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Clyde Davenport

Given name:	Clyde
Middle name:
Family name:	Davenport
Place of birth:	Blue Hole Hollow, near Mt. Pisgah, Cumberland Plateau, central Kentucky
Place of death:	Monticello, Kentucky
Year of birth:	1921
Year of death:
Profile:	Musician
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Biographical notes

CLYDE DAVENPORT. Clyde Davenport (b. 1921) was born in Blue Hole Hollow, near Mt. Pisgah on the Cumberland Plateau in south-central Kentucky, not far from the border with Tennessee. His father was fiddle and banjo player Will Davenport, who was born in 1876, the son of Francis Marion Davenport who also was a fiddler. Clyde also had three brothers who played the fiddle. Many of the solo piece in Clyde's repertory were learned from his father, who in turn probably learned from Will Phipps, a frequent visitor to the family [Bobby Fulcher]. The Davenport family band was in demand for dances when he was younger; Clyde played the banjo while the brothers played fiddle.

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-'''CLYDE DAVENPORT'''. Fiddle and banjo player Will Davenport was born in 1876, the son of Francis Marion Davenport who also was a fiddler. Clyde also had three brothers who played the fiddle.  Many of the solo piece in Clyde's repertory were learned from his father, who in turn probably learned from Will Phipps, a frequent visitor to the family [Bobby Fulcher]. The family band was in demand for dances when he was younger; Clyde played the banjo while the brothers played fiddle.
+'''CLYDE DAVENPORT'''.  Clyde Davenport (b. 1921) was born in Blue Hole Hollow, near Mt. Pisgah on the Cumberland Plateau in south-central Kentucky, not far from the border with Tennessee.  His father was fiddle and banjo player Will Davenport, who was born in 1876, the son of Francis Marion Davenport who also was a fiddler. Clyde also had three brothers who played the fiddle.  Many of the solo piece in Clyde's repertory were learned from his father, who in turn probably learned from Will Phipps, a frequent visitor to the family [Bobby Fulcher]. The Davenport family band was in demand for dances when he was younger; Clyde played the banjo while the brothers played fiddle.
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