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Texas Gladden

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She started to gain a public audience through singing at the White Top Festival in Smyth County in the mid-1930s, and made some early recordings for the Virginia Folklore Society. In September 1941, along with her brother, musician
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Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014, 1885-96, at
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The Beautiful Music All Around Us: Field Recordings and the American Experience
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with their seven children (she had nine in all); Jim worked as a laborer.
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Liner notes for "Ballad Legacy - Alan Lomax Collection: Portrait" at
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1930 United States Federal Census record for Texas A Gladden, at
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style of singing, which she began to record in the 1930s.
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The Great Folk Discography: Pioneers and Early Legends
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née
American folk singer
Appalachian
ballad
Rich Valley
Smyth County
Virginia
Salem, Virginia
Hobart Smith
musicologist
Alan Lomax
Southern Journey
Anglo-Saxon
Celtic
Barbara Allen
Mary Hamilton
Lord Thomas
Civil War
ghost story
Rounder Records
Roanoke, Virginia
Joan Baez
Joanna Newsom
traditional Appalachian style
Three Little Babes


Virginia Department of Health; Richmond, Virginia; Virginia Deaths, 1912-2014, 1885-96, at Ancestry,com

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