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On This Day In Alabama History: Musician Charlie Stripling Was Born

| August 8, 2019 @ 5:00 am

By Alabama NewsCenter Staff

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.”

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