#othar turner

[lunescentsounds]

Otha(r) Turner was a blues musician from north Mississippi, and his music was rooted in a fife and drum blues tradition from that area. I was immediately struck by the way it feels like northwest African music I've heard (gnawa, Master Musicians, Paul Bowles recordings from Morocco).

Then I got to the album "From Senegal to Senatobia," in which a group of Senegalese drummers played alongside Otha's band. This is just so amazing.

I don't know a whole lot about any of the music I've mentioned here, really. I'm a dabbler at best. It's just so good.

[thedeltareview]

A Bigger Crowd at Day 2 of the Otha Turner Picnic

[the-portmanteau]

Jukin’, The Othar Turner Famiy Picnic, Gravel Springs, MS, 2016

Every once and a while it’s nice being a native Mississippian.

[riodocebandido]

[bluesdiner]

Luther Dickinson

Luther Dickinson brought his Rock 'n Roll Blues to Madison's High Noon Saloon. In the band: Amy LaVere, bass; Shardé Thomas (Othar Turner's granddaughter), drums and fife; and Will Sexton, guitar.

The Making of Rock 'n Roll Blues:

[conelradstation]

Othar Turner and The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band, Shimmy She Wobble (Everybody Hollerin' Goat, 1998)

Turner was 90 years old when he recorded this, his debut record. Martin Scorsese used this song to open Gangs of New York.

[msriverblues]

Sharde Thomas and the Rising Star Drum and Fife Band, with members of Blue Mother Tupelo and the North Mississippi Allstars - "Shimmy She Wobble" (North Mississippi Hill Country Picnic, 2010)

Sharde Thomas is the granddaughter of drum and fife legend Othar Turner. Othar's recording of "Shimmy She Wobble" was featured in the film Gangs of New York.

[pulpsatorsquare]

Boogie by Othar Turner and the Rising Star File Drum Band  (long name) One of few things I cherish from the south