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David Lee Durham (1943-2008)
![Blues guitarist and vocalist David Lee Durham of Indianola performing with his group at the 2005 Delta Blues & Heritage Festival, Greenville. Blues guitarist and vocalist David Lee Durham of Indianola performing with his group at the 2005 Delta Blues & Heritage Festival, Greenville.](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/P1010008.jpgFI_-925x1024.jpg)
Born in Sunflower, Mississippi, in 1943, David Lee Durham was raised in the blues. He never darkened...
Driskill Mountain
![Driskill Mountain performing at the Bluegrass on the Creek Festival, Tylertown, May 2005. Driskill Mountain performing at the Bluegrass on the Creek Festival, Tylertown, May 2005.](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MFA.2016.0016-e1712162349110-1024x1024.jpg)
Driskill Mountain is one of the top bluegrass bands in Mississippi, though the two senior members of...
Eddie Cusic
![Cusic performing at the MACE building in Greenville. January 2005. Cusic performing at the MACE building in Greenville. January 2005.](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/P1010011-1-1024x768.jpg)
Eddie Cusic was born January 4, 1926, in the Wilmot community south of Leland, Mississippi. He grew ...
John “Buddy” Crocker (1932-2016)
![Fiddler John “Buddy” Crocker of Greene County. Fiddler John “Buddy” Crocker of Greene County.](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/P1010001-768x1024.jpg)
Fiddler John “Buddy” Crocker was born and raised in rural Greene County. He first got in...
Walter Cooper
![Blues and gospel guitarist Walter Cooper of Durant. Blues and gospel guitarist Walter Cooper of Durant.](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/MFA.2016.0017.0078-1024x677.jpg)
Durant native Walter Cooper got his start as a performing musician at the age of nine. After a few y...
Harold Comby
![Powwow emcee Harold Comby of Philadelphia, Mississippi (photo by Chris Goertzen for the Mississippi Arts Commission). Powwow emcee Harold Comby of Philadelphia, Mississippi (photo by Chris Goertzen for the Mississippi Arts Commission).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Harold-Comby-2-1024x768.jpg)
Harold “Doc” Comby, a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, was born and ra...
Spooky Cole (1942-2010)
![Spooky Cole of Calhoun City. Spooky Cole of Calhoun City.](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/photo-7.jpg)
Spooky Cole, born Britton Douglas Cole, on July 18, 1942, in Stonefield, Miss. is a blues vocalist b...
Pete Castorena
![Guitarist and singer Pete Castorena of Jackson, the “Tejano Cowboy” (photo by Kate Medley for the Mississippi Arts Commission). Guitarist and singer Pete Castorena of Jackson, the “Tejano Cowboy” (photo by Kate Medley for the Mississippi Arts Commission).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/photo-1-6.jpg)
Originally from the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, Pete Castorena came to Mississippi in 2002 whe...
Wayne Carter
![Old-time fiddler Wayne Carter of Amory (photo by Wiley Prewitt for the Mississippi Arts Commission). Old-time fiddler Wayne Carter of Amory (photo by Wiley Prewitt for the Mississippi Arts Commission).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/FI-15-969x1024.jpg)
Wayne Carter was born outside of Aberdeen in 1944 and grew up in a family that has produced a number...
Bobby Carter
![Fiddler Bobby Carter of Amory, Mississippi (photo by Chris Goertzen for the Mississippi Arts Commission). Fiddler Bobby Carter of Amory, Mississippi (photo by Chris Goertzen for the Mississippi Arts Commission).](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/FI-16-1024x768.jpg)
Bobby Carter is carrying on a family tradition of fiddling. Carters have been making music in the sa...
Sam Carr (1926-2009)
![Drummer Sam Carr taking a bow at the 2007 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts program, Jackson. Drummer Sam Carr taking a bow at the 2007 Governor’s Awards for Excellence in the Arts program, Jackson.](https://msfolkdirectory.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/carrtakesabow-1024x681.jpg)
Widely acclaimed as one of the best drummers in the blues, Sam Carr was born Samuel Lee McCollum in ...