Horton Barker
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Horton Barker
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Horton Barker was an Appalachian traditional singer. Barker was born in Laurel Bloomery, Tennessee, USA. Blind nearly all his life, Barker learned his unusually wide repertoire at the School for the Deaf and Blind in Staunton, Virginia, as well as at folk festivals in Whitetop, Virginia. Barker's pure-toned tenor voice earned him a bare living around the region but also brought him to the attention of folklorist Alan Lomax, who recorded Barker in 1937, and later folksinger, folksong collector, a
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American traditional and gospel singer
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2023-08-05T14:51:40Z
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