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Country music -- Virginia -- Richmond.

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Curley Collins Collection

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Identifier: BCA 0119 SAA 119
Abstract Ruel Culbertson (Curley) Collins (1915-1986) played the fiddle, guitar, and banjo in country and western bands of the 1930s-1980s. Born near the Boyd County seat town of Catlettsburg in northeastern Kentucky, Curley Collins grew up hearing the music of his father, Neal, on banjo and his mother, Maggie, on the pump organ at church. He also was listening to country music on records, nearby radio stations, and major network programs such as the National Barn Dance and the Grand Ole Opry. He...
Dates: translation missing: en.enumerations.date_label.created: 1928-2002