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Country music may owe its very existence in part to a onelegged AfricanAmerican guitar player named Lesley Riddle. Riddle was born on June 13, 1905, in Burnsville, NC. As a young man he worked in the local cement plant, where an unfortunate accident cost him his right leg at the knee. During his convalescence Riddle learned to play guitar, developing a unique picking technique and a biting slide style. A.P. Carter, patriarch of the Carter Family, met Riddle in Kingsport, TN, in 1928, learning...
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Lesley Riddle Step by Step: Lesley Riddle Meets the Carter Family
Step by Step: Lesley Riddle Meets the Carter Family (1993) - Lesley Riddle
By: Lesley Riddle
Credited Role:Main Performer
Song List: Listen to Songs by Riddle, Lesley Little School Girl, Frisco Blues, Broke and Weary Blues
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Various Artists Classic Mountain Songs / Various
Classic Mountain Songs / Various (2002) - Various Artists
By: Various Artists
Credited Role:Vocals
Song List: Listen to Songs by Classic Mountain Songs / Various Omie Wise, Sugar Baby, I Am A Poor Pilgrim Of Sorrow
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