“My first banjo? My mother's sister, my aunt, lived about a mile from where we did, and she raised some hogs. And she had - her - the hog - the mother - they called the mother a sow - of a hog. And she had some pigs. Well, the pigs were real pretty, and I was going to high school and I was taking agriculture in school. And I sort of got a notion that I'd like to do that, raise some hogs. And so my aunt had this old banjo, and my mother told me, said, which do you want, the pig or a banjo? And each one of them's $5 each. I said, I'll just take the banjo.” WantFirstsWellsSaidRealSchoolMotherHigh SchoolRaisesRaisedNotionMilesPigsAgricultureAuntHogBanjosGoing To High School Author:Ralph Stanley
“My mother played a little bit of the old time clawhammer. She tuned the banjo up and picked one tune for me, and it just become natural to me. When she picked it, I just started and picked it, too.” LittlesMotherBitsNaturalLittle BitTunesOld TimeBanjos Author:Ralph Stanley
