Frank Proffitt

Frank Proffitt

Frank Proffitt

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Top Songs

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Joshuay
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Shake Hands with Mother Again
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Little White Robe
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Oh, Lord, What a Morning
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Everybody's Got to Be Tried

Albums

  • Essential Folk Masters

    Jan 2011 • 35 songs

  • Memorial Album

    Jan 1968 • 16 songs

  • Frank Proffitt Sings Folk Songs

    Jan 1962 • 14 songs

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Frank Proffitt

Biography

This great North Carolina old-time music artist and clawhammer banjo specialist was the source of the folk chestnut "Tom Dooley" as well as some 50 other traditional songs and banjo numbers. Listeners who cringe at the mention of "Tom Dooley" might want to toss their Kingston Trio discs on the fire and check out the Frank Proffitt version, known as "Tom Dula" in an attempt to spellcheck the evocative accent of the Northwest Carolinian. This artist is clearly in another universe than the ultra-clean folky scene of the '60s revival groups; anyone who has heard Proffitt sing abou...
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