Clyde Davenport

Clyde Davenport
Davenport in 1992
Background information
Birth name	Clyde Thomas Davenport
Born	(1921-10-21)October 21, 1921 Mt. Pisgah, Kentucky[1]
Origin	Monticello, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	February 16, 2020(2020-02-16) (aged 98) Monticello, Kentucky, U.S.
Genres	Old-time
Occupation	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

1. 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.
2. Jeff Titon (November 1991). "Clyde Davenport". Brown University. Retrieved March 11, 2010.
3. Jeff Titon (June 5, 2008). "Notes: Clyde Davenport". Field Recorders' Collective. Archived from the original on May 12, 2008. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
4. "NEA National Heritage Fellowships 1992". Arts.gov. National Endowment for the Arts. Archived from the original on June 29, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2020.
5. "Obituary for Clyde Thomas Davenport at Hickey Funeral Home". Hickeyandson.com. Retrieved February 18, 2020.

External links

• Clyde Davenport at AllMusic
• Clyde Davenport discography at Discogs