Clyde Davenport
Appearance
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![]() Davenport in 1992 | |
Background information | |
Birth name | Clyde Thomas Davenport |
Born | Mt. Pisgah, Kentucky[1] | October 21, 1921
Origin | Monticello, Kentucky, U.S. |
Died | February 16, 2020 Monticello, Kentucky, U.S. | (aged 98)
Genres | Old-time |
Occupation(s) | Instrumentalist |
Instrument(s) | Fiddle, banjo |
Clyde Thomas Davenport (October 21, 1921 – February 16, 2020) was an American old-time fiddler and banjo player from Monticello, Kentucky.[2][3]
Davenport was a recipient of a 1992 National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the United States government's highest honor in the folk and traditional arts.[4] He died in February 2020 at the age of 98.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Govenar, Alan (2001). "Clyde Davenport: Anglo-American Appalachian Fiddler". Masters of Traditional Arts: A Biographical Dictionary. Vol. 1 (A-J). Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-Clio. pp. 152–154. ISBN 1576072401. OCLC 47644303.
- ^ Jeff Titon (November 1991). "Clyde Davenport". Brown University. Retrieved March 11, 2010.
- ^ Jeff Titon (June 5, 2008). "Notes: Clyde Davenport". Field Recorders' Collective. Archived from the original on May 12, 2008. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- ^ "NEA National Heritage Fellowships 1992". Arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
- ^ "Obituary for Clyde Thomas Davenport at Hickey Funeral Home". Hickeyandson.com. Retrieved February 18, 2020.
External links
[edit]- Clyde Davenport at AllMusic
- Clyde Davenport discography at Discogs