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Taking Back the Banjo

March 1, 2008 by: Richard Giraldi

If there was a moment where the banjo was branded with a stereotype, it would have to be when Burt Reynolds and Jon Voight went on a canoe trip down the Cahulawassee River in the film Deliverance. Years later, the banjo cannot entirely shake the associations, so it’s thought of first and foremost as a primarily country and bluegrass instrument. But Otis Taylor’s new album, Recapturing the Banjo, sets out to change the world’s misperception. Guy...

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