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- ↑ Prozzillo Byers, Judy (November 12, 2010). "West Virginia Folklore Society". e-Wv - The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
- ↑ Musical Traditions
- ↑ Crawford, pg. 604
- ↑ Tribe, pgs. 9-10
- Crawford, Richard (2001). America's Musical Life: A History . W. W. Norton & Company. ISBN 0-393-04810-1.
- Ivan M. Tribe (1984). Mountaineer Jamboree: Country Music in West Virginia . University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813115146.
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