Floyd Council
Sign in to saveAmerican blues guitarist and singer (1911-1976)
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- Born
- 1911-09-02
- Died
- 1976-05-09
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Floyd Council (September 2, 1911 – May 9, 1976) was an American blues guitarist, mandolin player, and singer. He became a well-known practitioner of the Piedmont blues sound from that area, popular throughout the southeastern region of the US in the 1930s. Born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States, to Harrie and Lizzie Council, Floyd began his musical career on the streets of Chapel Hill in the 1920s, performing with two brothers, Leo and Thomas Strowd as "The Chapel Hillbillies". <a h
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- Born
- 2 September 1911
- Died
- 9 May 1976
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- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Chapel Hill
- Place of death
- Sanford
- Genre
- blues
- Instrument
- voice
- Record label
- Columbia Records
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1911 births1976 deaths20th-century African-American male singers20th-century American guitarists20th-century American male singers20th-century American singersAfrican-American guitaristsAfrican-American mandolinistsAmerican blues guitaristsAmerican blues mandolinistsAmerican blues singersAmerican male guitarists