caption website associated_acts death_date death_place genres birth_place years_active background birth_date instrument image article_title name occupation
'' festival . '' d.c. minner at his dusk 'til dawn blues -lsb- http://www.dcminnerblues.com the official d.c. minner site -rsb- d.c. , larry johnson , new breed , tony mathews , & redwoods band , home cookin ' . d. c. selby minner , blues on the move 06 may 2008 oklahoma , united states blues , blues-rock rentiesville , oklahoma , united states 1950 -- 2008 solo_singer 28 january 1935 guitar , vocals , bass guitar dc_minner . jpg d.c. minner
 d.c. minner musician , singer-songwriter
d.c. minner

d.c. minner -lrb- january 28 , 1935 -- may 6 , 2008 -rrb- was an american blues musician , teacher , and philosopher who was known for sharing music with children and adults alike throughout oklahoma and beyond .
born in rentiesville , oklahoma , he performed with o. v. wright , freddie king , chuck berry , eddie floyd and bo diddley , and was inducted into the oklahoma jazz hall of fame in 1999 .
he owned the ` down home blues club ' in rentiesville , where he and his wife selby minner held a long-running annual blues festival , the ` dusk 'til dawn blues festival ' .
the couple had won an international kba from the handy people -lrb- blues foundation in memphis -rrb- for their bits -lrb- blues in the schools -rrb- work with kids .
