Othar Turner in Gravel Springs, Mississippi, 1978

Creators

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Source Collection

Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries

Identifier

sc.0475.0040a_04.005

Description

Othar Turner, left, playing his homemade fife for Zacharia Toure of Mali at Gravel Springs, Mississippi, on October 11, 1978. Othar, also known as Otha, was one of the last well-known fife players in the American fife and drum blues tradition.

Date Created

6-22-2021

Date

1978-10-11

Recommended Citation

"Othar Turner in Gravel Springs, Mississippi, 1978" (2021). Music. 5.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mpressscimitar3/5