Which old-time banjo player, who recorded for Folkways Records, influenced Fleming Brown?
Fleming Brown Fleming Brown, (December 19, 1926 – 1984), born in Marshall, Missouri. He was a banjo player and one of the early teachers at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music. As an artist, Brown specialized in traditional songs of the Southern Appalachians. He was influenced by old-time banjo players such as Uncle Dave Macon and Dock Boggs. Brown supported himself as a graphic artist and as such never performed widely outside of Chicago.
Ray Brown (musician) Raymond Matthews "Ray" Brown (October 13, 1926 – July 2, 2002) was an African American jazz double bassist and cellist, known for extensive work with Oscar Peterson and Ella Fitzgerald, among others.