Although the banjo is considered by some to be a uniquely American musical instrument, the BRC founder has seen and appreciated its cousins in other cultures on distant continents.
In a trio of traditional Thai musicians, he enjoyed the “saw duang” which is a bowed mini banjo with a python skin head, the traditional “taphon” drum, and the “sueng” which has a wooden drum head.
As pictured along the shoreline of the upper Nile River, the BRC founder vocally echoed the tones of the lyre-like tambura to a surprised but pleased Nubian tribesman who responded, “No money,” when offered a tip by the singing American.