The Back Porch Majority
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The Back Porch Majority was a 1960s American folk music group formed as a sort of "training ground" or spin-off for members of the popular folk ensemble The New Christy Minstrels.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | As subject | As object |
|---|---|---|
| Randy Sparks | 3 | 0 |
Statements (24)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American folk music group
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American musician → musical ensemble → |
| activeInDecade | 1960s → |
| associatedAct |
The Back Porch Majority
self-linksurface differs
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The New Christy Minstrels NERFINISHED → The New Christy Minstrels NERFINISHED → |
| basedIn |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| describedAs |
spin-off of The New Christy Minstrels
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training ground for The New Christy Minstrels → |
| era | post-1950 popular music → |
| formedAs | offshoot of The New Christy Minstrels → |
| genre | folk music → |
| hasCharacteristic |
folk repertoire
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group vocals → |
| hasNotableMember | Randy Sparks → |
| hasStyle |
acoustic instrumentation
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vocal harmony → |
| hasType |
folk ensemble
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vocal group → |
| notableFor | developing performers for The New Christy Minstrels → |
| partOfMovement | 1960s American folk revival → |
| primaryLanguage | English → |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Randy Sparks