The Shelor Family

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A Distinction Between Musical Motivations — Entertainment or Heritage in Everyday Life?

April 23, 2022 April 23, 2022

BY JOSH BECKWORTH— When considering early country music recordings it is often difficult to discern the impact of the commercial recording industry. After all, most of the songs recorded during the first decade of country …

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The Blackard-Shelor Story: Biography of a Hillbilly String Band

April 19, 2022 April 23, 2022

BY TOM CARTER— Dad Blackard’s Moonshiners, alternatively billed as the Shelor Family, recorded four sides for Victor in 1927. On these recordings Joe Blackard sang the lead and picked the banjo; his daughter Clarice Blackard …

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