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The influence of blues/songster music on the hillbilly culture that grew up playing their (already evolving) versions of British Isles traditionals cannot be denied. There was quite a lot of cross-pollination going on there. The banjo was derived from African origins, the guitar from Europe, and the two changed hands and races pretty freely here. Same for the drum and fife music that survived in rural black tradition dating from the time of the American Revolution. Ever heard that Othar Turner's Rising Star Drum and Fife stuff? Pretty great.
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