On this day in Alabama history: Musician Charlie Stripling was born

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Charlie Stripling, second from right, poses with his brother Ira Stripling, far right, and the Freeman brothers of Pickens County, c. 1927. (From Encyclopedia of Alabama, courtesy of Joyce Cauthen)
Aug. 8, 1896
Charlie Melvin Stripling was born on this day in Pickens County. He acquired a fiddle as a teenager and became Alabama’s most accomplished fiddler who contributed to classic old-time Southern music. He was a member of the band called “The Stripling Brothers,” who are honored in the Country Music Hall of Fame. They created classic songs, especially during World War I and World War II, known as the “golden era of string band music.”
Read more at the Encyclopedia of Alabama.
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