Banjo players

Banjo players of Britain and Ireland on Folk Calendar: 9 of them, with their dates, where they were born and died, and their recordings. Every artist, A to Z

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Margaret Barry 1917 to 1989 Singer and banjo player; Cork and London
Derek Brimstone 1932 to 2017 Folk club guitarist, banjo player and comic

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Luke Kelly 1940 to 1984 Singer and banjo player; The Dubliners
Jimmy Knights Traditional singer and banjo player; Suffolk

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Barney McKenna 1939 to 2012 Tenor banjo player; The Dubliners

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© Fred Palumbo, World Telegram staff photographer Public Domain Mark Pete Seeger 1919 to 2014 Singer, banjo player and activist; The Weavers

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