DICKENS, HAZEL
(*1935)
DICKENS, HAZEL (b. Montcalm, W. Va., June 1, 1935) Country SINGER/SONGWRITER Hazel Dickens gained great popularity among urban folk-music fans in the early 1970s thanks to her partnership with singer/songwriter ALICE GERRARD. With a distinctive, high-pitched mountain voice reminiscent of great balladeers like AUNT MOLLY JACKSON , Dickens combined elements of traditional balladry, BLUEGRASS, and HONKY-TONK country in her music. Dickens was the eighth of eleven children of an operator of a small…