Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??- Page 3
Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
CurtainPullDowner
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/4/04
#50re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 5/6/09 at 11:44pm
A JOYFUL NOISE
Was that said?
Josh, you know a little too much about the Banjo.
But it's very interesting.
What's a Do Bro?
Electronic something?
Tommy Steele playing that Banjo on stage in
HALF A SIXPENCE was thrilling!
#51re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 5/6/09 at 11:58pmThoroughly Modern Millie does. I didn't notice it on 'Long As I'm Here With You' till like the 50th listen. but it's there. and in some of the others (What Do I Need With Love has some I think)
A little known fact is that in the original screenplay, Pan's Labyrinth was Pan's FLAByrinth. Hmmmmmmm...glad they changed it.
Josh Freilich
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
#52re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 5/20/10 at 1:13amA dobro is a resonator guitar that is sometimes played with a bottleneck slide. It is most commonly found in the earliest forms of blues. Listen in the show PARADE during the song "Feel the Rain Fall." There's a LOT of that.
"How could she just suddenly, completely disappear into thin water?" - The Little Mermaid
dramamama611
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/4/07
#53re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 5/20/10 at 5:42amBurnt Part Boys. (Although I'm assuming since it's Bluegrass Music) And I don't reccommend it.
If we're not having fun, then why are we doing it?
These are DISCUSSION boards, not mutual admiration boards. Discussion only occurs when we are willing to hear what others are thinking, regardless of whether it is alignment to our own thoughts.
#54re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 5/20/10 at 7:32amBelieve it or not, Curtains has a TON of Banjo written into its score.
#55re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 5/20/10 at 5:45pmSomeone already said it but I instantly thought of the delectable The Robber Bridegroom.
With Irma you gotta do something!
#56re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 5/20/10 at 5:54pmPippin at the Papermill used banjo on "Glory" for its fully-orchestrated version of the Manson Trio dance music.
#57re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 5/20/10 at 7:11pmI'm also looking forward to "Deliverance - The Musical". 'Squeal, Piggy, Squeal' being the stand-out number so far.
#58re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 5/20/10 at 10:05pmThreepenny Opera has a banjo buttload.
Josh Freilich
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/17/06
#59re: Know any musicals with a lot of banjo??
Posted: 6/7/10 at 1:27pm
Pippin at the Papermill used banjo on "Glory" for its fully-orchestrated version of the Manson Trio dance music.
It also uses banjo in the original orchestration.
"How could she just suddenly, completely disappear into thin water?" - The Little Mermaid
