"Tom" Clarence Ashley (September 29, 1895 – 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 during the late 1920s as both a solo recording artist and as a member of various string bands.

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  • Clarence Earl McCurry
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  • "Tom" Clarence Ashley (September 29, 1895 – 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 during 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, Ashley spent the last years of his life playing at folk music concerts, including appearances at Carnegie Hall in New York and at the Newport Folk Festival in Rhode Island.
  • Clarence „Tom“ Ashley war ein US-amerikanischer Old-Time- und Folksänger, dessen Karriere Mitte der 1920er-Jahre begann. Sein bekanntester Song ist Coo Coo Bird.
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  • Tom Ashley, Thomas C. Ashley
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  • Clarence Earl McCurry
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  • "Tom" Clarence Ashley (September 29, 1895 – 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 during the late 1920s as both a solo recording artist and as a member of various string bands.
  • Clarence „Tom“ Ashley war ein US-amerikanischer Old-Time- und Folksänger, dessen Karriere Mitte der 1920er-Jahre begann. Sein bekanntester Song ist Coo Coo Bird.
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