John Snipes - "Old Rattler (Fox Chase)" [Official Audio]

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John Snipes - "Old Rattler (Fox Chase)" [Official Audio]

Listen to the official audio of John Snipes' "Old Rattler (Fox Chase)" from the 1998 album 'Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia' on Smithsonian Folkways. 'Black Banjo Songsters of North Carolina and Virginia' is available on CD and digital. Stream/download/purchase: Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu/black-banjo-songsters-of-north-carolina-and-virginia/african-american-music-old-time/album/smithsonian Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/0HxTY3aFRGiSubaGmDD0KF?si=bBO7Ff05SvaehTWo4I3yvw The sounds and social history of African American banjo playing—32 superb instrumentals and vocals, recorded between 1974 and 1997. Extensively annotated with performer's life histories, tunings, lyrics, bibliography, and discography. The banjo's gourd ancestors came to the Americas with enslaved Africans, forging the link between West African griots and performers of 20th-century blues and string-band music. Smithsonian Folkways: https://folkways.si.edu Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smithsonianfolkwaysrecordings Twitter: https://twitter.com/Folkways Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smithsonianfolkways The content and comments posted here are subject to the Smithsonian Institution copyright and privacy policy (www.si.edu/copyright). Smithsonian reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any content at any time. ©2008 Smithsonian Institution

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music folk "Woody Guthrie" "Pete Seeger" Smithsonian Folkways old-time non-profit