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The tune Ben Bolt was enormously popular from 1848 on. I arranged it for banjo in the style of the period tutors, especially Briggs and Buckley, which have a number of "sentimental" tunes arranged. Nelson Kneass was on tour with a theatrical troupe in 1868 when he arrived in Chillicothe, Mo., already sick with pneumonia, and he passed away shortly after arriving. The townspeople helped give him a decent burial in Edgewood Cemetery-- not quite "in a corner obscure and alone" as the song goes. His headstone was popular with relic hunters for years, who chipped it into oblivion. A replacement was obtained in the 1920's.
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The tune Ben Bolt was enormously popular from 1848 on. I arranged it for banjo in the style of the period tutors, especially Briggs and Buckley, which have a number of "sentimental" tunes arranged. Nelson Kneass was on tour with a theatrical troupe in 1868 when he arrived in Chillicothe, Mo., already sick with pneumonia, and he passed away shortly after arriving. The townspeople helped give him a decent burial in Edgewood Cemetery-- not quite "in a corner obscure and alone" as the song goes. His headstone was popular with relic hunters for years, who chipped it into oblivion. A replacement was obtained in the 1920's.[FONT="Book Antiqua"]Carl Anderton[/FONT]
[FONT="Franklin Gothic Medium"][SIZE="2"]"A very good idea of the old style of playing may be formed by referring to the [I]Briggs Banjo Instructor."[/I][/SIZE][/FONT]
[FONT="Palatino Linotype"][B]Albert Baur, Sgt., Co. A, 102nd Regiment, NY Volunteer Infantry.[/B][/FONT] -
Re: Ben Bolt, by Nelson Kneass.
Cool as heck Carl. Keep up the great work!![FONT="Book Antiqua"]George Wunderlich
Executive Director
National Museum of Civil War Medicine and
The Letterman Institute [/FONT] -
Re: Ben Bolt, by Nelson Kneass.
Why you sentimental ole' sap... Great job.
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Re: Ben Bolt, by Nelson Kneass.
Brilliantly articulated! You should have played that at AEBG IV last weekend!
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