STRINGBEAN
(1915–1973)
STRINGBEAN (b. David Akeman, Annville, Ky., June 17, 1915–November 10, 1973) Akeman, a country comedian and BANJO player, followed in the footsteps of his father, a traditional banjo player, when he made his own first instrument at age twelve. He began performing in the Lexington, Kentucky, area, landing a radio job when he was eighteen as a member of Cy Rogers 's Lonesome Pine Fiddlers . Like most country groups at the time, the Fiddlers prominently featured a country-rube comedian as part of…