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Comprising the largest category of music in the collection, folk is a mixture of traditional and revival folk music. Florida is proud of its folk music heritage, as well as native troubadours like Gamble Rogers, Will McLean, and Frank and Ann Thomas.

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    Will McLean at the 1985 Florida Folk Festival - T85-39
    Gamble Rogers at the 1991 Florida Folk Festival - T91-56
    Don Grooms at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival - T88-55 - T88-56
    Jeanie Fitchen at the 1988 Florida Folk Festival - T88-15 - T88-16
    Frank and Ann Thomas at the 1987 Florida Folk Festival - T87-37
    Jim Billie at the 2002 Florida Folk Festival - CD02-22

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    Folk Performers:
    • Dale Crider
    • Jeanie Fitchen
    • Stephen Foster
    • Don Grooms
    • Will McLean
    • Jean Ritchie
    • Gamble Rogers
    • Frank & Ann Thomas
    • Tom Walton

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