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28770
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David McKnight is an influential musician and former journalist also known as the Franklin Street Fiddler, the Mayor of Ninth Street, or Hillsborough Street’s Handel. McKnight was recently diagnosed with an inoperable brain tumor, giving him little time to live. This week musicians gathered in Durham to pay tribute to McKnight.
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Indy Week (NoCar Oversize AP 2 .I57), Vol. 34 Issue 1, Jan 2017, p10-13, il, por Periodical Website
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39668
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Alan Jabbour was a folklorist and musician who contributed greatly to the world of folkloristic studies from when he started up to his death.
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22078
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Markovich recounts some events in the lifelong friendship between Russell Palmer and Charlie Daniels which dates back to the early 1950s in the town of Gulf.
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Our State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 81 Issue 12, May 2014, p24, 26-27, il Periodical Website
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13812
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Fiddlers and fiddling have been an integral part of the American South for three centuries. North Carolina is home to many fiddling festivals each year. Litchfield features three of them - Shakori Hills, Mount Airy, and Union Grove, the granddaddy of them all.
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35889
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Ernest East was a traditional fiddler and string band leader who kept alive old-time music.
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35813
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Growing up between Cherokee and Anglo cultures, Manco Sneed learned to play the fiddle at a young age, and became well known for his music playing. Three transcriptions of his tunes are included.
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35942
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The grave of Hezekiah Quidley proved his earthly life was over. Reports about mysterious sounds in the woods suggested his love for fiddle playing lived on. Stories about a woman appearing to her former boyfriend after her death also proved things going bump in the night were sometimes restless spirits.
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Sea Chest (NoCar F 262 D2 S42), Vol. 1 Issue 3, Spring 1974, p44-47