Because it fit in so well with the traditional fiddle.
He chose it inspired by a horse called 'the banjo'
Ashley banjo's brother name was Jordan banjo
Andrew Barton Paterson is his real name, but at the end of anything he wrote he put "The Banjo" after the his favourite family race horse
Banjo
No. Rudy Lyle, best known as Bill Monroe's banjo picker on "Rawhide"(the Bill Monroe instrumental and nothing to do with the old TV series)played a Gibson banjo. The "Lyle" banjo was a cheap Japanese or Korean or Taiwanese(doesn't matter which) mass-market entry-level banjo. The name of the "Lyle" banjo has nothing to do with Rudy, nor he with it. This type of banjo is made by a diversified industrial corporation and the name can be anything, at the request of the importer/distributor.
Yes Ashley Banjo actually has 13 middle names, they are Ashley Frank Richard Francine Sophia, Arnold, Rachel Jennifer Aniston, Matthew, Lama Sarah Smurf Phil Banjo
Ashley banjo's brother name was Jordan banjo
Ashley Banjo's Girlfriend name is Francessca Abbot
Andrew Barton Paterson adopted the pen name "Banjo" as a symbolic reference to a racehorse named "The Banjo" that was a family favorite. He wanted a unique and memorable pen name for his poetry and literary works.
Andrew Barton Paterson is his real name, but at the end of anything he wrote he put "The Banjo" after the his favourite family race horse
Andrew Barton 'Banjo' Paterson was born at Narambla, near Orange, New South Wales.When he was 7, his family moved to Illalong, near Yass.In the 1870s and 1880s, Paterson lived at Rockend, very close to the Parramatta River in Sydney.
Banjo Paterson changed his name from Andrew Barton Paterson to "Banjo" because he preferred the nickname which was given to him by his family due to his interest in playing the banjo. He became well-known by this name in his literary career as a poet and writer in Australia.
Francessca Abbot
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Banjo
No. Rudy Lyle, best known as Bill Monroe's banjo picker on "Rawhide"(the Bill Monroe instrumental and nothing to do with the old TV series)played a Gibson banjo. The "Lyle" banjo was a cheap Japanese or Korean or Taiwanese(doesn't matter which) mass-market entry-level banjo. The name of the "Lyle" banjo has nothing to do with Rudy, nor he with it. This type of banjo is made by a diversified industrial corporation and the name can be anything, at the request of the importer/distributor.
because that was his name
It was not his nick name. His family just called him that. He used that as his pseudonym "the Banjo" after a famous racehorse that his dad owned.