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The Banjo Man
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I have come across many references to "The Banjo man " in songs by contempoary arits and with a bit or reserch have managed to put a name to the man

Derroll Adams..................

Youtube has given me a few more leads to his work:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCD6ZmJ6YpM

Does any one know any more about him and his work

He seems to have a connection to Belgium as people talk about him being found "South Of Antwerp "

The wiki gives little

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Derroll_Adams:cool:
Nice to be able to go back to trust and friendship!!!!!!!!!

It's a mixed up sensation this being alive
Oh! it wears a man down into the ground
It's the strangest elation
I can't describe it
Oh it leaves a man weary
It makes a man frown.
.............................Chris Simpson ( "Mixed Up Sensations" 1975 Martin's Cafe )
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from http://www.discogs.com/artist/Derroll+Adams

real name: Deroll Lewis Thompson
dob: 27 november 1925
recorded with Ramblin' Jack Elliott in 1950s
later moved to UK then Antwerpen,Belgium
died: 6 february 2000

albums:

1972 feelin' fine
1977 along the way
???? live

http://www.eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=455645
Dolly Parton album 'banjoman:a tribute to derroll adams' 1997

there is also a substantial bio of him at http://allmusic.com/artist/derroll-adams.../biography

hope this helps??
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..."  -  Me 2014.


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