Template:Did you know nominations/Andy Boarman

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 17:40, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

Andy Boarman

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• ... that Andy Boarman ran a popular music store and instrument workshop out of his Hedgesville barber shop? Source: "His barbershop in Hedgesville doubled as a music store and instrument repair workshop until the shop closed in 1974." ["Andrew F. Boarman". Goldenseal, Volume 27. State of West Virginia, Department of Commerce, 2001. (pg. 56)]
  • ALT1:... that Andy Boarman's Hedgesville barber shop was a popular hangout for musicians from throughout the Southeastern United States? Source: "Since he opened the shop in 1962, it has been a gathering place for traditional musicians and novices, as well as the center for Andy's instrument repairs. Andy's shop and his playing have attracted a great number of people to his home near Spring Mills in Berkeley County. U.S. Senator Robert Byrd spent one afternoon playing music and chatting with Andy. Earl Scruggs and other professionals have listened to Andy's unique arrangement for tunes such as 'Home Sweet Home'." [Jarvis, Peggy and Dick Kimmel. "Andrew F. Boarman: The Banjo Man from Berkeley County". Mountains of Music: West Virginia Traditional Music from Goldenseal. Ed. John Lilly. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1999. (pg. 109)]
  • ALT2:... that Andy Boarman was one of the oldest living pioneers of the autoharp? Source: "With his eightieth birthday approaching in October, Andy easily qualifies as one of the few remaining pioneers of the autoharp." [Roys, Eileen, ed. (July 1991). "Andy Boarman". Autoharp Clearinghouse.]
  • ALT3:... that Andy Boarman was called the "guru of the 5-string banjo" by Bluegrass Unlimited? Source: "If the folks are intently watching a man playing some classical piece on the 5-string, you've found Andy Boarman, the guru of the 5-string banjo." [Kimmel, Dick (September 1978). "Andrew F. Boarman: The Guru of the 5 String Banjo". Bluegrass. (pg. 20).]
  • ALT4:... that Andy Boarman invented the "Dixie Grand" banjo? Source: "He makes what some banjo pickers say is one of the best banjos in the world. [...] A completed Dixie Grand, Boarman's own trade name, may sell for more than $1,000." [Associated Press (December 15, 1971). "Some Say The Best; Barber In West Virginia Manufactures Top Banjos". Observer–Reporter.]
  • ALT5:... that Andy Boarman is the great-grandson of U.S. Admiral Charles Boarman? Source: "Andy's great-grandfather was Rear Admiral Charles Boarman who served in the Navy for over 60 years." [Jarvis, Peggy and Dick Kimmel. "Andrew F. Boarman: The Banjo Man from Berkeley County". Mountains of Music: West Virginia Traditional Music from Goldenseal. Ed. John Lilly. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1999. (pg. 114)]

• • ALT5:... that Andy Boarman quit his job become a full-time musician in his early-60s (age 63?)? Source: "The animated barber always did play music and work on instruments in between haircuts, but in 1974 he moved the barber chair out and devoted his time exclusively to music." [Jarvis, Peggy and Dick Kimmel. "Andrew F. Boarman: The Banjo Man from Berkeley County". Mountains of Music: West Virginia Traditional Music from Goldenseal. Ed. John Lilly. Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1999. (pg. 109)]

Created by 72.74.202.165 (talk). Self-nominated at 16:57, 4 October 2017 (UTC).

Substantial article that went through AfC, on many good sources, offline sources accepted AGF. Hard choice of lovely hooks, I like the original best, and strike a few (like who wants to know just whose grandson he is?) --Gerda Arendt (talk) 22:14, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

• Hi, I came by to promote the first hook, but while the cite has been placed here on the DYK nomination, it is not placed as an inline cite after the pertinent sentence in the article, which I assume is: In addition to playing music, Boarman also started building, repairing and restoring instruments out of his Hedgesville barbershop. Yoninah (talk) 22:28, 8 October 2017 (UTC)

• I added the citation. 72.74.200.169 (talk) 02:35, 10 October 2017 (UTC)

• Thank you. Offline hook ref AGF and cited inline. Rest of review per Gerda Arendt. ALT0 good to go. Yoninah (talk) 11:08, 10 October 2017 (UTC)