| LC control no. | no 99052570 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Harvey, Roy |
| See also | Alternate identity: Harper, Roy, 1892-1958 Corporate body: West Virginia Ramblers |
| Associated country | United States |
| Located | Beckley (W. Va.) |
| Birth date | 1892-03-24 |
| Death date | 1958-07-11 |
| Affiliation | North Carolina Ramblers |
| Profession or occupation | Musicians |
| Found in | Old-time mountain guitar [SR] 1972: container (Roy Harvey, guitar) The Johnson City sessions 1928-1929, 2013: book pages 51-52 (Roy Harvey; born Mar. 24, 1892, Monroe County, W. Va.; later moved to Mercer County; had been associated with Columbia Records and Frank Walker since 1926, when he joined Charlie Poole's North Carolina Ramblers; worked for the railroad until a strike in 1923; guitarist and singer; lived in Beckley, W. Va.; recorded with Earl Shirkey in 1928, lightly disguised as "Roy Harper") AllMusic WWW site, Oct. 26, 2018 (Roy Harvey; also known as: Roy Cecil Harvey, Roy Harper; born March 24, 1892 in Monroe County, W. Va., died July 11, 1958; Railroad engineer, fingerstyle guitarist, singer, and session organizer; occupies a special place in the history of Appalachian string band music for his close involvement with Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers; 1931 would be his final year of recording activity: sixteen sides cut for Gennett in early June found him working with a group billed as the West Virginia Ramblers) <https://www.allmusic.com/artist/roy-harvey-mn0000347727> |
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