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The Lineup: 1960

This motley crew includes two of my uncles on the far right. The photo was taken by my father about 1960 in Leatherwood, Tennessee, in Hickman County. View full size.

This motley crew includes two of my uncles on the far right. The photo was taken by my father about 1960 in Leatherwood, Tennessee, in Hickman County. View full size.

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Their actual names

I don't know the name of the man on the far left or the characters on the porch but the rest are Ward Fly, Ab Johnson, Benny King and Wilburn King. The photographer was my father, Marvin King.

The pic is from one of my father's many slides.

The store burned down in the 70's I think.

Update: The man on the left is Sambo Cayce.

In Living Color

I love the subdued tones of this picture instead of the saturated reds and circus yellows of so much postwar color film. This looks like a motion picture art director chose the grays to give the feeling of ordinary daily life.

Hillbilly Roots

This could just as easily be a photo of my uncles and cousins from very southwestern Virginia, taken in 1960 or yesterday.

I'm Thinkin' ...

Rhythm guitar, lead vocal, lead guitar, drummer, bass. Band name: Uncle and the Motley Crew. Album title: Honey, Where You From?

Something So American

There is something so American about this photo. I'm not sure if it's the denim and plaid clothing, the Pepsi and Coke advertising, the Shell gas, or the combination of all three.

'ol Dixie

It's easy to imagine those faces and postures on a group of Confederate soldiers 100 years earlier.

Wrong Leatherwood

KAP, this Leatherwood is indeed in Hickman County. It's also sometimes referred to as Jones Valley.

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Uncles!

This could almost be MY Mississippi uncles: Dean, Conley, John, Quincy and … well, my Mom had four brothers so the other would have been a friend of Quincy's. But it is strange for a California boy to have relatives who look like these … er, fellas. Being Southern and a generation back, they have values that are far from mine! They even owned guns and killed animals for sport. 'Nuff said. I am a Conscientious Objector, they aren't.

But if that were my Aunt Maurice's green Chevy fastback from 1952, it could be my relatives.

Not Hickman Hicks

Leatherwood is actually in Wayne County, two counties southwest of Hickman.

And their names are --

From left to right, Bob, Carl, Fred, Johnny, Steve. And in the background, the banjo player from "Deliverance", and Popeye Doyle.

Banjo Kid !!!!

OMG if you look in the background the "banjo kid" from the movie 'Deliverance' is still sitting on the porch !

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