Bobby McMillon collection, 1947-1997.

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Bobby McMillon collection, 1947-1997.

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Recordings of Bobby McMillon in performance, documentary recordings made by McMillon, and materials McMillon collected. Performance materials are from 1978 and 1997 and include the ballad and legend of Frankie Silver. Open-reel recordings made by McMillon, 1968-1995, consist of songs, stories, and talk by the family members and friends who taught him ballads and stories of his Appalachian heritage. There are also recordings of his family's 78-rpm records, which also influenced McMillon's work. Featured in the recordings are Janette Carter, Rolf Ellison, W.T. Ellison, Wade Gilbert, Isaac Hopson (Paw), Lounette Hopson (Granny), Mae Phillips (Maw Maw), Jean Schilling, and Lee Schilling. Materials collected by McMillon include acetate disc recordings of the 50th Hollow Springs annual shape note singing convention held in 1947 at the Hollow Springs Primitive Baptist Church where McMillon's grandfather McMillon served as an Elder. Also included is a song folio called "Cowboy Loye Presents 20 Famous Heart Songs."

56 items.

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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SNAC Resource ID: 8044121

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Ellison, W. T.

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Silver, Frankie

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Schilling, Jean

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cv5h56 (person)

McMillon, Bobby

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6416vj6 (person)

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...

Ellison, Rolf.

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Gilbert, Wade.

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Hopson, Isaac.

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Hopson, Lounette.

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Phillips, Mae, 1912-2006

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Schilling, Lee

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Carter, Janette

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