Black Roots: Frank Johnson, Joe Thompson and the fiddle in North Carolina
The Documentary Podcast
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The Old Time Fiddle - It's All Lifting
Black fiddlers and black dance collars were a staple of everyday life in the south. As jazz, blues and R&B emerged, old country styles began to seem like the music of a past best forgotten. Phil Jamison: "I really do think it helped African Americans to have an appreciation for their own culture"
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