10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BANJULELE»
Discover the use of
banjulele in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
banjulele and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Facing Texts: Encounters Between Contemporary Writers and ...
These propositions are fleshed out in a wonderfully inventive anecdote that is
worth quoting: Let us suppose that I am the toughest banjulele player in town and
that I have contracted to play "Melancholy Baby" for six hours before an audience
...
2
Donald Barthelme, Postmodernist American Writer
To illustrate, he put himself in the chair of a bistro musician who, “ridden by
strange imperatives,” likes to score golden oldies for banjulele, a banjo-uke
hybrid. “Let us suppose that I am the toughest banjulele player in town and that I
have ...
Michael Thomas Hudgens, 2001
3
While My Guitar Gently Weeps: The Music of George Harrison
The net result is one of the most compelling and convincing recordings of
Harrison's career. [143] Any Road (3:50) (Harrison) Harrison vocal, guitars,
banjulele; Dhani Harrison electric guitar, backup vocal; Jeff Lynne bass, piano,
backup vocal; ...
4
Do You Know ?: The Jazz Repertoire in Action
than for the ukulele, or for a hybrid of the two instruments, the banjulele. Then ...
in 1930 “harmonic symbols” [as he calls them], “chord symbols” [as they are also
known], “chord changes,” or “the changes” [as in jazz parlance] began to be ...
5
The Hawaiian Steel Guitar and Its Great Hawaiian Musicians
The best known of these is the '"Ukulele", the "Taro-patch fiddle", the "Hawaiian
Guitar", played with a steel according to the Hawaiian fashion, manipulated with
the left hand, and lastly, my own invention, the "Banjulele". "To work in the great ...
6
Library of Congress Subject Headings
... uke Banjolele Banjouke Banjulele Ukulele banjo BT Plucked instruments
Banjo with instrumental ensemble Banjogi dialect USE Zotung dialect Banjoists (
May Subd Geog) UF Banjo players BT Instrumentalists Banjolele USE Banjo
ukulele ...
Library of Congress. Cataloging Policy and Support Office, 2006
7
The Story of Fake Books: Bootlegging Songs to Musicians
the I920s, diagrams were often added, depicting the four strings of the ukulele or
banjulele banjo. Many of these ukulele arrangements were made by May Singhi
Breen, the 'Ukulele Lady,' as seen in [her four~string ukulele diagrams on the ...
8
The Pushcart book of essays: the best essays from a ...
the world last week, while nice enough in its own way, would have been vastly
better had not my deplorable aesthetics caused me to score it for banjulele, cross
between a banjo and a uke. Bless Babel. Let us suppose that I am the toughest ...
Anthony Brandt, Pushcart Press, 2002
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The Pushcart Prize XI: Best of the Small Presses ... with an ...
the world last week, while nice enough in its own way, would have been vastly
better had not my deplorable aesthetics caused me to score it for banjulele, cross
between a banjo and a uke. Bless Babel. Let us suppose that I am the toughest ...
Bill Henderson, Philip Levine, David Wojahn, 1986
10
Voicelust: eight contemporary fiction writers on style
Let us suppose that l am the toughest banjulele player in town and that l have
contracted to play "Melancholy Baby" for six hours before an audience that will
include the four next-toughest banjulele players in town. We imagine the smoky ...
Allen Wier, Don Hendrie, 1985
8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BANJULELE»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
banjulele is used in the context of the following news items.
Summer Reads in Honolulu
Our favorite trivia item: hybrid banjo-ukuleles , known as “banjuke” or “banjulele,” emerged around 1917. $20.99 paperback, $45 hardcover, ... «HONOLULUMagazine.com, Aug 12»
Heritage honour for Formby home
Famous for playing his banjulele, Formby spent seven summer seasons wowing crowds in Blackpool and lived in the St Annes house for eight ... «Lytham Today, Aug 12»
George Formby: A Tribute To The First Real Pop Star
And while many think that the banjulele was a prop but Formby was an adept and innovative player of the instrument and his rhythm work is ... «Sabotage Times, Sep 11»
Nigel Burch and the Flea-Pit Orchestra
Treating the punters to a one-hour gig, the banjulele-bashing bard and his musical misfits played twisted skiffle and pub-room ballads - an ... «Music News, Jul 11»
Alvin Keech, Kelvin, and the Banjulele
On devrait plutôt dire « Banjulele », la marque que les Keech Brothers avaient lancée en Europe au début des années 1920. Que sait-on de ... «Ukulele.fr, Apr 11»
Preview of 2011: the anniversaries
Mastered the banjulele. Married Beryl Ingham, a champion clog-dancer, 1924. Made 20 films. Recorded 189 songs. Beryl died on Christmas ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Dec 10»
Johnny Ball booed off stage by liberal audience after anti-climate rant
And after singing a song about John Dalton's atomic theory - bizarrely in the style of banjulele-playing singer George Formby - Mr Ball launched ... «Daily Mail, Dec 09»
Ukuleles at the ready for George Formby Society's convention
... War with his cheeky innuendo-led songs and virtuoso playing of the ukulele, as well as the banjulele – a cross between a banjo and ukulele. «Telegraph.co.uk, Nov 08»
