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Floyd "Dipper Boy" Council
Floyd Council was born in Chapel Hill in 1911 and in the 1920s performed on the town's streets with two brothers as the Chapel Hillbillies. He later busked with Blind Boy Fuller and played guitar on a number of Fuller's recordings, credited as "Dipper Boy" Council.
Source: Our State: Walls of Fame: 17 Musical Murals
1911–1976 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗
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- Floyd Council and two brothers play Chapel Hill's streets as the Chapel Hillbillies Chapel Hill-born blues guitarist and singer Floyd Council began performing in the 1920s with two brothers on the streets of the town, under the name the Chapel Hillbillies.Search the index · Our State: Walls of Fame: 17 Musical Murals
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