Complex sentence: As a student of pioneer song collector Professor Frank C. Brown, he acquired an interest in traditional folk music, and made his debut singing to accompany a lecture by Brown at the State Fair in Raleigh in 1924.
Split into simpler sentences: As a student of pioneer song collector Professor Frank C. Brown, he acquired an interest in traditional folk music. He made his debut singing to accompany a lecture by Brown at the State Fair in Raleigh in 1924.