Collection, Part B, 1976 July 3-5.

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Collection, Part B, 1976 July 3-5.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27188940

Recordings of the North Carolina Folklife Festival of 1976. Included are recordings of the following African-American performers from North Carolina: blues guitarist Willie Brooks (1908- ) of Chatham County; blues and gospel guitarist Thomas Burt (1900-1987) of Granville County; blues singer Gordon Mangum, Jr., of Franklin County; gospel guitarist the Reverend Rassie Moore of Vance County; contemporary gospel group the Golden Echoes of Granville County; gospel quartet the Bright Moon Singers of Durham County; shape-note choir the New Hope Singing Convention of Chatham County; guitar and banjo player Elizabeth Cotten of Orange County; banjo player Dink Roberts of Alamance County; blues pianist James ("Guitar Slim") Stephens (1915- ) of Guilford County; gospel and blues singers Bill and Hattie Thompson of New Hanover County; and bones player James Borders of Iredell County.

90 sound recordings.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7240923

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Brooks, Willie, 1908-

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New Hope Singing Convention.

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Thompson, Bill, 1913-1971

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Borders, James A.

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Mangum, Gordon.

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Moore, Rassie.

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Guitar Slim, 1915-1989

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North Carolina Folklife Festival (1976 : Durham, N.C.)

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The 1976 North Carolina Folklife Festival, a three-day festival featuring performers from the mountain, piedmont, and coastal regions of North Carolina, was held 3-5 July 1976 at West Point on the Eno in Durham, N.C. From the description of Collection, Part B, 1976 July 3-5. WorldCat record id: 27188940 ...

Thompson, Hattie.

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Roberts, Dink, 1894-1989

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Golden Echoes.

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Burt, Thomas, 1900-1987

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Bright Moon Singers.

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