Stringbean
- Description
- Nationally known by the 1950s, "Stringbean" David Akeman (1915-1973) was a country comedian and exceptional banjo player. He is credited with reviving interest in the banjo in bluegrass and country music. He made his first banjo from a shoebox and string, and later went on to play with Bill Monroe's Band. Uncle Dave Macon mentioned Stringbean in classic jokes and traditional tunes, and was among the first Opry members to join the cast of Hee Haw. Publicity photographs in the background of this picture include Jean Shepherd, Wilma Lee and Stoney Cooper, Stringbean himself, Bobby Lord, Bill Anderson, Flatt and Scruggs, the Browns, and the Four Guys.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- photograph
- negative
- 1972
- print
- 2003
- maker
- Horenstein, Henry
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 11 in x 14 in; 27.94 cm x 35.56 cm
- Place Made
- United States: Tennessee, Nashville-Davidson, Grand Ole Opry
- ID Number
- 2003.0169.031
- accession number
- 2003.0169
- catalog number
- 2003.0169.031
- subject
- Photography
- Art
- Music & Musical Instruments
- Popular Entertainment
- Family & Social Life
- Cultures & Communities
- See more items in
- Culture and the Arts: Photographic History
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center
- Credit Line
- Horenstein, Henry
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