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dbpedia:Frank_Proffitt

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Frank Noah Proffitt (June 1, 1913 – November 24, 1965) was an Appalachian old time banjoist who helped popularize the song "Tom Dooley" and was a key figure in inspiring musicians of the 1960s and 1970s to play the banjo.He was born in Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee and was raised in the Reese area of Watauga County, North Carolina where he worked in a variety of jobs and lived on a farm with his wife and six children. He grew tobacco, worked as a carpenter and in a spark plug factory.

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Proffitt, Frank Frank Proffitt

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American musician

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Frank Noah Proffitt

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1960-01-01Z

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1930-01-01Z

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solo_singer

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1913-06-01Z

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dbpedia:United_States dbpedia:Tennessee n4:_Tennessee

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1913-01-01Z

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1965-11-24Z

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1965-01-01Z

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dbpedia:Folk_music

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dbpedia:North_Carolina n8:_North_Carolina

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dbpedia:Guitar dbpedia:Banjo dbpedia:Appalachian_dulcimer

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dbpedia:Farmer

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dbpedia:Folkways_Records dbpedia:Folk-Legacy_Records