Mayor of BanjotownQuite possibly the most niche emoji on the fediverse: 
(It's 19th century banjoist and composer Frank B. Converse)
(It's 19th century banjoist and composer Frank B. Converse)
It's 19th century English banjoist and composer James Buckley
It's Philadelphia banjo maker, composer, writer and publisher Samuel Swaim Stewart 
#ssstewart #banjo #banjomojis
#ssstewart #banjo #banjomojisIt's #Baltimore #drum and #banjo maker William Esperance Boucher, whose company was one of the first to mass-produce banjos starting in the mid-#19thcentury. 
#williamboucher #banjomojis
#williamboucher #banjomojis
It's #banjo player, #fiddler and #steamboat pilot John Hartford 
who's a little bit outside the historic banjo figure milieu, but he did have an ear in the past while still doing his own thing. He's someone I greatly respect and admire and wish I had been able to meet #johnhartford #banjomojis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onWArx6Ui1A
who's a little bit outside the historic banjo figure milieu, but he did have an ear in the past while still doing his own thing. He's someone I greatly respect and admire and wish I had been able to meet #johnhartford #banjomojis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onWArx6Ui1A
Mississippi Dew - John Hartford
It's prolific English banjoist, mandolinist, guitarist, and composer Herbert J. Ellis (1865-1903) 
#herbertjellis #banjomojis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_J._Ellis
#herbertjellis #banjomojis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_J._Ellis
It's classic fingerstyle virtuoso, early recording artist, and banjo maker Fred Van Eps 
#banjomojis #scottjoplin #ragtime #banjo #mapleleafrag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F1JtRU1164
#banjomojis #scottjoplin #ragtime #banjo #mapleleafrag https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F1JtRU1164
Maple Leaf Rag by Fred Van Epps (August 1908)
Maple Leaf Rag - Banjo Solo by Fred Van Epps. Albany Indestructible 2min. cylinder #823, (August 1908). Played on a 1911 Edison Standard Model D phonograph.
It's undersung jazz banjoist Elmer Snowden (1900-1973) 
#banjomojis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7boHKgmSXQ0 #jazzbanjo
#banjomojis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7boHKgmSXQ0 #jazzbanjo...not sure where I got the notion that Elmer Snowden played plectrum. According to Cynthia Sayers he played a tenor tuned a 5th lower than usual (GDAE) on 'Harlem Banjo'
It's banjoist (and multi-instrumentalist,) music instruction publishing giant, and dashing young man Mel Bay 
#banjomojis #melbay
#banjomojis #melbay
That humdinger of a photo of Mel Bay reminded me of this amazing photo of my granduncle (left) who I only met a handful of times, seen here with a bandmate. I never heard him play; I'm not sure I even knew he played banjo until after he died.
reminded me of this amazing photo of my granduncle (left) who I only met a handful of times, seen here with a bandmate. I never heard him play; I'm not sure I even knew he played banjo until after he died.It's rockstar-before-there-was-a-such-a-thing-as-a-rockstar Horace Weston! 
#banjomojis
#banjomojis