Aw, you never turned around to see the frowns
On the jugglers and the clowns
When they all did tricks for you
Never understood that it ain’t no good
You shouldn’t let other people get your kicks for you
You used to ride on a chrome horse with your diplomat
Who carried on his shoulder a Siamese cat
Ain’t it hard when you discover that
He really wasn’t where it’s at
After he took from you everything he could steal?
Robert L. Jones on the right. Others?
Indian Neck Folk Festival, Branford Connecticut, 1961.
Photograph courtesy of Joe Alper.
The image is in a few places, but so far none added anything to the initial Caf discussion:
http://www.expectingrain.com/discussions/viewtopic.php…
http://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/…/art-burn-breakfast-and…
https://www.quora.com/…/Who-is-the-banjo-player-who…
https://www.reddit.com/…/who_carried_on_his_shoulder_a…/
“As Elijah Wald mentioned in a year-old comment above, that banjo has a guitar neck and headstock. Its player would most likely be a guitarist who played the banjo as a second instrument, as it wouldn’t require learning a different fretboard layout and chord patterns. People who played banjo as their primary instrument would most likely use an actual banjo instead of the hybrid guitar-banjo. If you’re looking at banjoists, you’re probably on the wrong track with this photo.” – Mike Stillman
