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.

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Randy Sparks 3 0

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American folk music group
American musician
musical ensemble
activeInDecade 1960s
associatedAct The Back Porch Majority self-linksurface differs
The New Christy Minstrels NERFINISHED
The New Christy Minstrels NERFINISHED
basedIn United States of America
surface form: United States
country United States of America
surface form: United States
describedAs spin-off of The New Christy Minstrels
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
group vocals
hasNotableMember Randy Sparks
hasStyle acoustic instrumentation
vocal harmony
hasType folk ensemble
vocal group
notableFor developing performers for The New Christy Minstrels
partOfMovement 1960s American folk revival
primaryLanguage English

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The Back Porch Majority associatedAct The Back Porch Majority self-linksurface differs
subject surface form: Randy Sparks
The New Christy Minstrels hasPart The Back Porch Majority