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James Dee Crowe was born on August 27, 1937, in Lexington, Kentucky. [1] He began playing the banjo early on and was offered a job with Jimmy Martin's Sunny Mountain Boys, a backup group in 1954. [2] [3] Before starting in Martin's band, Crowe played with Pee Wee Lambert and Curly Parker. [4] Crowe recorded with Martin between 1956 and 1960. [5]
Most of the people featured in the series come from, or live in, the Appalachian region, including the narrator Sissy Spacek.Some of the other people featured include Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Barbara Kingsolver, E. O. Wilson, Nikki Giovanni, Robert Coles, Wilma Dykeman, Charles Hudson, Denise Giardina, Mary Lee Settle, John Ehle, Sharyn McCrumb, and Gurney Norman.
Appalachian Americans, or simply Appalachians, are Americans living in the geocultural area of Appalachia in the eastern United States, or their descendants. [2] [3]While not an official demographic used or recognized by the United States Census Bureau, Appalachian Americans, due to various factors, have developed their own distinct culture within larger social groupings.
Ryan Hall was initially active in 2017 through 2020 making YouTube videos as "RKHTV" involving vaping, helping people switch from traditional cigarettes to the alternative of vaping. Hall, from his vape shop Mountain Vapors in Pikeville, KY reviewed vape products and juices alongside a crew of his friends.
In 1987, 4,810 lumber firms were operating in the region. In the late 1990s, the Appalachian lumber industry was a multibillion-dollar industry, employing 50,000 people in Tennessee, 26,000 in Kentucky, and 12,000 in West Virginia alone. [87] By 1999, 1.4 million acres were extinguished as a result of deforestation by natural resource industries.
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The New South is a bluegrass band formed in 1971 [1] by banjo player J. D. Crowe.Their first two albums, Bluegrass Evolution and the eponymous record known by the album number, "Rounder 0044", established them as a dominant force in bluegrass, though the two albums are wildly different.
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