Poster of Dink: A Pre-Blues Musician

Dink: A Pre-Blues Musician

Plot: James “Dink” Roberts (1894–1989) grew up in the “Little Texas” community of Alamance County in piedmont North Carolina and made his living growing tobacco as a tenant farmer. But early in his life he learned the clawhammer banjo style from the older children of an uncle who raised him and from other black banjo players in the community
Release Date: Sunday, August 3 1975
50 years ago
Genres: Documentary
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Portrait of James “Dink” RobertsJames “Dink” Roberts. James “Dink” Roberts was >> in Dink: A Pre-Blues Musician
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Portrait of Cheyney HalesCheyney Hales. Cheyney Hales was >> in Dink: A Pre-Blues Musician as 'Director'
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Portrait of Cece ConwayCece Conway. Cece Conway was >> in Dink: A Pre-Blues Musician as 'Director'
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