
One of the last links to the prewar African-American string band tradition, banjo player Odell Thompson was born on August 9, 1911, the son of John Arch Thompson, who was also a pretty fair banjo player. Thompson was raised in the northeastern part of Orange County in North Carolina, and when he began playing banjo, he absorbed his father's traditional repertoire, and was soon playing in string bands for square dances and frolics with his cousin, fiddler Joe Thompson (December 9, 1918 - February 20, 2012).
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old corn liquor
john henry
Georgia Buck
Love Somebody (Soldier's Joy)
little brown jug
Pumpkin Pie
georgie buck
Light in the Valley [live]
John Henry - Joe and Odell Thompson
Love Somebody (Soldier's Joy) - Joe and Odell Thompson
Old Corn Liquor - Joe and Odell Thompson
Little Brown Jug - Joe and Odell Thompson
Love Somebody
Rya's House
Black Eyed Daisy
Georgia Buck - Joe and Odell Thompson
Going Down the Road Feeling Bad
Molly Put the Kettle On
Old Joe Clark
John Henry [256k-a]
Donna Got a Ramblin' Mind
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