Joe Sweeney

Standard Name: Sweeney, Joe

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1843: White American musician Joe Sweeney introduced...

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1843

White American musician Joe Sweeney introduced the modern banjo to England; he also tried to improve the image of the black entertainer by refusing to wear the popular Jim Crow plantation costume.
Sanjek, Russell. American Popular Music and its Business. Oxford University Press, 1988.
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