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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
Keywords
Turner, Othar, Toure, Zacharia, Folk music--Mississippi
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