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Selected Works of T. DeWayne Moore
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Fiddler with a Black Moustache: Augustus Eugene Clardy
Mississippi Fiddle Tunes, Commercial and Informal Recordings, 1920-2018 (2021)
  • T. DeWayne Moore, Prairie View A&M University
Abstract
This essay details the life, musical career, and tragic murder of Carroll County, Mississippi fiddler Eugene Clardy, who recorded a couple of records in the late 1920s. He was stabbed to death while performing at a house party near Greenwood, Mississippi in the 1930s.
Keywords
  • fiddler,
  • Mississippi,
  • Carroll County,
  • Eugene Clardy,
  • Okeh Records
Disciplines
Publication Date
2021
Editor
Harry Bolick and Tony Russell
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Citation Information
T. DeWayne Moore, "Fiddler with a Black Moustache: Augustus Eugene Clardy," in Mississippi Fiddle Tunes, Commercial and Informal Recordings, 1920-2018, eds. Harry Bolick and Tony Russell (Jackson, MS: University Press of Mississippi, 2021), 58-68.
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This work is licensed under a Creative Commons CC_BY International License.