McMillon, Bobby
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Anglo-American traditional singer, banjo and guitar player, and storyteller from Kings Creek, N.C.
Born in Lenoir, N.C., in 1951, Bobby McMillon has performed professionally since 1978 as a singer, musician, and storyteller in the Appalachian tradition. As a performer, he is best known for his ballad and story renditions about Frankie Silver, to whom he is distantly related. He has also collected interviews with and songs and stories from family members, neighbors, and friends since 1968.
Bobby McMillon was born 20 December 1951 in Lenoir, N.C. He developed an early appreciation for the traditional stories, ballads, and religious songs performed by his grandparents and other older relatives in the southern Appalachian region and started learning them as a child. He has performed professionally since 1978 as a traditional ballad singer, musician, and storyteller. As a performer, he is best known for his ballad and story renditions about Frankie Silver, to whom he is distantly related. He received a North Carolina Folk Heritage Award in 2000. In addition to continuing the tradition with his own performances, McMillon has collected interviews with and songs and stories from family members, neighbors, and friends since 1968 when he earned his first RCA sound recording machine in his late teens.
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Ballads, English
Country musicians
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Folklore
Folk music
Folk songs
Guitar music
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Murder
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Riddles, American
Shape-note singing
Soldiers
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Superstition
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Lenoir (N.C.)
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Caldwell County (N.C.)
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North Carolina
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Appalachian Region, Southern
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