamed for this instrument and played in the “old-time” style. Pete Seeger wrote a book on this instrument, and invented a long-neck variant of it. Laurent Dubois’s history of this “African Instrument” traces its origins from the “rude guitar” used by slaves. A three finger plucking technique for playing it was developed by Earl Scruggs. For 10 points, name this stringed instrument common in bluegrass bands.
S. S. Stewart made these instruments with a silver wrapped rim. Dock Boggs was plucked from obscurity to play this instrument in Asheville in 1963. Gus Cannon was sometimes nicknamed for this instrument and played in the “old-time” style. Pete Seeger wrote a book on this instrument, and invented a long-neck variant of it. Laurent Dubois’s history of this “African Instrument” traces its origins from the “rude guitar” used by slaves. A three finger plucking technique for playing it was developed by Earl Scruggs. For 10 points, name this stringed instrument common in bluegrass bands.
S. S. Stewart made these instruments with a silver wrapped rim.