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Grayson, G. B. (Gilliam Banmon), 1887-1930


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  • Fuller Name

    • Gilliam Banmon
  • Variants

    • Gayle, Norman, 1887-1930
    • Grayson, G. B. (George Banman), 1887-ca. 1935
    • Grayson, George Banman, 1887-1930
    • Grayson, Gilliam Banmon, 1887-1930
  • Identifies LC/NAF RWO

  • Identifies RWO

    • Birth Date

        1887
    • Death Date

        1930
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      • Earlier Established Forms

        • Grayson, G. B. (George Banman), 1887-ca. 1935
      • Sources

        • found: LCCN 88-770876: Grayson, G.B. Early classics, p1984-:(usage: G.B. Grayson)
        • found: Times ain't like they used to be. Vol. 1 [SR] p1997:insert (G. B. Grayson; fiddler, singer)
        • found: Country Music Television WWW site, Aug. 7, 2007(G.B. Grayson; Gilliam Banmon Grayson; b. Ashe Co., N.C.; fiddler/singer; d. Aug. 1930)
        • found: AMG WWW site, Aug. 7, 2007(G.B. Grayson; b. Gilliam Banmon Grayson, Nov. 11, 1888, Ashe Co., NC; d. Aug. 16, 1930, Abingdon, Va.; blind fiddler; recorded with Henry Whitter)
        • found: Encyc. of country music, 1998(under Henry Whitter: Gilliam Banmon "G.B." Grayson; b. Nov. 11, 1888, Ashe Co., N.C.; d. Aug. 16, 1930; blind fiddler)
        • found: Encyc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed.(Grayson, G.B.; b. Gilliam Bannon Grayson, Nov. 11, 1887, Grayson, Ashe Co., Tenn. [sic]; d. Aug. 16, 1930; blind fiddler and singer)
        • found: Carlin, R. Country music, 2003(under Whitter, Henry: George Bannon Grayson; blind fiddler/vocalist; d. mid-1930s)
        • found: Lornell, K. Virginia's blues, country & gospel records, 1902-1943, c1989:p. 208 (Gilliam Bannom Grayson; G.B. Grayson; b. Nov. 11, 1887, Laurel Bloomery, Tenn.; d. ca. 1934; blind fiddler)
        • found: Birthplace of country music WWW site, Aug. 8, 2007(G.B. Grayson; Gilliam Banmon Grayson; b. Nov. 11, 1887, Ashe Co., N.C.; d. Aug. 16, 1930; blind fiddler and banjo player; performed with Henry Whitter as Grayson & Whitter)
        • found: Original Johnson County Tennessee genealogy page, WWW, Aug. 8, 2007(G.B. (Gilliam Banmon) Grayson; b. Nov. 11, 1887, Ashe Co., N.C.; lived most of his life in northeastern Tenn., where he was known as "Banmon"; d. Aug. 16, 1930 in an automobile accident; first name erroneously given as George in many sources; "Gilliam Banmon", the correct form of name, is documented in federal pension records completed by or for his mother, death records, and an interview with his daughter)
        • found: Shout Lula [SR] 1928:label (Norman Gayle)
        • found: Sutton, A. Pseud. on Amer. records, 1892-1942, 2nd ed.:p. 113 (Gayle, Norman = G.B. Grayson and Henry Whittier)
      • Editorial Notes

        • [Machine-derived authority record.]
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        • 1998-01-08: new
        • 2013-03-15: revised
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