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From a reel-to-reel recording labeled "Appalachian Folk and Country Music"; the collection features various artists recorded circa mid-1960s by Jack Guy, probably at Guy's Folk Toys, in Beech Creek, North Carolina.

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From a reel-to-reel recording labeled "Appalachian Folk and Country Music"; the collection features various artists recorded circa mid-1960s by Jack Guy, probably at Guy's Folk Toys, in Beech Creek, North Carolina.

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Newspaper advertisement for Reco Lynn, "Mr. Voice of the South," and "Lucky" Leon Davis, "'The Singing Drummer' And His All-Star Band," Club 401, Powderly, Alabama.Birmingham Mirror, March 4, 1961.

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Arlie Watson sings and plays the guitar.

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Arlie Watson sings and plays the banjo.

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Arlie Watson sings and plays the banjo.

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Arlie Watson sings and plays the guitar.

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Arlie Watson sings and plays the guitar.

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Arlie Watson sings and plays the banjo.

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Arlie Watson sings and plays the guitar.

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Arlie Watson sings and plays the guitar.

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Arlie Watson sings and plays guitar; additional vocalists unidentified.

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Arlie Watson sings and plays the banjo.

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Arlie Watson sings and plays the banjo.

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Arlie Watson sings and plays the guitar.

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Arlie Watson performs the Hank Williams song on guitar and vocals.

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Florida musician Barry Sims -- "on vacation doing some dulcimer hunting and also looking for a fretless banjo" -- performs at Jack Guy's store, circa 1960s. "I'd been hearing about Jack Guy's place for quite some time," he explains in his…

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Florida musician Barry Sims -- "on vacation doing some dulcimer hunting and also looking for a fretless banjo" -- performs at Jack Guy's store, circa 1960s. "I'd been hearing about Jack Guy's place for quite some time," he explains in his…

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Performance by the Beaver Dam Trio: Lonnie Ward, Russell Ward, Earl May, and Clay Moody.

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As the folk revival of the 1960s brought outside attention to some of the South's tradition-steeped music communities, a number of visiting musicians made stops at Beech Mountain and in Jack Guy's store. One such artist, Bebe Briant, seems to have…

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