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Akeman was Born in Annville, Jackson County, Kentucky. He was taught to play the banjo by his father, James Roy Akemon. Akeman's interest in banjos began when he was a boy, when he made an old shoebox int a makeshift banjo by attaching strings to it. He got his first real banjo when he was 12 years old in exchange for a pair of prize bantam chickens. Akeman began playing at local dances and gained a reputation as a musician, but the income was not enough to live on. He joined the Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps, building roads and planting trees. When he was 16 he won a contest and joined Asa Martin's band. Martin forgot his name and called him String Beans. That is why he is mostly known as Stringbean.

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rdfs:label	Stringbean
rdfs:comment	Akeman was Born in Annville, Jackson County, Kentucky. He was taught to play the banjo by his father, James Roy Akemon. Akeman's interest in banjos began when he was a boy, when he made an old shoebox int a makeshift banjo by attaching strings to it. He got his first real banjo when he was 12 years old in exchange for a pair of prize bantam chickens. Akeman began playing at local dances and gained a reputation as a musician, but the income was not enough to live on. He joined the Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps, building roads and planting trees. When he was 16 he won a contest and joined Asa Martin's band. Martin forgot his name and called him String Beans. That is why he is mostly known as Stringbean.
sameAs	dbr:David_%22Stringbean%22_Akeman
dcterms:subject	Americans Singers Musicians Male People 1916 births Country singers 1973 deaths
abstract	Akeman was Born in Annville, Jackson County, Kentucky. He was taught to play the banjo by his father, James Roy Akemon. Akeman's interest in banjos began when he was a boy, when he made an old shoebox int a makeshift banjo by attaching strings to it. He got his first real banjo when he was 12 years old in exchange for a pair of prize bantam chickens. Akeman began playing at local dances and gained a reputation as a musician, but the income was not enough to live on. He joined the Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps, building roads and planting trees. When he was 16 he won a contest and joined Asa Martin's band. Martin forgot his name and called him String Beans. That is why he is mostly known as Stringbean.

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