Collection, 1973-1975.

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Collection, 1973-1975.

Recordings of Dink Roberts, African American banjo player, slide guitarist, and singer, of Haw River, N.C., joined by family and friends, playing blues, old-time, and sacred music, with dancing, patting, and information interviews; Sam Pridgen (1910- ), Anglo-American string band guitarist, of Durham, N.C., discussing work in the hosiery mill in Durham, N.C., and his musical career in the 1930s and 1940s with string bands such as the Tobacco Tags and the Swingbillies in North Carolina and Richmond, Va.; and Willy Trice (1910-1976), African American blues singer and guitarist, of Durham County, N.C., performing blues.

12 sound recordings.

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Roberts, Dink, 1894-1989

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Trice, Willy, 1910-1976.

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Pridgen, Sam, 1910-

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Phillips, Bill.

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Poss, Barry.

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Lukas, Victor S.

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