Algia mae hinton biography of albert
Algia Mae Hinton
Musical artist
Algia Mae Hinton (née O'Neal; August 29, &#; February 8, ) was an American Piedmont blues guitarist and vocalist,[1] based in Johnston County, North Carolina, United States.
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She was the youngest child of Alexander and Ollie O'Neal and grew up in an area known as the O'Neal Tri-Township, named after the slave-holders who originally owned the land.[2] Her father had been a tenant farmer and eventually earned enough to buy a home and some land in the township.[2] At age nine, Algia Mae learned the guitar from her mother, who was a singer and a guitarist expert in the Piedmont finger-picking style, and who often played at family gatherings, house parties, and services at the local congregation.[2][3] From her father, who was a dancer, Algia Mae learned buck dancing and the two-step.[4]
Algia Mae married Millard R.
Hinton in They subsequently moved to Raleigh, where they had seven children. The marriage lasted until , when Millard Hinton was killed. At this point, Algia Mae moved with her children back to the O'Neal township and earned income as a field laborer. In the meantime, she played at house parties in Johnston County, North Carolina and for her children.[4]
Hinton met the folklorist Glenn Hinson in , who arranged for her performance at that year's North Carolina Folklife Festival.[5] She subsequently performed at the National Folk Festival, the University of Chicago Folk Festival, and in at an event called "Southern Roots" at Carnegie Hall that featured Delta and Piedmont blues artists.'[6] In , she made her only trip to Europe performing for the Blues Al Femminile series in Turin, Italy.
She became known for her guitar playing and her buck dancing, often playing her guitar behind her head as she danced.[7] In , she demonstrated these skills in the Mike Seeger produced film Talking Feet; Solo Southern Dance - Flatfoot, Buck and Tap released by filmmaker Les Blanks in
Hinton received a North Carolina Folk Heritage Award from the North Carolina Arts Council in [8] She was a beneficiary of the Music Maker Relief Foundation, who also released her release, Honey Babe.[9] She died on February 8, , at home in Middlesex, North Carolina.[10]
Discography
- Eight Hands and Holy Steps; Early Dance Tunes and Songs Of Praise from North Carolina's Black Tradition: (LP compilation) featured performer - North Carolina Museum of History,
- Piedmont Folk Traditions: Audio Arts , 7" extended play.
- Honey Babe; Blues, Folk Tunes and Gospel from North Carolina: Hin-Tone , CD.
- Honey Babe: Music Maker Series –2, CD.
References
- ^"Dom Flemons - Biography & History".
AllMusic.
Algia mae hinton biography of albert Step it up and go: Blues in the Carolinas, [Streaming]. Longleaf Records The Chronicle. Black Heritage Tour underway.Retrieved 20 February
- ^ abcGarry Warren Barrow, Serving the Lord and the Devil, Too: The Folksongs and Narratives of Algia Mae Hinton (M.A. Thesis, UNC-Chapel Hill, Department of Folklore, ).
- ^Music Makers: Portraits and Songs from the Roots of America, ed.
Timothy Duffy (Athens, GA: Hill Street Press, ), p ISBN&#;
- ^ abBarrow, Serving the Lord and the Devil, Too.
- ^"Algia Mae Hinton". . Retrieved
- ^Jon Pareles, "Rural South's Rich Culture Is Explored in Concerts," The New York Times, 18 January , C
- ^Ben Ratliff, "The Sounds of Ageless Loneliness," The New York Times, 7 November , E
- ^"N.C.
Arts Council - Artist Page".
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- ^"Algia Mae Hinton - Music Maker Relief Foundation". . Retrieved
- ^David Menconi, "Algia Mae Hinton, one of the last surviving Piedmont blues greats, has died", The News Observer, February 8,