Folklife section collection, 1979.

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Folklife section collection, 1979.

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Interview with Thomas Burt (1900-1987) of Creedmoor, N.C., blues musician, specializing in reels, spirituals, and blues. The interview is about Burt's blues guitar playing, about ragtime, spirituals, and hymns. Burt also discusses buckdancing and the dances, corn shuckings, and ice cream suppers at which he used to play. In addition, he talks about his family members and their music making, and some of the musicians with whom he played in the Durham area.

2 sound recordings.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7240954

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Hinson, Glenn

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Anthropology professor Glenn Hinson of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has focused this research on the music, language, and belief systems of African American communities. From the description of Glenn Hinson collection of gospel music posters, 1984-2004. WorldCat record id: 244305692 ...

Burt, Thomas, 1900-1987

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