The following may or may not be true, but it's what I've always heard: Uncle Dave Macon left one of his banjos to Dave Akeman, aka Stringbean. Stringbean had told Grandpa (Louis M. Jones) that one of his banjos would go to Grandpa eventually. When String was murdered, the banjo, standing behind an open door, was overlooked by the criminals and it ended up with Grandpa. When Grandpa passed away, did his banjos go to his banjo-playing son, Mark? If not, who got his banjos, and where is the Uncle Dave banjo now? And what kind of banjo is it?
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