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Otha Turner
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Othar Turner A.K.A. Otha Turner B. East Of Canton Mississippi June 2 1907 D. February 26 2003 Was One Of The Last Well-Known Fife Players In The Vanishing American Fife And Drum Musical Tradition. He Lived His Entire Life In Northern Mississippi As A Farmer Where In 1923 At The Age Of 16 He First Learned To Play The Fife And Make Them From Sugarcane. Turner And The Rising Star Fife And Drum Band Which Consisted Of Friends And Relatives Primarily Played At Farm Parties. They Began To Receive Wider Recognition In The 1990s. They Appeared On Mississippi Blues In Memphis Vol. 1 In 1993 Followed By Inclusion In Many Other Blues Collections. They Released Their Own Critically Acclaimed Album Everybody Hollerin' Goat In 1998. This Was Followed By From Senegal To Senatobia In 1999 Which Combined Their Bluesy Fife And Drum Music With African Musicians Credited As "the Afrossippi Allstars" R.L. Boyce Luther Dickinson Andre Evans Bernice Evans Rodney Evans Sharde Evans K.K. Freeman Morikeba Kouyate Matthew Rappaport Musa Sutton Aubrey Turner Manu Walton Abe Young . The Title Of Everybody Hollerin' Goat Refers To A Tradition Turner Began In The Late 1950s Of Hosting Labor Day Picnics Where He Would Personally Butcher And Cook A Goat In An Iron Kettle And His Band Would Provide Musical Entertainment. The Picnics Began As A Neighborhood And Family Gathering It Grew Over The Years To Attract Musical Fans First From Memphis Tennessee And Later From All Over The World. The Song "Shimmy She Wobble" From Everybody Hollerin' Goat Was Featured In The 2002 Film Gangs Of New York. Martin Scorsese Also Featured Othar In His 2003 PBS Mini-Series "The Blues" As A Link Between African Rhythms And American Blues. The Concept Was Continued On The 2003 Album "Memphis To Mali" By Corey Harris. The Album Was Dedicated To Othar Who Died A Week Before He Was Scheduled To Record For The Album. At Only 12 Years Of Age Othar's Grand-Daughter And Protégé Shardé Thomas Filled In For The Recording Sessions.
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Biography - Otha Turner
Othar Turner A.K.A. Otha Turner B. East Of Canton Mississippi June 2 1907 D. February 26 2003 Was One Of The Last Well-Known Fife Players In The Vanishing American Fife And Drum Musical Tradition. He Lived His Entire Life In Northern Mississippi As A Farmer Where In 1923 At The Age Of 16 He First Learned To Play The Fife And Make Them From Sugarcane. Turner And The Rising Star Fife And Drum Band Which Consisted Of Friends And Relatives Primarily Played At Farm Parties. They Began To Receive Wider Recognition In The 1990s. They Appeared On Mississippi Blues In Memphis Vol. 1 In 1993 Followed By Inclusion In Many Other Blues Collections. They Released Their Own Critically Acclaimed Album Everybody Hollerin' Goat In 1998. This Was Followed By From Senegal To Senatobia In 1999 Which Combined Their Bluesy Fife And Drum Music With African Musicians Credited As "the Afrossippi Allstars" R.L. Boyce Luther Dickinson Andre Evans Bernice Evans Rodney Evans Sharde Evans K.K. Freeman Morikeba Kouyate Matthew Rappaport Musa Sutton Aubrey Turner Manu Walton Abe Young . The Title Of Everybody Hollerin' Goat Refers To A Tradition Turner Began In The Late 1950s Of Hosting Labor Day Picnics Where He Would Personally Butcher And Cook A Goat In An Iron Kettle And His Band Would Provide Musical Entertainment. The Picnics Began As A Neighborhood And Family Gathering It Grew Over The Years To Attract Musical Fans First From Memphis Tennessee And Later From All Over The World. The Song "Shimmy She Wobble" From Everybody Hollerin' Goat Was Featured In The 2002 Film Gangs Of New York. Martin Scorsese Also Featured Othar In His 2003 PBS Mini-Series "The Blues" As A Link Between African Rhythms And American Blues. The Concept Was Continued On The 2003 Album "Memphis To Mali" By Corey Harris. The Album Was Dedicated To Othar Who Died A Week Before He Was Scheduled To Record For The Album. At Only 12 Years Of Age Othar's Grand-Daughter And Protégé Shardé Thomas Filled In For The Recording Sessions.
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