Musician

Tom Paxton

Born in Chicago but moved to Bristow in childhood; received guitar at sixteen and attended the University of Oklahoma

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Musical work

folk singer-songwriter. Instruments recorded in the collection: guitar; voice. Genres: folk; protest.

Evidence and identity

OHS explicitly documents Oklahoma upbringing and musical development; not Oklahoma-born

Paxton, Thomas Richard

OHS describes move from Chicago to Bristow, guitar at sixteen, and University of Oklahoma attendance.

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Sources

  1. www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry

Related source accounts

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