Banjoiste et comédien Country US né David "Stringbean" Akeman, le 17 Juin 1915 à Anneville (Kentucky). Akeman et sa femme ont été assassinés par des cambrioleurs dans leur domicile de Ridgetop (Tennessee)  le 10 Novembre 1973.

American Country banjo player and comedy musician, born June 17, 1915 in Anneville, Kentucky. Akeman and his wife were murdered by burglars at their rural Ridgetop Tennessee Home in November 10, 1973.

http://www.davidakeman.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_"Stringbean"_Akeman

https://www.allmusic.com/artist/stringbean-mn0000940630/biography 

Talents : Vocals, Banjo, Comedy

Style musical : Old Time, Bluegrass, Comedy

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BARN YARD BANJO PICKING (1959)

Stringbean And His Banjo (1961)

Suicide Blues (1963)

Crazy Viet Nam War (1966)

Going To The Grand Ole Opry (To Make Myself A Name) (1967)

Years in activity :

1910 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 2000 10 20

DISCOGRAPHY

Singles & EP

10/1958 SP CULLMAN 45-6404 (US) . I Wonder Where Wanda Went / Short Life And Troubles
01/1959 SP CULLMAN 45-6408 (US) .

Run Little Rabbit Run / You Can't Do Wrong And Get By

10/1959 SP CULLMAN 6416 (US) .

Barn Yard Banjo Picking / Train Special 500

1961 EP STARDAY SEP-131 (US)

Stringbean And His Banjo / Herding Cattle / Don't Bob Your Hair, Girls / Wake Up, Little Betty

1961 EP STARDAY SEP-153 (US) .

20 Cents Cotton And 90 Cents Meat / Working On A Building / Forgetting To Forget You / Give Me Back My Five Dollars

1962 SP STARDAY 583 (US) .

Down At The Opry / Chewin' Chewing Gum

1963 EP STARDAY SEP-212 (US) .

Suicide Blues / Here, Rattler, Here / Goodbye, Sweet Thing / Stringbean's A-Fishin' / I Intend To Make Heaven My Home

1963 EP STARDAY SEP-221 (US) .

There's Be Moonshine In Them Old Kentucky Hills / You Can't Do Wrong And Get By / Tennessee Farmer / I'm The Man Who Rode A Mule Around The World / Free Little Bird

1964 SP STARDAY 664 (US) .

Big Ball In Nashville / Little Pink

1965 EP STARDAY SEP-233 (US) .

Banjo Pickin Girl / Short Life And Trouble / Poor Ellen Smith / Old Cumberland Gap

01/1966 SP STARDAY 752 (US) .

Crazy Viet Nam War / Hey Old Man (Can You Play A Banjo)

1967 ? SP SCULLMAN 333 (US) .

The Big 'un Got Away / I Bought Me A Mule (And A Little Red Wagon)

1967 SP SCULLMAN 334 (US) .

Going To The Grand Ole Opry (To Make Myself A Name) / Shake That Little Foot, Sally Ann

1967 SP SCULLMAN 335 (US) .

Cold Creek March / Banjo Convention

1970 SP NUGGET 1049 (US) .

Me And My Old Crow (Got A Good Thing Going) / Twenty Cent Cotton And Ninety Cent Meat




Albums

07/1961 LP 12" STARDAY SLP 142 (US)

Old Time Banjo Pickin´ & Singin´ With Stringbean The Kentucky Wonder And His Five-String Banjo - STRINGBEAN - THE KENTUCKY WINDER & HIS FIVE STRING BANJO - Stringbean & His Banjo / 20 Cent Cotton & 90 Cent Meat / Kentucky & Tennessee / Wake Up Little Betty / Polly / Give Me Back My Five Dollars / Keep My Skillet Good & Greasy / Barnyard Banjo Pickin' / Forgetting To Forget You / Georgia Rose / Herding Cattle / Birdie / Don't Bob Your Hair, Girls / Working On A Building

1962 LP 12" STARDAY SLP 179 (US)

More Of That Rare Old Time Banjo Pickin' And Singin' - TRINGBEAN - THE KENTUCKY WINDER & HIS FIVE STRING BANJO - Opry Time In Tennessee / Stringbean's A-Fishin' / Sinner Man, Where You Gonna Hide / Pluckin The Bird / Chewing Gum / Train Special 500 / I Intend To Make Heaven My Home / Goodbye, Sweet Thing / Suicide Blues / Here, Rattler, Here / Wanda / Strings Mountain Dew / Run, Rabbitt, Run / Lord, I'm Coming Home

01/1963 LP 12" STARDAY SLP 215 (US)

A Salute To Uncle Dave Macon - Stringbean And His Banjo - Ida Red / Tennessee Farmer / Pretty Little Widow / John Henry / There'll Be Moonshining In Them Old Kentucky Hills / Hesitation Blues / Take My Hand, Precious Lord / How Many Biscuits Can You Eat / Over The Mountain / Bully Of The Town / I'm The Man Who Rode A Mule Around The World / Cripple Creek / Free Little Bird / You Can't Do Wrong And Get By

1964 LP 12" STARDAY SLP 260 (US)

Way Back In The Hills Of Old Kentucky WITH Stringbean & HIS 5-STRING BANJO - Little Pink / My Rose Of Old Kentucky / Big Ball In Nashville / Poor Ellen Smith / Old Cumberland Gap / Little Adobe Shack / The Roving Gambler / Black Eyed Susy / Short Life And Trouble / Little Sally Goodin' / Banjo Pickin' Girl / Rye Whiskey / Honey Babe, I'm Bound To Ride / Hold To God's Unchanging Hand

1970 LP 12" Nashville NLP 2100 (US)

Hee Haw Corn Shucker - Stringbean And His Banjo / Run Little Rabbit Run / Chewin' Chewing Gum / John Henry / Banjo Pickin' Girl / Big Ball In Nashville / Keep My Skillet Good And Greasy / Hey Old Man (Can You Play A Banjo) / I'm The Man Who Rode The Mule Around The World / Here Rattler Here

1970 LP 12" NUGGET NRLP-102 (US)

Me And My Old Crow (Got A Good Thing Goin') - Stringbean - STAR OF THE HEE-HAW SHOW - Me And My Old Crow (Got A Good Thing Going) / Shake That Little Foot Sally Ann / It's Mighty Dark For Me To Travel / Polly Are You Mad / Twenty Cent Cotton, Ninety Cent Meat / Hearding Cattle / Fire On The Mountain / Going Up Sourwood Mountain / That's What I Like About The South / Long Tall Sally / Nine Pound Hammer

1976 LP 12" Ovation OV-1726 (US)

Goin' To The Grand Ole Opry - STRING BEAN - Goin' To The Grand Ole Opry / Cold Creek March / Banjo Convention / Two More Years And I'll Be Free / Little Maggie / John Henry / Short Life And Trouble / The Big 'un Got Away / Ruby, Are You Mad? / Old Cumberland Gap

1990 ? CD Vine Street VSR D110 (US)

Unforgettable Stringbean - Me And My Old Crow (Got A Good Thing Going) / Shake That Little Foot Sally Ann / It's Mighty Dark For Me To Travel / Polly Are You Mad / Twenty Cent Cotton, Ninety Cent Meat / Herding Cattle / Fire On The Mountain / Going Up Sourwood Mountain / That's What I Like About The South / Long Tall Sally / Nine Pound Hammer

1993 CD KING SPECIAL KS-2-476 (US)

Front Porch Funnies - Run Rabbit Run / Good Old Mountain Dew / There'll bB Moonshine In Them Old Kentucky Hills / I'm The Man That Rode The Mule Around The World / How Many Biscuits Can You Eat / Chewing Gum / Goodbye Sweetie Thing / Here Rattler Here

2006 2 CD Gusto GT2-0956-2 (US) Barn Yard Banjo Pickin :
CD 1 : Stringbean And His Banjo / Herding Cattle / Wake Up Little Betty / Polly / Birdie / Don't Bob Your Hair Girls / Forgetting To Forget You / Barn Yard Banjo Pickin / Opry Time In Tennessee / Stringbean's A-Fishin' / Here Rattler Here / Train Special 500 / String's Mountain Dew / Run Rabbit Run / Goodbye Sweet Thing / Pluckin' The Bird
CD 2 : Ida Red / Tennessee Farmer / Pretty Little Widow / John Henry / There'll Be Moonshining In Them Old Kentucky Hills / Hesitation Blues / How Many Biscuits Can You Eat / Bully Of The Town / I'm The Man Who Rode The Mule Around Here / Cripple Creek / Free Little Bird / You Can't Do Wrong And Get By / Little Pink / Little Adobe Shack / Short Life And Trouble

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