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This is Grandpa Jones' real name.
What is "Louis Marshall Jones"?
This type of music blends folk and Appalachian styles; it was Grandpa Jones' specialty.
What is bluegrass?
This type of banjo has 5 strings and is often used in bluegrass music.
What is a 5-string banjo?
This is the most famous banjo song of all time.
What is "Dueling Banjos"?
What is October 20, 1913?
Grandpa Jones had this type of banjo-playing technique that emphasizes melody.
What is clawhammer?
This is the location where the banjo originated.
What is 'West Africa'?
This was the band that resulted in the genre's nickname "bluegrass."
What is 'The Blue Grass Boys'?
Grandpa Jones was originally from this location.
What is Northwestern Kentucky?
This was Grandpa Jones' old-timey catch phrase.
What is "Howdy-do, folks!"
A fast, rolling pattern of fingerpicking often used in bluegrass is called this.
What is a banjo roll?
This was the first name the banjo was called.
What is the 'banjar'?
This is the country variety show Grandpa Jones starred in.
What is Hee Haw?
Grandpa Jones was inducted into this hall of fame dedicated to country music in 1978.
What is the Country Music Hall of Fame?
This type of banjo has a shorter neck, usually 4 strings, and is commonly used in jazz.
What is a tenor banjo?
The two techniques of playing the 5-string banjo.
What are rolls and drones?
Before becoming famous, Grandpa Jones worked in this type of job involving coal and railroads.
What is a coal miner?
Grandpa Jones’ autobiography is titled this, reflecting his humorous outlook on life.
What is Everybody’s Grandpa?
Some banjos have this resonating back to project sound forward, while others are “open-back.”
What is a resonator?
This is the main part of a modern banjo
What is the "pot"?