I just ordered a Prust fretless tackhead. Our county seat has the actual remains of a Confederate ironclad, the CSS Neuse and a full-size replica of the original ship. The original was built in Whitehall (Seven Springs)NC and floated down the Neuse river to Kinston to be fitted with boilers and armor-plating. The ship was scuttled and burned to evade Union captors in the Battle of Kinston and laid in the river silt for 100 years. It was salvaged and put on display outdoors for many years and now has a new climate-controlled home. A friend of mine is the Foundation president and he has drafted me into the Confederate Navy to play some music at a fund-raiser for the museum. I had nothing but resonator bluegrass banjos and a couple of 20th century open-backs, so I ordered the Prust last week. Eric sent me an email a while ago that my banjo was being shipped Monday. So I have about 3 weeks to learn some stroke-style Confederate-states music appropriate to 1863. Any suggestions as to good sources?
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