1920 to 1944

Rutherford, Tennessee

banjo, music, folk, Great Depression

The banjo is a string instrument with a sound unlike any other. It made parlor room music for the upper middle class and was a part of the Great Depression and has continued on into the years as a recognizable instrument. The banjo was sought by many because of its strange high tempo songs that were played on them. In the Tennessee Valley country farmers would get together after working all day in...