Otha Turner

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf musician
gptkbp:activeYears 1930s-2003
gptkbp:associatedAct folk
The Rising Star Fife and Drum Band
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Mississippi_blues
gptkbp:awards Mississippi_Blues_Hall_of_Fame
gptkbp:birthDate 1909-08-02
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Mississippi,_USA
gptkbp:children Otha_Turner_Jr.
gptkbp:collaboratedWith gptkb:Jimbo_Mathus
various music projects.
gptkbp:contribution cultural preservation of fife and drum music
gptkbp:culturalHeritage community leader
gptkbp:culturalImpact revival of interest in traditional music
gptkbp:deathDate 2003-02-27
gptkbp:featuredIn documentaries about blues music
gptkbp:genre blues
gptkbp:hasPerformance live performances at local venues
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Otha Turner
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:African_American_spirituals
gptkb:American_folk_music
Delta blues
Son House
The Black Keys
musicians_like_R.L._Burnside
gptkbp:influencedBy traditional folk music
traditional_African_music
gptkbp:influences African_American_folk_music
gptkbp:inspiration local community events
gptkbp:instrument drums
fife
gptkbp:knownFor Shake 'Em Down
reviving fife and drum music
gptkbp:label gptkb:Fat_Possum_Records
gptkbp:legacy influence_on_Southern_music
gptkbp:musicStyle fife and drum
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notable_performers fife and drum music
gptkbp:notableWork Everybody Hollerin' Goat
gptkbp:occupation musician
gptkbp:operates gptkb:B.B._King
gptkbp:performedBy Newport Folk Festival
various festivals
gptkbp:recordings gptkb:The_North_Mississippi_Allstars
Goin' Down South
Fife_and_Drum_Music_of_the_Mississippi_Hill_Country
gptkbp:recordLabel gptkb:Rising_Star_Records
gptkbp:soundtrack traditional_Southern_music
gptkbp:spouse Lillie_Turner
gptkbp:style traditional
gptkbp:website official website