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PBS Presents | PBS Arts from the Blue Ridge Mountains: Give Me the Banjo - Preview | PBS

Duration: 00:31
Program: PBS Arts from the Blue Ridge Mountains: Give Me The Banjo
Broadcast Date: Nov. 4, 2011

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Narrated by Steve Martin, a banjoist himself, the film explores the roots of American music - the minstrel show, ragtime and early jazz, blues, old-time, folk, bluegrass and country. Grammy-winner Rosanne Cash hosts. 11/4/2011

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