POOLE, CHARLIE
(1892–1931)
POOLE, CHARLIE (b. Charles Cleveland P., Randolph County, N.C., March 22, 1892–May 21, 1931) Influential North Carolina banjoist/vocalist/band leader, Poole had a short, but extremely prolific, career as a recording artist. He is the Buster Keaton of traditional music; he even looked like Buster, with a large, flat face and protruding ears. If Buster Keaton had sung, he would undoubtedly have sounded like Charlie Poole , whose slightly droll, but deadpan, vocal style is immediately…