David Bruce Composer | Mississippi's INCREDIBLE lost musical tradition @DBruce | Uploaded November 2017 | Updated October 2024, 2 hours ago.
Composer David Bruce discusses the little known Fife & Drum Blues Tradition from the Hill Country in Mississippi, which combines influences from African drumming and 17th Century military music in a uniquely American blend. Leading light Otha Turner died in 2003, but his grand-daughter Shaade Turner keeps the flame alive

David Bruce Composer website
http:davidbruce.net

8notes.com - founded and run by David Bruce
8notes.com

Performance
youtube.com/watch?v=91_oMlVqKcQ
youtube.com/watch?v=GaXQ4RFO5N4
youtube.com/watch?v=HqXoJGF6tN4
youtube.com/watch?v=fwvGlBymhGs

Research:
allaboutbluesmusic.com/fife-drum-music
medium.com/@ezralafleur/the-story-of-fife-and-drum-blues-42577691d2f0
aliciapatterson.org/stories/african-american-music-mississippi-hill-country-they-say-drums-was-calling
culturalequity.org/rc/ce_rc_lessons_fife.php
folkstreams.net/film-context.php?id=86

hillcountryharmonica.com/hillcountryblues.html
Military Fife and Drum music - The Roast Beef of Old England
8notes.com/scores/26515.asp

Hill Country Guitarists

youtube.com/watch?v=K_DOnKJ232M
youtube.com/watch?v=lGuoOyeUj-w
youtube.com/watch?v=YLzuk-vJmpY Junior Kimbrough
youtube.com/watch?v=1-Taae2zLfA
youtube.com/watch?time_continue=4&v=c8RtayjqqIw
RL Burnside

Nigerian talking drum
youtube.com/watch?v=UkTdzLQHS-Q



Sharde Turner -youtube.com/watch?v=NKsTTNP6fVU
youtube.com/watch?v=llXbIejneo0