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<p>New page: &#039;&#039;&#039;William Marshall&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;Howard Hall&#039;&#039;&#039;.  When I went to find the banjo-player Calvin Cole I knocked at a house for directions.  Seeing a banjo case in the hallway I asked t...</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>&#039;&#039;&#039;William Marshall&#039;&#039;&#039; and &#039;&#039;&#039;Howard Hall&#039;&#039;&#039;.&amp;nbsp; When I went to find the banjo-player Calvin Cole I knocked at a house for directions.&amp;nbsp; Seeing a banjo case in the hallway I asked the man who had answered the door if he played.&amp;nbsp; This was Howard Hall.&amp;nbsp; It turned out that his house was opposite Calvin Cole’s home and, having taken me to meet Calvin, he later said that I should meet William Marshall.&amp;nbsp; Although aged well over seventy, William still worked on his farm and was feeding his chickens as we walked up to his house.&amp;nbsp; William and Howard represent the older fiddle and banjo duets that were once popular in the Galax/Hillsville area before the arrival of the full string bands.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> &#039;&#039;Part of the booklet notes, written by Mike Yates, to the Musical Traditions Records CDs Far in the Mountains (MTCD321-4)&#039;&#039;</div>

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