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| | The Swannanoa Gathering- Old-Time Week Staff Pg.3 |
 | | From his father’s family in Cocke County, Tennessee, he learned Primitive Baptist hymns and traditional stories and ballads. |
 | | Growing up in Caldwell County, he went to school with relatives of Tom Dula, learned their family stories, and heard ballads, gospel songs, and Carter Family recordings. |
 | | He has performed at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival, the A. Carter Memorial Festival, and the National Storytelling Festival, and his ballad singing was featured in the film, Songcatcher. |
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