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Donna Davis: Preachers, prisoners and Playboys — excavating local music legacy
“Come on folks, listen to us once more. Drink Dr. Pepper at 10, 2, and 4.” It was 1941, and before 14-year-old David Paramore would grow up to pastor local churches and work in the dry cleaning business, he showed up six days a week at the unairconditioned studio of WFTC (World’s Finest Tobacco Center) in Kinston. He was born in a Pitt County community between Black Jack and Grimesland...
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