Campbell, Bessie

Campbell, BessieCampbell, BessieBessie Campbell (Elizabeth) (* Melbourne, 21 July 1870; † Burwood, Melbourne, 28 Apr. 1964), banjo player. She learned five-string banjo from Joe Daniels in London and Hosea Easton in Sydney. Walter Stent taught her various American styles of finger-picking; she never used a plectrum. She began appearing in charity concerts in 1891, and by 1897 she had been acclaimed as »Australia's greatest lady banjoist«, receiving many offers for concerts large and small, and…