Mandolin-banjo became more popular. In the heyday of mandolin orchestras and banjo bands (late 19th–early 20th century), all sorts of instruments were produced. The mandolin-banjo is one of the hybrids that resulted. It enabled mandolinists to produce a banjo sound without having to learn that instrument's fingerings. The instrument adds the banjo's volume to the mandolin. The banjolin is different from the banjo-mandolin in the number of strings that it has. Banjolins today are supposed to have four strings instead of 8 strings (in courses or pairs). However, that distinction is not universal; the "banjolin" name was patented in 1885 by
How Does Your Garden Grow? the Spanish surrealist painter Salvador Dalí, with lyrical reference to another painting — Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" — as well as New Orleans' Cabrini High School. Following the release of "How Does Your Garden Grow?", Elektra dropped the band. In 2013 the album was mixed into 5.1 surround sound from the original multitracks and released on DVD-Audio. How Does Your Garden Grow? How Does Your Garden Grow? is a 1998 album by American alternative rock trio Better Than Ezra. It was the band's fourth album, and their second with drummer Travis Aaron McNabb. It was released on August 25,