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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.
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]
Hellier is a digital documentary series directed by Karl Pfeiffer, under the banner of Planet Weird, that aims to explore a string of synchronicities that take place in Hellier, Kentucky. The first season, which consisted of five episodes, was released for free on January 18, 2019, on YouTube and other platforms on a pay-what-you-want model. [1]
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.
Roscoe Holcomb (born Roscoe Halcomb; [1] September 5, 1912 – February 1, 1981) was an American singer, banjo player, and guitarist from Daisy, Kentucky.A prominent figure in Appalachian folk music, [2] Holcomb was the inspiration for the term "high, lonesome sound", coined by folklorist and friend John Cohen.
The Osborne Brothers, The Allen Brothers, The Blue Ridge Mountain Boys, Frank Wakefield (The Kentuckians), Jimmy Martin (The Sunny Mountain Boys), Harley Allen Musical artist Harley Allen (February 12, 1930 – April 3, 1993), better known as Red Allen , was an American bluegrass band leader, singer and guitarist known for his powerful tenor ...
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Molly O'Day and The Cumberland Mountain Folks made their first recordings on December 16, 1946. On these first recordings, Mac Wiseman appeared on bass. [ 3 ] During her first years as a recording artist, Molly O'Day's popularity increased, but she started to have doubts about her life's choice. [ 3 ]