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First and foremost, allow me to brush up your knowledge about an uncommon musical instrument, the banjolele. It is a fusion of the banjo and ukulele and was popular in the era of the ’20s and ’30s. Though in this day and age such ancient string musical instruments are passé, a gilded bajolele has surfaced to revive its recognition. Strummed by the late George Formby, the gold-plated Dallas E banjolele was estimated to go under the hammer for up to £35,000 back in June this year. Later owned by Beatle George Harrison (read Harrison and not Formby), this blinged instrument will be out in the open to honor the former Beatle at Liverpool’s Beatles Story scheduled this month. Bought by a collector at the auction, it was then donated to the Beatles Story. This generous donor intends to bring it to the limelight out of respect for George Harrison and his fans.
Gold plated banjolele surfaces to honor former Beatles guitarist
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Hello Deepa,
As a musician, I found this article interesting. If you want to hear the banjolele, it’s played at the and of the last DVD in the 5 DVD boxed set of the Story of the Beatles (excellent for those who want to know a little about the Beatles). The last scene is in black-and-white, featuring a guy performing on stage. It represents George Harrison’s father, who played the instrument during his short career as a music-hall type musician.
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Hello Deepa,
Beatle George Harrison’s father (or was it John Lennon’s, I’m not sure) played this instrument, and you can hear it at the end of the 5DVD boxed st ”The Story of The Beatles”; (The scene, filmed in B/W, represents Harrison’s (or Lennon’s) father, a music-hall performer).
Interesting history this unusual instrument has. Had read that George Harrison, who had bought it wanted to gift it back to the Formby family, but they instead bought it from him.
The donor has a big heart indeed.
Hey Micheal, nice to know that you are interested in such posts. Thanks for letting us know about where can we precisely hear the banjolele. You seem to know a lot about it :)