Why only pick on the banjo?

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Walkin Boss	Why only pick on the banjo?	Lead	[-]
(01/23/09 6:14 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Tags : None So why are there only banjo jokes? Why not the mandolin? Mandolin players are smarter, better looking and have better hygiene than Banjo players? "Going where the wind don't blow so strange."
slimpickinsc		#1	[-]
(01/23/09 6:22 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I believe it probably has to do with the black face banjo players on into the early stringbands, where the banjo player had a very comedic role in a bands show. The "Stringbeans" and "Uncle Macon's" were very popular. Banjo players were thought to be the dopey, uneducated one and played into that stereotype for entertainment purposes. And..... All banjo tunes sound the same, sooo, that gives me a reason poke at them (semi-sarcastic) www.thenewnorthstringband.com Collings D1A Huss & Dalton D-RH Handbuilt 12fret Birdseye OM Martin D-15 Last Edited By: slimpickinsc 01/23/09 6:24 PM. Edited 1 times.
Walkin Boss		#2	[-]
(01/23/09 10:41 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I should add that my avatar is misleading - I don't play the banjo. "Going where the wind don't blow so strange."
kydave		#3	[-]
(01/24/09 1:52 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	What is perfect pitch? Throwing a banjo into a dumpster and hearing it hit an accordian!!! There, feel better? Kentucky Dave's Martins: 0-18 (1959); 00-28H (2006 Custom); 000-16R (1999 Special Edition); 0000-28H (1999); D-28 (1971) myspace.davetrabue and beargrasscreek Piraticus 13:7 , , <> ^^^
Larry124		#4	[-]
(01/24/09 5:26 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	slimpickinsc wrote: I believe it probably has to do with the black face banjo players on into the early stringbands, where the banjo player had a very comedic role in a bands show. The "Stringbeans" and "Uncle Macon's" were very popular. Banjo players were thought to be the dopey, uneducated one and played into that stereotype for entertainment purposes. And..... All banjo tunes sound the same, sooo, that gives me a reason poke at them (semi-sarcastic) Agree. Also from my limited "guitarist as novice banjo picker" experience, it is near impossible to pick banjo and to sing at the same time.
D18RC		#5	[-]
(01/25/09 2:58 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Walkin Boss wrote: So why are there only banjo jokes? Abundance of material? RC (yeah, I play banjo, too)
WaveRay		#6	[-]
(01/27/09 9:50 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	It's because banjos are too heavy to swing with any true accuracy. You can backhand with a mandolin easily and quick. Ray Page 63 in the introduction thread 05 HD-28V 03 Taylor 455ce 12er (dealer custom rosewood) 05 M3M 71 D-18 99 Seagull S6....not anymore. goodbye ol' friend 2/3 of my hair
watsonwannabe		#7	[-]
(01/27/09 12:33 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Yeah, but when they do land, they do some damage. Of course, just by being played they do considerable damage . . . 2001 D41GJ 2002 D28 2003 D18AG 2005 D18V 2003 Gibson A9 Kentucky 150S Michael Kelly Festival 2002 Deering Boston 19?? Gibson Mastertone RB3 1977 Englehardt ES-1 198? Guild SB electric bass
WaveRay		#8	[-]
(01/28/09 11:27 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	watsonwannabe wrote: Yeah, but when they do land, they do some damage. Of course, just by being played they do considerable damage . . . Oh....without a doubt. Ray Page 63 in the introduction thread 05 HD-28V 03 Taylor 455ce 12er (dealer custom rosewood) 05 M3M 71 D-18 99 Seagull S6....not anymore. goodbye ol' friend 2/3 of my hair
Carped35		#9	[-]
(01/30/09 5:32 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	I believe the movie "Deliverance" may have perpetrated some banjo player stereotypes.
Dunpipin		#10	[-]
(02/01/09 1:38 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Here's a non-banjo joke from a one-time bagpiper. When the Romans left Scotland, they left some bagpipes behind. They told the locals it was a farewell gift. The Scots still haven't gotten the joke. I wonder if droning instruments generate ridicule?
Walkin Boss		#11	[-]
(02/01/09 3:08 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Dunpipin wrote: I wonder if droning instruments generate ridicule? True story: Back around 1990 a friend of mine was going to school at a small liberal arts college in Annapolis. He was a good guitar player but just for kicks bought a used set of bagpipes to mess around with. Coming back to his dorm room some time later he found someone had broken into his room and slashed the bagpipes. Not everyone is a fan I guess. "Going where the wind don't blow so strange."
Dunpipin		#12	[-]
(02/01/09 3:46 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Coming back to his dorm room some time later he found someone had broken into his room and slashed the bagpipes. Not everyone is a fan I guess. And the slasher probably believed that Scots are barbarians.
Larry124		#13	[-]
(02/04/09 4:09 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Dunpipin wrote: Coming back to his dorm room some time later he found someone had broken into his room and slashed the bagpipes. Not everyone is a fan I guess. And the slasher probably believed that Scots are barbarians. One of the characteristics that the pipes share with the banjo machine (and harmonicas and conga drums for that matter) is VOLUME. You might choose to listen, but often (and too often for some) you are forced to listen. So the jokes are part of an attempt to tame the instruments. Good luck.
Dunpipin		#14	[-]
(02/04/09 8:43 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Good luck. Thanks. And to you.
jscio		#15	[-]
(02/04/09 10:40 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Because there are fewer Bluegrass tuba players.
lazygoodan	Speaking of Deliverance....	#16	[-]
(02/04/09 8:29 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	A friend of mine was wearing a T-shirt he bought from a company that charters whitewater rafting trips. On the back of the T-shirt it says "Paddle Faster.... I hear Banjo music!!"
D28grasser		#17	[-]
(02/06/09 4:12 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	How do you get a banjo player off your front porch? Pay for the pizza. Sorry. Couldnt resist. Martin D-15S 12 fret slothead Epiphone Masterbilt RJ500RC 12 fret slothead Blueridge BR160 Washburn D-44SW Alvarez-Yairi DY-38 Gold Tone Beard Dobro Regal RD52 dobro Les Paul Telecaster
OLDANDINTHEWAY		#18	[-]
(03/02/09 11:33 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Shut up and be quiet - I'm tuning my banjo!
Brookie68		#19	[-]
(03/02/09 6:44 PM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	So why are there only banjo jokes? Why not the mandolin? Mandolin players are smarter, better looking and have better hygiene than Banjo players? Well, yeah. Answered your own question there. Next? I've never heard a joke about mandolin players, except from my picking buddy who says I'm ugly and not too bright.
That One Guy		#20	[-]
(03/03/09 1:14 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts	Hey OLDANDINTHEWAY, it's been over 12 hours since you started tuning your banjer. I'd bet it's still not in tune is it? Get some sleep--give 'er another shot in the morning....Ah, the plight of the banjer player. -Andy 2008 Martin HD-28 "Helga" 2007 Larrivee LV-03R "Lerlene" "Music is the silence between the notes." -Debussy One of my greatest fears is that when I die my wife will sell all of my guitars, pocket knives, and fishing poles....for the prices that I told* her I paid for them!*

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