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Clarence Ashley
Country / Bluegrass / Folk

Clarence Ashley



MOUNTAIN CITY, Tennessee
United States

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Member Since4/29/2006
Band Websitehttp://www.clarenceashley.com/
Band MembersTex Isley, Doc Watson, Clint Howard, Fred Price, Doc Walsh, Garley Foster, Gaither Carlton, Byrd Moore, Clarence Green
InfluencesOld Time Music, Irish Music, Folk Music
Sounds LikeRoscoe Holcomb, Doc Watson, Mike Seeger, Dock Boggs, Clint Howard, Jean Ritchie
Record LabelSmithsonian Folkways, County Records
Type of LabelMajor


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   About Clarence Ashley
Born in Bristol, Tennessee, Clarence Ashley became best known to friends and acquaintances as 'Tom'. He began to play banjo and guitar at a young age, and at 16 joined a traveling medicine show as a banjo-picker and singer.

Ashley became made his first recordings with Garley Foster and Doc Walsh in 1928. Throughout the late 20s and early 30s, Ashley recorded with Gwen Foster, The Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers and Byrd Moore & His Hot Shots. He also made solo banjo recordings. He would become well known for his recordings of "The Coo-Coo Bird," "The House Carpenter" and "Peg and Awl" (Carolina Tar Heels) which were featured on Harry Smith's Anthology of American Folk Music. For several of his solo songs Ashley used a G-modal banjo tuning that he called the 'sawmill' tuning (gDGCD).

In the folk music revival of the late 1950s and early 1960s, urban ethnomusicologists rediscovered Ashley's music. In 1960 Ralph Rinzler met Ashley at the Old Time Fiddler's Convention in Union Grove, NC. He eventually persuaded him to start playing banjo again and to record his repertoire of songs. Over the next few years he and his friends, including Doc Watson, played at many urban folk festivals. They also made two records for the Folkways label. While Ashley was an accomplished guitar player as well as banjo player, after being rediscovered, he only played banjo.


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Exploding Head





Aug 19 2008 3:45 PM

I own 3 coo coo birds and one banjo.
jaycee





Aug 7 2008 7:49 PM

thanks for letting me be your friend, clarence.
Thomas Leach





Aug 6 2008 4:18 AM

What a pleasure to be here! Thanks for the add too! Peace
Mike M.





Feb 14 2008 2:54 AM

I love the lassie tuning.
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Jan 30 2008 1:12 AM


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Dick Miles





Jan 29 2008 5:20 PM

great music.
P. Van Sant





Dec 19 2007 8:22 PM

I covered Mr.ASHLEY'S
'The CooCoo Bird' on my 4th solo CD,
so I guess he's a VERY BIG INFLUENCE
Thanks for the add!!!
P.VAN SANT
The Crooked Road: Virginias Heritage Music Trail





Dec 17 2007 8:07 AM

MERRY CHRISTMAS, HAPPY HOLIDAYS and a PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR from all of us along The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music Trail!

www.thecrookedroad.org

Pádraig Michael Mann





Nov 16 2007 3:21 AM

Hiya!
Go raibh míle maith agat as do cairdeas, agus bionn tú anseo ar an "myspace." Is máith liom dó leathanach é agus dó ceoil é. Ádh mhór. (Thanks immensely for your friendship and for being here on Myspace. I really like your page and your music. All the best.)
Síocháin leat- (Peace be with you-)
Pádraig
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(Gaeilge/Irish Gaelic above)
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Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame





Nov 16 2007 12:10 AM

Thanks for adding me.....
elisabeth valletti





Nov 15 2007 10:44 PM

thank you
respect
Mark Gilston





Aug 29 2007 7:35 PM

What a treasure Clarence was. Thank you for the fine tribute and for connecting with me.

Mark Gilston

MarkGilston.com

music crave





Jun 12 2007 8:36 PM

thanks for the add........Peace!!
Gregory





May 27 2007 3:06 PM

Heck, we're almost neighbors Clarence. Always listening....
PrairieDawg





May 23 2007 2:34 AM

Hey Clarence Ashley! - Thanks for adding me into your group of friends. I first listened to you on an old Vanguard Records vinyl recording "Country Music and Bluegrass at NewPort - 1963" singing with good ol' Doc Watson, Fred Price (on fiddle) and Clint Howard. I think you took the lead on the tune "The girl I loved in sunny Tennessee". Anyway I want to thank you for starting me on a life time journey through the world of truly remarkable music!
Take care,
Ted (Prairie Dawg) Daly
Montreal, Qc
Christian Williams





Apr 14 2007 7:05 PM

Thanks for the page and ...

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Steve Brown





Mar 22 2007 1:07 AM

thx my personal banjo style is partly based on the listening of the asheville records by clarence
The Crooked Road: Virginias Heritage Music Trail





Mar 13 2007 3:28 PM

Hello Clarence Ashley,

Welcome to The Crooked Road: Virginia's Heritage Music Trail. Thanks for thinking of us and keep in touch.

The music is happening here in Southwest Virginia. Sorry we haven't added you sooner, we're makin' friends faster than we can add 'em!

Take Care,

Bill
The Crooked Road
johnny bitterman





Mar 11 2007 5:42 PM

I dream in black & white.
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Dom Flemons





Feb 27 2007 7:17 AM

Thanks for the add.
C Joynes





Jan 15 2007 2:26 PM

Dear Dr. Ashley:

Yore curiousity-transmission powers and rustic vaux-de-ville rhymin aktion are second to none. Respeckt is due.

The lines of the Mountain City/Histon axis have been little explored by psychogeographers and others in the global heritage industry. We (me / thee) should exploit this further.

Yours in the Struggle
The Kahuna Cowboys Jug Band





Dec 28 2006 8:25 PM

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU!
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