Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1913
- Died
- 1972
- Works
- 1
Top works
- The Burma letters
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- Listeners
- 40,205
- Total plays
- 155,550
Tags
folkcountrybanjoamericanabluegrass
"Tom" Clarence Ashley (Clarence Earl McCurry, Bristol, Tennessee, September 29, 1895 - Winston-Salem, North Carolina, June 2, 1967) was an American clawhammer banjo player, guitarist and singer. He began performing at medicine shows in the Southern Appalachian region as early as 1911, and gained initial fame in the late 1920s as both a solo recording artist and as a member of various string bands. After his "rediscovery" during the folk revival of the 1960s <a href="https://www.last.fm/music
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Mitchell
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- New Zealand
- Place of birth
- Auckland
- Occupation
- sailor
- Participant in
- 2004 Summer Olympics
- Sport
- sailing
- Mass
- 70
- Image
- Tom Ashley ONZM (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 188
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- date of birth
- 1984-02-11
- birth name
- Thomas John Mitchell Ashley
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