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Howard Armstrong

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American string band and country blues musician (1909–2003)

Person · Open Library

Born
1914
Died
1999
Works
35

Top works

  • Sounder
  • Novels (Christmas Carol / Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde / Sounder)
  • Sour Land
  • Sounder
  • Sounder

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
US
Active from
1901-08-04
Active to
1971-07-06

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
1,024
Total plays
9,075

Tags

bluesragtimefolkviolinpiedmont blues

William Howard Taft Armstrong was born in Dayton, Tennessee, and grew up in LaFollette, Tennessee. As a young teenager he taught himself to play the fiddle, and joined a band led by Blind Roland Martin and his brother Carl. They toured the United States performing a wide range of music, from work songs and spirituals through popular Tin Pan Alley tunes and foreign language songs. In 1929 he recorded with Sleepy John Estes and Yank Rachell. The following year he recorded in Knoxville for Vocalio

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Howard
Family name
Armstrong
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Dayton
Place of death
Boston
Occupation
musician
Instrument
mandolin
Image
Howard Armstrong at Jazzfest.jpg
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manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
myocardial infarction
date of death
2003-07-30
date of birth
1909-03-04
place of burial
Forest Hills Cemetery
Commons category
Howard Armstrong
name in native language
Howard Armstrong
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