Mainer, Wade, 1907-2011
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Birth Date
- 1907-04-21
Death Date
- 2011
Birth Place
- Weaverville (N.C.)
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Sources
- found: The Wade Mainer story, 198-? (subj.)cover (Wade Mainer) p. 4 (b. 4-21-07, western North Carolina; country musician, banjo player, singer)
- found: New York times WWW site, Sept. 16, 2011(in obituary published Sept. 15: Wade Mainer; b. Wade Eckhart Mainer (his middle name was spelled several ways), Apr. 21, 1907, near Weaverville, N.C.; d. Monday [Sept. 12, 2011], Flint, Mich., aged 104; singer and banjo player whose clean, emphatic style and devotion to old-time mountain songs made him a pivotal figure in the transition to bluegrass music)
- found: Northwestern University Libraries, Berkeley Folk Music Festival archive 1957-1970(J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers, former member Wade Mainer, )
LC Classification
- ML419.M213
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Change Notes
- 1983-09-19: new
- 2018-08-04: revised
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