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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]].) | ||
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| + | Interview with Christopher Ballantine published in ''South African Music Studies'' 34-35(1):229-261 ; 2015. | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:01, 28 September 2019
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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Interview with Christopher Ballantine published in South African Music Studies 34-35(1):229-261 ; 2015.
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