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David Lee Durham (1943-2008)
Performance
Born in Sunflower, Mississippi, in 1943, David Lee Durham was raised in the blues. He never darkened...
Driskill Mountain
Performance
Driskill Mountain is one of the top bluegrass bands in Mississippi, though the two senior members of...
Eddie Cusic
Performance
Eddie Cusic was born January 4, 1926, in the Wilmot community south of Leland, Mississippi. He grew ...
John “Buddy” Crocker (1932-2016)
Performance
Fiddler John “Buddy” Crocker was born and raised in rural Greene County. He first got in...
Walter Cooper
Performance
Durant native Walter Cooper got his start as a performing musician at the age of nine. After a few y...
Harold Comby
Performance
Harold “Doc” Comby, a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, was born and ra...
Spooky Cole (1942-2010)
Performance
Spooky Cole, born Britton Douglas Cole, on July 18, 1942, in Stonefield, Miss. is a blues vocalist b...
Pete Castorena
Performance
Originally from the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas, Pete Castorena came to Mississippi in 2002 whe...
Wayne Carter
Performance
Wayne Carter was born outside of Aberdeen in 1944 and grew up in a family that has produced a number...
Bobby Carter
Performance
Bobby Carter is carrying on a family tradition of fiddling. Carters have been making music in the sa...
Sam Carr (1926-2009)
Performance
Widely acclaimed as one of the best drummers in the blues, Sam Carr was born Samuel Lee McCollum in ...
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