Part 8 of 9: Rising Star Fife & Drum Band at Othar Turner's farm (1978)

Date recorded: August , 1978
Contributor(s): Recordist: Bishop, John; Recordist: Long, Worth; Recordist: Lomax, Alan; Performer: Ware, Eddie; Performer: Burton, E. P.; Performer: Young, G. D.; Performer: Turner, Othar; Performer: Rising Star Fife & Drum Band
Description: Othar Turner's Rising Star Fife & Drum band (Turner, fife; G. D. Young, bass drum; E.P. Burton, snare; Eddie Ware, snare) perform "Sitting On Top of the World," at a picnic on Othar's farm. Shot by Alan Lomax, John Bishop, and Worth Long in Gravel Springs, Mississippi, August 1978.
Subject(s):
Instruments: fife, bass drum, snare drum
Setting: Otha Turner's Farm, Gravel Springs Road
Location: Senatobia, Tate County, Mississippi, United States
Track Number: 7
Archive ID: XFuaA2expfc
Belongs to: Mississippi Delta and Hill Country (1978)
About the session: Bluesmen; fife-and-drum ensembles; former muleskinners and railroad tie-tampers; and tall-tale reciters. Performers include Skip James collaborator Jack Owens, diddley-bow player Lonnie Pitchford, fife legend Otha Turner, and R. L. Burnside in his first film appearance.
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