FIFE MASTER, RURAL BLUES LEGEND OTHA TURNER DIES; WAS 94 The Commercial AppealBy Bill EllisFebruary 27, 2003 “Mississippi fife master Otha Turner died on Wednesday. He was 94.” “Renowned for his picnic parties, Mr. Turner – who played a homemade bamboo cane fife or wooden flute and spent much of his life as a sharecropper and …
Nashville, TN – Neal & Harwell attorney Bill Ramsey will host the 27th Annual Ode to Otha Online on Saturday, June 5 at 2:00-9:00pm. Ode to Otha Online will feature music from artists Sharde Thomas (Otha’s granddaughter) and the Rising Star Fife and Drum Band, John Jackson and Friends, Stacy Mitchhart, Blue Mother Tupelo, Juke Skywalker, J.D. Simo, Chip Greene, Dana …
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