Another great video from the TED Talks conferences. There is such a great history of truly American music that is in danger of being lost to the sands of time. Thank you TED for keeping this alive!

In this video folk musician and storyteller David Holt plays the banjo and shares photographs and old wisdom from the Appalachian Mountains. He also demonstrates some unusual instruments like the mouth bow — and a surprising electric drum kit he calls “thunderwear.”