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Floyd Council
Background information
Also known as
Dipper Boy Council
Born
(1911-09-02)September 2, 1911 Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
Died
May 9, 1976(1976-05-09) (aged 64) Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.
Genres
Piedmont blues
country blues
Instrument(s)
Guitar, mandolin, vocals
Years active
1920s–late 1960s
Musical artist
Floyd Council (September 2, 1911 – May 9, 1976)[1] was an American blues guitarist, mandolin player, and singer. He was a practitioner of the Piedmont blues, which was popular in the southeastern United States in the 1920s and 1930s. He was sometimes credited as Dipper Boy Council and promoted as "The Devil's Daddy-in-Law".[1]
^ abEagle, Bob; LeBlanc, Eric S. (2013). Blues: A Regional Experience. Santa Barbara, California: Praeger. p. 280. ISBN 978-0313344237.
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