> Has anybody ever heard of a record of my grandfather playing banjo?
>
> name George Herbert Howard
>
> Possibly accompanied by a man called Oliver - or Ollie - Oakley.
>
> Commercial recording made about 1920, give or take a few years. Perhaps earlier?
>
> Probably classical music or drawing room stuff - not jazz, etc (as far as we know).
>
> Grateful thanks to anybody who can locate this.

*exhausted*

Silly search engines.

It found Ollie all right... without George.

The only George Howard I was able to locate was a jazz musician in the '90s.

Jeeves directed me to George Herbert and Ron Howard.

LookSmart won't let me refine the search by era.

Perhaps Amazon has something. I'll check back.

Nyperold