Collection, 1984-1985.

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Collection, 1984-1985.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/27190452

Collection of interviews and recorded performances including an interview with Bobby McMillon, Anglo-American singer and storyteller, of Lenoir, N.C., about his traditional music and storytelling; an interview with Virginia Sykes Perry, Anglo-American of Orange County, N.C., about the folk house (I-house) she grew up in; a recording of Lauchlin Shaw, Anglo-American old-time fiddler, of Harnett County, N.C., playing old-time fiddle with an accompanying string band for the radio broadcast-CCTV Folklife Radio Series; a recording of a live concert of Frank Proffitt, Jr., Anglo-American singer and musician, of Morganton, N.C., playing old- time music on the banjo and dulcimer and singing; and interviews with Proffitt about his musicianship.

14 sound recordings.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 7241089

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Shaw, Lauchlin, 1912-2000

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Lauchlin Nordan Shaw, a third-generation farmer from Anderson Creek Township, Harnett County, N.C., taught himself how to play his father's fiddle when he was ten years old. Shaw traveled and recorded extensively, often with A.C. Overton, his musical partner for 50 years. He was repeatedly honored for his traditional fiddling style and promotion of old-time music. From the description of Lauchlin Shaw collection, 1968-2000. WorldCat record id: 55484071 Lauchlin ...

Kenkel, Kenneth Russell.

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Perry, Virginia Sykes.

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Proffitt, Frank, Jr., 1946-2005

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McMillon, Bobby

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Anglo-American traditional singer, banjo and guitar player, and storyteller from Kings Creek, N.C. From the description of Collection, 1978. WorldCat record id: 27043504 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 intervie...