1. Charles Cleveland Poole was an American old-time musician and leader of the North Carolina Ramblers, a string band that recorded many popular hillbilly songs between 1925 and 1930.
16 Facts About Charlie Poole
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Charlie Poole has been regarded as a pioneer of country, bluegrass and folk music.
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Charlie Poole was born near the mill town of Franklinville, North Carolina.
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Charlie Poole was the son of John Philip Poole and Elizabeth Johnson.
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Charlie Poole played baseball, and his three-fingered technique was the result of an accident.
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Charlie Poole bought his first banjo, an Orpheum No 3 Special, with profits from making moonshine.
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Charlie Poole later appeared in the 1929 Gibson Company catalog to promote their banjo.
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Charlie Poole spent much of his adult life working in textile mills.
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Charlie Poole composed few of his recordings, mostly covering old folk songs.
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Charlie Poole is considered a primary source for old-time music revivalists and aficionados.
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Charlie Poole developed a unique fingerpicking style, a blend of melody, arpeggio, and rhythm.
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Charlie Poole had been invited to Hollywood to play background music for a film, but died before this could happen in May 1931.
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Charlie Poole's cause of death was a heart attack due to alcohol poisoning.
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Charlie Poole's recordings have appeared on numerous compilations of old-time music.
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Charlie Poole is, in fact, one of the great musicians of the century.
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Kinney Rorer penned a biography of Charlie Poole, entitled Ramblin' Blues: The Life and Songs of Charlie Poole in 1982.