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  2. The State of Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The State of Massachusetts. " The State of Massachusetts " is a song by American rock band Dropkick Murphys. It was released on February 4, 2008 as the lead single from their sixth studio album, The Meanest of Times. The song is about the effects of drugs on individuals and their families. "The State of Massachusetts" was one of the 100-most ...

  3. All Hail to Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    The Boston Globe. August 17, 1954. p. 24. A patriotic melody which the composer, Arthur J. Marsh of Wellesley, hopes will be considered for this state's official song, was sung Sunday by Jack Leu Jr., of Natick, at the Nantasket Beach bandstand. It was the first time the tune "All Hail to Massachusetts," had been sung in public.

  4. Bill Keith (musician) - Wikipedia

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    Bluegrass artist. Instrument (s) Banjo, steel guitar. Years active. 1960s – 2015. William Bradford "Bill" Keith (December 20, 1939 – October 23, 2015) was a five-string banjoist who made a significant contribution to the stylistic development of the instrument. In the 1960s he introduced a variation on the popular "Scruggs style" of banjo ...

  5. American Banjo Museum - Wikipedia

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    The American Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City is dedicated to the history of the banjo. The museum's exhibits document the rise of the banjo from its arrival in North America via the Atlantic slave trade to modern times. [4] The museum was founded in 1988 in Guthrie, Oklahoma, by Jack Canine and moved to Oklahoma City in 2009.

  6. List of Massachusetts state symbols - Wikipedia

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    Commonwealth of Massachusetts; List of Massachusetts-related topics; List of U.S. state minerals, rocks, stones and gemstones; Lists of United States state insignia; Sacred Cod; Notes. Chapter 162 of the Acts of 1997: An Act Designating the Song "The Great State of Massachusetts" as the State Glee Club Song

  7. Massachusetts - Wikipedia

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    Massachusetts is the sixth-smallest state by land area. With over seven million residents as of 2020, [note 1] it is the most populous state in New England, the 16th-most-populous in the country, and the third-most densely populated, after New Jersey and Rhode Island.

  8. Banjo - Wikipedia

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    The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, in modern forms usually made of plastic, originally of animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashioned by African Americans and had African antecedents.

  9. Banjo music - Wikipedia

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    Banjo music originated informally as a form of African folk music over a hundred years ago probably in the sub-Saharan region. When the Americans forced African slaves to work on the plantations, banjo music followed them, and stayed primarily a form of African folk music, up to the 1800s. It was during this time that the banjo in all ...

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