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John White
12+ albums
ambientexperimentalcontemporary classicalContemporarycomposer
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There are many artists that go by the name John White. Four are mentioned below. 1) John White (born in Berlin, 5 April 1936) is an English composer and musical performer. 2) Low-key delicate lullabies accompanied by gentle acoustic guitar with softly sung lyrics. New Zealander John White is ex-Cloudboy and also performs in Mëstar. 3) An obscure jazz/funk guitarist who released a self-titled album in 1972. 4.) Banjo Bluesman John White... When most people think banjo, bluegrass comes to mind. Restricting the instrument to this relatively modern usage misses a long, though mostly unknown and unrecorded, history originating with African slaves in the Caribbean. Longtime Pickens musician John White, best known for his fiddle-playing in the Yeller Cats, has gone back to roots of the banjo for his first cd, Banjo Blues. “Taking the banjo back to the pre-recording days,” White said he has developed this blues style and theory based on what makes sense with the way early banjo players used the instrument as well as how the early blues was played. This style of blues banjo would also have fit the purpose of the early music to provide entertainment and dancing by the slaves. He notes that the African slaves “revolutionized rhythm, scales and notes everywhere they went” playing music mostly for their own entertainment. Banjos were a prime instrument in minstrel shows, well before they became a staple of bluegrass pickers, but were almost completely replaced by the guitar when
top songs
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Piano Sonata No. 104
1,1932Missing You
1,1463Steve Vai vs Ralph Macchio Epic Guitar Battle
6184Candle In The Wind (Goodbye England's Rose)
5905The Inkadies
4986John White: Piano Sonata No.104
4707Drinking And Hooting Machine
4548The Boy that I saw on That Day
3749Autumn Countdown Machine
36510Son Of Gothic Chord
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