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Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band

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Genres
  
String band

Labels
  
Genre
  
String band

Years active
  
1920s-1930s

Record label
  
RCA Records

Past members
  
Henry Hall (1877-1941)Harold Hall (1901-1986)Clarence Hall (1908-1975)

Members
  
Henry Hall, Harold Hall, Clarence Hall

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Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band was a Choctaw Indian string band from Oklahoma, United States. The band was composed of members of the Hall family—Henry, father, on vocals and fiddle; and sons Clarence on guitar and Harold on banjo. They played from Wichita, Kansas.

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H. C. Speir, a music promoter from Jackson, Mississippi, heard them playing at the Choctaw Indian Fair in Philadelphia, Mississippi. He got them a recording contract with RCA Victor, who recorded a number of songs in Dallas, October 14, 1929.

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Discography

Original recording date October 14, 1929, Dallas.

References

Big Chief Henry's Indian String Band Wikipedia