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Little Roy Lewis

Roy McArthur "Little Roy" Lewis Jr. (born February 24, 1942) is an American banjo player, guitarist, autoharpist, and comic entertainer from Lincolnton, Georgia. He was the youngest member of the Lewis Family, "the first family of bluegrass gospel," which debuted in 1951, hosted a weekly television show on Augusta's WJBF for nearly four decades, and toured until 2009. He later formed the Little Roy & Lizzy Show with Lizzy Long. He is a member of the Georgia Music Hall of Fame and the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame.

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