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The first string bands that I came in contact with were just local bands in the hills around LaFollette. And they were made up of fellas who even worked in the mine. Dell Cole worked at the Blast Furnace. Most of the string bands composed just whatever came to hand. They had mandolin, fiddles, guitar. Once in awhile, you would see a sax player. They didn't feel that they belonged in a string band. Black musicians play so many things, stove pipe, cue sticks, broom handles, jugs. I mean, could really blow a jug
The first string bands that I came in contact with were just local bands in the hills around LaFollette. And they were made up of fellas who even worked in the mine. Dell Cole worked at the Blast Furnace. Most of the string bands composed just whatever came to hand. They had mandolin, fiddles, guitar. Once in awhile, you would see a sax player. They didn't feel that they belonged in a string band. Black musicians play so many things, stove pipe, cue sticks, broom handles, jugs. I mean, could really blow a jug
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Well the first string bands that I uh came in contact with
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Were just local bands in the hills around LaFollette
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They were made up of fellas who even worked in the mine dug coal worked at the blast furnace
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Most of the string bands composed of just whatever came to hand
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They had mandolin fiddles guitar
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Once in a while you would see a sax
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But they didn't figure that they belonged in a string band
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Black musicians played so many things
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Movie 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.
