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Flora E. Molton (née Rollins; March 12, 1908 – May 31, 1990) was a street singer and slide guitar player who performed gospel and blues music in Washington, D.C. from the 1940s to shortly before her death. She played slide guitar in the "bottleneck" style commonly employed by rural blues musicians, and she played the harmonica and tambourine.

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  • Flora E. Molton (née Rollins; March 12, 1908 – May 31, 1990) was a street singer and slide guitar player who performed gospel and blues music in Washington, D.C. from the 1940s to shortly before her death. She played slide guitar in the "bottleneck" style commonly employed by rural blues musicians, and she played the harmonica and tambourine. Born partially blind due to cataracts, Molton grew up in Virginia. Her father was a minister, and she was influenced early by her religious upbringing and by blues musicians such as Bessie Smith. When Molton began performing on the streets of Washington in her thirties, she played blues music. Over the years, she moved away from blues songs, instead performing gospel music and what she called "truth" music, which involved themes of perseverance through life's struggles. Molton was often accompanied in her street singing by musicians like Phil Wiggins who had success as mainstream artists, and she sometimes performed with groups under the name Flora Molton and the Truth Band. Fellow musicians noted that the structure of Molton's music was often defined more by her singing than by her guitar. Molton did not make scheduled performances until 1963, when she met a musician named Ed Morris, who helped her to arrange gigs at music festivals and other venues. She appeared at events such as the Philadelphia Folk Festival, performed at the Library of Congress, and went on a tour of Europe in 1987. Molton is the subject of the documentary Spirit and Truth Music, and she appears in the documentary Blues Houseparty. There are historical markers dedicated to her in Washington, D.C. and on U.S. Route 250 in Virginia. (en)
  • Flora Molton, geboren als Flora Rollins (Louisa County (Virginia), 12 maart 1908 – Washington D.C., 31 mei 1990), was een Amerikaanse straatzangeres en steelgitariste van gospelmuziek en blues. Ze zong en speelde steelgitaar in de bottleneck-stijl die vaak wordt gebruikt door landelijke bluesmuzikanten en ze speelde mondharmonica en tamboerijn. Molton werd gedeeltelijk blind geboren vanwege staar en was de dochter van een dominee. Ze zong en speelde steelgitaar in de straten van Washington D.C. en trad pas laat in het leven op in formele locaties. Molton toerde in Europa tijdens de jaren 1980 en bleef tot een paar maanden voor haar dood optreden als straatzangeres. Molton werd in haar straatzang vaak vergezeld door muzikanten als Phil Wiggins, die succes hadden als mainstream-artiesten en soms trad ze op met bands onder de naam Flora Molton and the Truth Band. Medemuzikanten merkten op dat de structuur van Moltons muziek vaak meer werd bepaald door haar zang dan door haar gitaar. Molton maakte geen geplande optredens tot 1963, toen ze muzikant Ed Morris ontmoette, die haar hielp bij het regelen van optredens op muziekfestivals en andere locaties. Ze verscheen op evenementen zoals het Philadelphia Folk Festival, trad op in de Library of Congress en ging in 1987 op tournee door Europa. Molton is het onderwerp van de documentaire Spirit and Truth Music en ze is te zien in de documentaire Blues Houseparty. Er zijn historische markeringen aan haar gewijd in Washington D.C. en op de Amerikaanse Route 250 in Virginia. (nl)
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  • Flora E. Molton (née Rollins; March 12, 1908 – May 31, 1990) was a street singer and slide guitar player who performed gospel and blues music in Washington, D.C. from the 1940s to shortly before her death. She played slide guitar in the "bottleneck" style commonly employed by rural blues musicians, and she played the harmonica and tambourine. (en)
  • Flora Molton, geboren als Flora Rollins (Louisa County (Virginia), 12 maart 1908 – Washington D.C., 31 mei 1990), was een Amerikaanse straatzangeres en steelgitariste van gospelmuziek en blues. Ze zong en speelde steelgitaar in de bottleneck-stijl die vaak wordt gebruikt door landelijke bluesmuzikanten en ze speelde mondharmonica en tamboerijn. Molton werd gedeeltelijk blind geboren vanwege staar en was de dochter van een dominee. Ze zong en speelde steelgitaar in de straten van Washington D.C. en trad pas laat in het leven op in formele locaties. Molton toerde in Europa tijdens de jaren 1980 en bleef tot een paar maanden voor haar dood optreden als straatzangeres. (nl)
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