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Biography
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Benton Flippen
Effective period / Period of releases: 1994
Born in Surry County in 1920.Passed away on June 28, 2011.
Award winning fiddle player, very influential old-time musician. Contemporary of men from Surry County, North Carolina by the names of Fred Cockerham, Tommy Jarrell, Earnest East and Kyle Creed.