Give Me the Banjo Page #9

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AND AFTER A FINAL RECORDING

SESSION IN NEW YORK, COLUMBIA

DROPPED THE NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION IN NEW YORK, COLUMBIA

DROPPED THE NORTH CAROLINA

RAMBLERS FROM ITS ROSTER.

DROPPED THE NORTH CAROLINA

RAMBLERS FROM ITS ROSTER.

SO CHARLIE'S CAREER SEEMED TO

RAMBLERS FROM ITS ROSTER.

SO CHARLIE'S CAREER SEEMED TO

BE KIND OF A DEAD END.

SO CHARLIE'S CAREER SEEMED TO

BE KIND OF A DEAD END.

IN FACT, THINGS HAD GOTTEN SO

BE KIND OF A DEAD END.

IN FACT, THINGS HAD GOTTEN SO

DIFFICULT FOR HIM, HE WENT BACK

IN FACT, THINGS HAD GOTTEN SO

DIFFICULT FOR HIM, HE WENT BACK

TO THE MILLS TO WORK.

DIFFICULT FOR HIM, HE WENT BACK

TO THE MILLS TO WORK.

FOR A FEW MONTHS, HE'D BE CLEAN,

TO THE MILLS TO WORK.

FOR A FEW MONTHS, HE'D BE CLEAN,

HE'D BE SOBER, AND HE'D WORK.

Martin:
WITH THE COMING OF

SOUND, HOLLYWOOD BEGAN CALLING

ON POP MUSIC STARS IN EVERY

SOUND, HOLLYWOOD BEGAN CALLING

ON POP MUSIC STARS IN EVERY

GENRE TO MAKE SHORT SOUND FILMS.

HELLO, FOLKS.

HOW 'BOUT A COUPLE OF GOOD OLD

BANJO NUMBERS?

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO HEAR?

"OH, SUSANNA!"

[ PLAYING "OH, SUSANNA!" ]

Rorrer:
IN FEBRUARY OF 1931,

HE GOT A LETTER FROM A MOVIE

Rorrer:
IN FEBRUARY OF 1931,

HE GOT A LETTER FROM A MOVIE

COMPANY.

HE GOT A LETTER FROM A MOVIE

COMPANY.

THEY SENT HIM THE TRAIN TICKETS

COMPANY.

THEY SENT HIM THE TRAIN TICKETS

AND THE CONTRACT TO COME TO

THEY SENT HIM THE TRAIN TICKETS

AND THE CONTRACT TO COME TO

HOLLYWOOD AND PLAY BACKUP

AND THE CONTRACT TO COME TO

HOLLYWOOD AND PLAY BACKUP

IN A MOVIE.

HOLLYWOOD AND PLAY BACKUP

IN A MOVIE.

Martin:
ONCE AGAIN, CHARLIE'S

IN A MOVIE.

Martin:
ONCE AGAIN, CHARLIE'S

MUSIC BECAME HIS TICKET OU Martin: ONCE AGAIN, CHARLIE'S

MUSIC BECAME HIS TICKET OU OF THE MILLS, SO HE CELEBRATED

MUSIC BECAME HIS TICKET OU OF THE MILLS, SO HE CELEBRATED

BY EMBARKING ON AN EPIC BINGE

OF THE MILLS, SO HE CELEBRATED

BY EMBARKING ON AN EPIC BINGE

OF DRINKING AND RAMBLING.

13 WEEKS LATER, HE WAS BACK

IN SPRAY, WANDERING THE STREETS

AND DRINKING FROM A FLASK

IN SPRAY, WANDERING THE STREETS

AND DRINKING FROM A FLASK

OF RAW ALCOHOL.

AND DRINKING FROM A FLASK

OF RAW ALCOHOL.

HE COLLAPSED ON HIS SISTER'S

OF RAW ALCOHOL.

HE COLLAPSED ON HIS SISTER'S

PORCH AND DIED THAT EVENING,

HE COLLAPSED ON HIS SISTER'S

PORCH AND DIED THAT EVENING,

THE TRAIN TICKETS TO HOLLYWOOD

PORCH AND DIED THAT EVENING,

THE TRAIN TICKETS TO HOLLYWOOD

STILL PROPPED ON HIS DRESSER.

THE TRAIN TICKETS TO HOLLYWOOD

STILL PROPPED ON HIS DRESSER.

HE WAS 39 YEARS OLD.

Rorrer:
WHEN THEY GOT WORD

THAT CHARLIE HAD DIED,

POSEY'S IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS,

THAT CHARLIE HAD DIED,

POSEY'S IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS,

"IT'S A SHAME A MAN LIKE THA POSEY'S IMMEDIATE REACTION WAS,

"IT'S A SHAME A MAN LIKE THA WOULD DRINK HIMSELF TO DEATH."

FIVE YEARS LATER, POSEY HAD DONE

THE SAME THING, HE DRANK HIMSELF

TO DEATH.

Sapoznik:
WE NOW CAN STEP

BACK AND SEE EVERYTHING HE DID

AND SAY, "OH, MY GOD, HE WAS

BACK AND SEE EVERYTHING HE DID

AND SAY, "OH, MY GOD, HE WAS

ANTICIPATING STUFF."

AND SAY, "OH, MY GOD, HE WAS

ANTICIPATING STUFF."

HE'S DOING SOMETHING THAT IS

ANTICIPATING STUFF."

HE'S DOING SOMETHING THAT IS

THE DNA OF BLUEGRASS BANJO.

HE'S DOING SOMETHING THAT IS

THE DNA OF BLUEGRASS BANJO.

SO THOSE RECORDS WERE INCREDIBLY

THE DNA OF BLUEGRASS BANJO.

SO THOSE RECORDS WERE INCREDIBLY

IMPORTANT WAY BEYOND THE MOMENT.

SO THOSE RECORDS WERE INCREDIBLY

IMPORTANT WAY BEYOND THE MOMENT.

THOSE BECAME THE TEMPLATE

IMPORTANT WAY BEYOND THE MOMENT.

THOSE BECAME THE TEMPLATE

FOR ALL THIS FUTURE PLAYING.

THOSE BECAME THE TEMPLATE

FOR ALL THIS FUTURE PLAYING.

POOLE ACHIEVED NEAR LEGENDARY

FOR ALL THIS FUTURE PLAYING.

POOLE ACHIEVED NEAR LEGENDARY

STATUS AS THE HARD-LIVING,

POOLE ACHIEVED NEAR LEGENDARY

STATUS AS THE HARD-LIVING,

HELL-RAISING

STATUS AS THE HARD-LIVING,

HELL-RAISING

"MILLBILLY" SONGSTER,

HELL-RAISING

"MILLBILLY" SONGSTER,

THE PROTOTYPICAL COUNTRY MUSIC

"MILLBILLY" SONGSTER,

THE PROTOTYPICAL COUNTRY MUSIC

STAR.

THE PROTOTYPICAL COUNTRY MUSIC

STAR.

THE CRISP ROLLING SOUND OF

STAR.

THE CRISP ROLLING SOUND OF

POOLE'S BANJO AS THE DRIVING

THE CRISP ROLLING SOUND OF

POOLE'S BANJO AS THE DRIVING

FORCE OF A TIGHT STRING BAND

POOLE'S BANJO AS THE DRIVING

FORCE OF A TIGHT STRING BAND

TRANSFORMED THE LOCAL FOLK STYLE

FORCE OF A TIGHT STRING BAND

TRANSFORMED THE LOCAL FOLK STYLE

AND LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR

TRANSFORMED THE LOCAL FOLK STYLE

AND LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR

A NEW GENRE OF POPULAR MUSIC

AND LAID THE FOUNDATION FOR

A NEW GENRE OF POPULAR MUSIC

THAT WOULD COME TO BE KNOWN

A NEW GENRE OF POPULAR MUSIC

THAT WOULD COME TO BE KNOWN

AS "BLUEGRASS."

MY STORY AS A COLLECTOR

STARTED AT A YOUNG AGE.

I'D BEEN COLLECTING OBJECTS

STARTED AT A YOUNG AGE.

I'D BEEN COLLECTING OBJECTS

SINCE I WAS 4 OR 5 YEARS OLD.

I'D BEEN COLLECTING OBJECTS

SINCE I WAS 4 OR 5 YEARS OLD.

I HAVE THIS DEFECTIVE COLLECTING

SINCE I WAS 4 OR 5 YEARS OLD.

I HAVE THIS DEFECTIVE COLLECTING

GENE THAT'S BEEN WITH ME

I HAVE THIS DEFECTIVE COLLECTING

GENE THAT'S BEEN WITH ME

MY WHOLE LIFE.

GENE THAT'S BEEN WITH ME

MY WHOLE LIFE.

THESE INSTRUMENTS WERE MADE

MY WHOLE LIFE.

THESE INSTRUMENTS WERE MADE

PRIMARILY NOT TO BE PLAYED

BUT THEY WERE MADE AS DESIGN

EXERCISES TO BE USED

IN EXHIBITIONS.

THE COMPANIES VIED AT VARIOUS

MECHANICS FAIRS AND EXHIBITIONS

FOR PRIZES AND THEY WOULD USE

THEIR GOLD MEDALS IN

THEIR ADVERTISING.

WELL, THESE PARTICULAR

INSTRUMENTS, I THINK THEY SOR OF CHARACTERIZE VICTORIAN

INSTRUMENTS, I THINK THEY SOR OF CHARACTERIZE VICTORIAN

EXCESS.

OF CHARACTERIZE VICTORIAN

EXCESS.

VERY FANCY, NEOCLASSICAL DESIGN.

EXCESS.

VERY FANCY, NEOCLASSICAL DESIGN.

I COLLECTED OBJECTS.

VERY FANCY, NEOCLASSICAL DESIGN.

I COLLECTED OBJECTS.

I BOUGHT A FEW BANJOS, AND

I COLLECTED OBJECTS.

I BOUGHT A FEW BANJOS, AND

SUDDENLY I WAS A COLLECTOR AND

I BOUGHT A FEW BANJOS, AND

SUDDENLY I WAS A COLLECTOR AND

FOUND THAT THERE WAS SUCH

SUDDENLY I WAS A COLLECTOR AND

FOUND THAT THERE WAS SUCH

AN INCREDIBLE VARIETY OF

FOUND THAT THERE WAS SUCH

AN INCREDIBLE VARIETY OF

INSTRUMENTS, AND SOME OF THEM

AN INCREDIBLE VARIETY OF

INSTRUMENTS, AND SOME OF THEM

WERE SO BEAUTIFUL ESTHETICALLY

INSTRUMENTS, AND SOME OF THEM

WERE SO BEAUTIFUL ESTHETICALLY

THAT I DECIDED THAT THAT'S WHA WERE SO BEAUTIFUL ESTHETICALLY

THAT I DECIDED THAT THAT'S WHA I WANTED TO DO WITH MY LIFE,

THAT I DECIDED THAT THAT'S WHA I WANTED TO DO WITH MY LIFE,

IS LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM.

I WANTED TO DO WITH MY LIFE,

IS LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM.

I'VE NEVER LOST MY PASSION FOR

IS LEARN MORE ABOUT THEM.

I'VE NEVER LOST MY PASSION FOR

INSTRUMENTS AND I STILL GET,

I'VE NEVER LOST MY PASSION FOR

INSTRUMENTS AND I STILL GET,

I THINK, JUST AS EXCITED OVER

INSTRUMENTS AND I STILL GET,

I THINK, JUST AS EXCITED OVER

A RARE INSTRUMENT TURNING UP AS

I THINK, JUST AS EXCITED OVER

A RARE INSTRUMENT TURNING UP AS

I DID 30 OR 40 YEARS AGO.

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