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- ↑ "Washboard Rhythm Kings Biography at allmusic
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1381602/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1, retrieved 12 April 2021 [ user-generated source ]
- Brian Rust (Malcolm Shaw, editor), Jazz and Ragtime Records 1897 - 1942, Mainspring Press, 2002: "Alabama Washboard Stompers", p. 6; "Georgia Washboard Stompers", pp. 609–610; "Washboard Rhythm Kings", pp. 1783–1787.
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