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| Folklife Festival 2003 > Appalachia> Performers > African American Music |
| african-american music | |||
| John Dee Holeman, Durham, North
Carolina, guitar Melvin Alston, Durham, North Carolina, guitar |
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—John Dee Holeman is a master bluesman and
buck dancer. In 1988 he was awarded a National Heritage Fellowship
from the National Endowment for the Arts. He was also the winner
of a North Carolina Folk Heritage Award in 1994. He is accompanied
by Melvin Alston. |
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| Nat Reese, Princeton, West Virginia, guitar | |||
| —Nat Reese grew up
in the coal fields of West Virginia and began to perform blues and
string band music in the coal fields in the 1930s. He is the 1995
winner of the Vandalia Award, West Virginia's highest folklife honor. www.fiddletunes.com/pages/natr.htm www.wvculture.org/goldenseal/Vandalia2k/natreese.html |
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| James "Sparky" Rucker,
Maryville, Tennessee, guitar Rhonda Rucker, Maryville, Tennessee, harmonica |
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| —Sparky and
Rhonda Rucker are performers and scholars of traditional African-American
music. Sparky Rucker is a folklorist, historian, musician, storyteller,
and author. His performances include music and stories from the history
of African-American traditions. Playing banjo, guitar, and spoons,
he is accompanied by his wife. www.sparkyandrhonda.com |
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| Joe Thompson, Mebane, North
Carolina, fiddle Bob Carlin, Lexington, North Carolina, banjo |
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| The black string band tradition
is quickly disappearing, and there are few players left. One of the
few is Joe Thompson, who along with his late cousin Odell entertained
in North Carolina for many years. He was the winner of a North Carolina
Folk Heritage Award in 1991. He will be accompanied by Bob Carlin
on banjo. www.ncarts.org/directory/jthom_fh.html |
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