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On today's podcast, we'll bring you the story of the banjo's trip through history.

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It's America that's the star of this show. And now Faith brings us Johnny Bear, executive director

of the Banjo Museum in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma,

as he takes us through the history of the banjo.

The most popular part of the museum visitors' experience tends to relate to things that they can relate to immediately.

Most of our visitors are not banjo players.

So when we can do something that ties the banjo directly to something that they have an already soft spark in their heart for, we've hit a home run.

Some of our exhibits included Steve Martin. Of course, Steve Martin, everyone loves as a comic and an actor

and a playwright and all these things. He's a wonderful superstar, but he's also a great banjo player.

So we have, right now, we have one of the instruments that Steve had donated to our museum.

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