> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.cascadepbs.org/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Banjo maker Jim Hartel on the African heritage and banjo
- URL: https://www.cascadepbs.org/show/craft-in-america/extras/craft-america-banjo-maker-jim-hartel-african-heritage-and-banjo/
- Published: 2024-04-02T22:52:23.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-28T21:03:12.000Z
- Description: Banjo maker Jim Hartel shows us old banjos and plays the minstrel tune "Jim Along Josie."
- Author: Cascade PBS Staff
- Tags: Craft in America, #ZZZ_Show_c673246a-8c90-499d-980f-62d4618ea1b8, #v1.7, #ZZZ_Extra_fab67e70-cc98-45d5-88c6-b6f7880c6fe0, #extra

Banjo maker Jim Hartel shows us old banjos, derived from instruments made by African slaves, plays the minstrel tune "Jim Along Josie," and tells about turn-of-the-century banjo models and playing styles. Bonus video from the MUSIC episode. PBS premiere November 20, 2015\. Archival Courtesy of Bettmann/Corbis, Library of Congress/Mary Cassatt/Harris & Ewing, H. Armstrong Roberts, Carl Fleischhauer,