Collection, Part C, 1976.

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Collection, Part C, 1976.

Recordings of the North Carolina Folklife Festival of 1976. Included are recordings of many performers from North Carolina, including the Smathers Family Band of Haywood County; hammered dulcimer player Virgil Craven (1902-1980) of Randolph County; the Fort Creek String Band of Granville County; the Hired Hands, with fiddler Pappy Sherrill (1915- ) and banjo player Snuffy Jenkins, of Rutherford County; the Pine Ridge Boys, with fiddler Earnest East, of Surry County; the Red Clay Ramblers of Orange County; the Smokey Valley Boys with fiddler Benton Flippin of Surry County; the Bluegrass Experience of Chatham County; fiddler Harvey Ellington, harmonica player James Wurley, and hollerer Henry Parson of Sampson County; accordion player Lulu Watson of Chatham County; and dance caller Bill Watson of Vance County.

90 sound recordings.

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Smokey Valley Boys

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Bluegrass Experience.

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Sherrill, Pappy, 1915-2001

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Ellington, Harvey.

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Red Clay Ramblers.

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East, Earnest.

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Watson, Bill, 1950-

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Jenkins, Snuffy, 1908-1990

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Smathers Family Band.

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Flippin, Benton.

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Watson, Lulu.

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Parson, Henry, active 1711-1718

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Craven, Virgil, 1902-1980

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Hired Hands (Musical group)

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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 C, 1976. WorldCat record id: 27188954 ...

Pine Ridge Boys

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Wurley, James.

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Fort Creek String Band.

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