Clarence Ashley

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==Overview==
Clarence Ashley was a Guitar, Banjo, Trombone, and Fiddle player. 
==Biography==
Clarence "Tom" Earl McCurry (changed last name to Ashley) was born on September 29, 1895 in Shouns, Tennessee. In the early years of his career, he played in thumb | Ashley c. 1910.Medicine Shows. He was in many different groups throughout most of his career including: The Carolina Tar Heels, The Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers, Byrd Moore And The Hot Shots, and Ashley's Melody Men. He has made recordings with: Victor, Vocalion, Conqueror, Banner, Columbia, Folkways, and Vanguard. After the depression he stopped recording, and in the mid-1940's he had gotten a hand injury that prevented him from playing the banjo. His Second Career started in 1960, when Ralph Rinzler found him at the Union Grove Fiddler's Convention. He got a new deal with Folkways after this introduction and continued to make music until his death on June 2, 1967.
==Albums Featured==
* The Anthology Of American Folk Music
* Songcatcher II
* Greenback Dollar (1929-1933)
* Before The Blues, Vol. 3
* Old Time Music at Newport
* The Original Folkways Recordings 1960-1962
* Clarence Ashley And Tex Isley
* Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection
* Searching For The Wrong Eyed Jesus
* Classic Southern Gospel from Smithsonian Folkways
* People Take Warning! Murder Ballads & Disaster Songs, 1913-1938
* Classic Mountain Songs from Smithsonian Folkways
* Classic Old-Time Music
* Old Time Mountain Banjo
* Friends Of Old Time Music: The Folk Arrival
* Mountain Blues
* Country Road
* Harmonica Masters
* Galax, Virginia Old Time Fiddlers Convention
* Old Time Mountain Ballads
* The Rose Grew Round The Briar
* Across The Tracks
* Friends Of Old Time Music
* White Country Blues
* Ragtime #2: The Country
==Original Discography==
* Dark Holler Blues
* Little Sadie
* Naomi Wise
* The Coo Coo Bird
* Old John Hardy
* The House Carpenter
* Drunk Man Blues
* Haunted Road Blues
* My Sweet Farm Girl
* Over At Tom's House
* The Fiddler's Contest
Category:Performers Category:Banjo Players