Category: American Folk Music
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Call and Response: Railroad Tales of Jacob S. Miller
“Pick it up!” Grandpa Jake chanted, tapping twice on the desk. Dorris stomped her foot, “Lay it down!” They went on like that, his baritone and her alto voice echoing off the walls in the call and response of railroad workers.
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Folklore and Faith: The Legend That Was Reverend JT Barton
In the heart of the Ozark hills, where legends grow like dogwood trees, the story of Reverend JT Barton endures. Born of Cherokee blood and raised along Brushy Creek, JT straddled two worlds—one rooted in the wilderness and the other in faith. With a Bible in one hand and a Winchester rifle in the other,…