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Founder and bandleader of [[The Merry Blackbirds]] and, with his childhood friend [[Griffiths Motsieloa]], co-founder of a variety group called the [[African Darkies]] in the mid 1920s. [[The Merry Blackbirds]] was the backing band for the variety group. (In the mid-1930s the name of the group was changed to the [[Darktown Strutters]] and finally in 1938 to the [[Pitch Black Follies]].)

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	Founder and bandleader of [[The Merry Blackbirds]] and, with his childhood friend [[Griffiths Motsieloa]], co-founder of a variety group called the [[African Darkies]] in the mid 1920s. [[The Merry Blackbirds]] was the backing band for the variety group. (In the mid-1930s the name of the group was changed to the [[Darktown Strutters]] and finally in 1938 to the [[Pitch Black Follies]].)		Founder and bandleader of [[The Merry Blackbirds]] and, with his childhood friend [[Griffiths Motsieloa]], co-founder of a variety group called the [[African Darkies]] in the mid 1920s. [[The Merry Blackbirds]] was the backing band for the variety group. (In the mid-1930s the name of the group was changed to the [[Darktown Strutters]] and finally in 1938 to the [[Pitch Black Follies]].)

		+	== For more information ==
		+	Interview with Christopher Ballantine published in ''South African Music Studies'' 34-35(1):229-261 ; 2015.
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Miriamt at 15:01, 28 September 2019

Gaerin: Created page with "Founder and bandleader of The Merry Blackbirds and, with his childhood friend Griffiths Motsieloa, co-founder of a variety group called the African Darkies in the mi..."