{"id":15949,"date":"2012-10-24T10:50:45","date_gmt":"2012-10-24T14:50:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/?p=15949"},"modified":"2012-10-24T10:56:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-24T14:56:00","slug":"banjo-in-roc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/banjo-in-roc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Banjo in Rock"},"content":{"rendered":"<iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CMBOvSfRxkU?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe><p>The banjo&#8217;s never had much success in rock, has it? I know, if we did a <em>Last Man Standing<\/em> we could end up listing 138 rock songs featuring a banjo, but beside a Monkees&#8217; song or two featuring a banjo, how many instances immediately spring to mind\u2014and to the point of this discussion, when do you ever think, &#8220;You know, this song would really benefit from the inclusion of a banjo!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<iframe class='youtube-player youtuber' type='text\/html' width='425' height='355' src='http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Fib8ULp3i2k?rel=0&amp;fs=1&amp;ap=%252526fmt%253D18' webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen frameborder='0'><\/iframe>\n<p>Scruffy the Cat originally had a banjo player; I don&#8217;t know anything about him or how long he stuck with the band. I saw them with the banjo guy early on at Maxwell&#8217;s. They were awesome, and the banjo made for a fine percussive rhythm instrument, able to cut through on solos as well as rhythm parts. The banjo is essentially a guitar with a snare drum. What could be more rock &#8216;n roll than that? Why isn&#8217;t the banjo more often featured in rock &#8216;n roll songs? The stinking mandolin probably gets more use. The mandolin doesn&#8217;t seem to possess many rocking qualities.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe I&#8217;m wrong about this. Maybe the banjo has a rich history in rock &#8216;n roll that I&#8217;ve forgotten. I, for one, believe the banjo has untapped potential as part of an actual rock &#8216;n roll rhythm section, played more like a guitar, not so tied to the instrument&#8217;s pickin&#8217; and grinnin&#8217; tradition. Say <em>Amen<\/em>, somebody!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The banjo&#8217;s never had much success in rock, has it? I know, if we did a Last Man Standing we could end up listing 138 rock songs featuring a banjo, but beside a Monkees&#8217; song or two featuring a banjo, how many instances immediately spring to mind\u2014and to the point of this discussion, when do <a href='https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/banjo-in-roc\/' class='excerpt-more'>[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[342],"tags":[164],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rocktownhall.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}