I organized a little string band. I played the fiddle and my brother Rowland played...
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Howard Armstrong:
I organized a little string band. I played the fiddle and my brother Rowland played homemade bass my Dad made out of a goods box. My brother Ellsie played the guitar and Ephraim, the baby boy, six years old, he played the banjolele or ukulele. My band played all the same kinds of jobs as other black string bands did in those days. We would play for outings, picnics, fish fries. Our biggest plays were done for the elite of white people, you know, the upper crust, as we used to say.
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And my brother Roland played a homemade bass my dad made out of a goods box
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My brother L C Played the guitar
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And F L the baby boy six years old
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He played the banjolele or ukulele
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My band played all the same kinds of jobs as other black string bands did in those days
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We would play for outings picnics fish fries
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Our biggest plays were done for the elite of White people you know
Clip duration: 36 seconds
Views: 103
Timestamp in movie: 00h 19m 31s
Uploaded: 05 April, 2022
Genres: documentary, music
Summary: About the obscure country-blues musician and idiosyncratic visual artist Howard "Louie Bluie" Armstrong, member of the last known black string band in America.
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