Radford University Banjo Masters Oral History Project: Jens Kruger- Part 2
- Categories
- Audio Visual Collections > Banjo Masters
- Subject
- Banjo
- Oral history
- Creator
- Bennett, Bud
- Kruger, Jens
- Type
- video
- Coverage - Temporal
- 2013-2015
- Identifier
- Jens Kruger Part 2-HD.mp4
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Archives & Special Collections. McConnell Library. Radford University.
- Description
- Part 2 of the interview starts when Jens and his wife come to America and end up meeting and being befriended by Bill Monroe. The couple stay on Monroe's farm and Jens gets to play at the Grand Ole Opry, do farm work with Monroe and is pretty much treated like a member of Bill's family. When they returned to Switzerland after that, Jens set out to learn all he could about the banjo and it's role in music and eventually decided to move to America for good. He discussed his friendship with Doc Watson and deciding to settle in North Wilkesboro, North Carolina which is where this interview took place. A high definition version of this video is available from the Archives and Special Collections video collection on Vimeo- https://vimeo.com/128894341
- Rights
- The video is available for free personal, non-commercial, and educational use, provided that proper citation is used (e.g. Radford University Banjo Masters Oral History Project, McConnell Library, Radford University, Radford, VA). Any commercial use of the materials, without the written permission of Radford University, is strictly prohibited. Please refer to the McConnell Library Archives and Special Collections website for more information.
