Carolina Quotes
They felt like that old music, those old songs, that old fiddle-, banjo-playing music was directly linked somehow to that extreme poverty that they suffered as children and young adults. Mama told me one time that they threw their culture away with both hands because they associated it with that poverty
Sheila Kay Adams Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Interview with Josephine Reed on her front porch in Madison County, Art Works podcast, National Endowment for the Arts, September 6, 2013
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“They felt like that old music, those old songs, that old fid…” Sheila Kay Adams. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-9B28885973. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/9b28885973
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