Biography:Clyde Davenport

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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:     
 Year of birth:     1921
 Year of death:     
 Profile:     Musician
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Biographical notes


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. The family band was in demand for dances when he was younger; Clyde played the banjo while the brothers played fiddle.