Real name: Otha Turner

Effective period / Period of releases: 1997 - 2000

American blues fife player.
Father of Bernice Turner Pratcher and grandfather of Sharde Thomas.
Turner's unique style of fife and drum music has received national accolades and awards, including a National Endowment for the Arts Heritage award, the Smithsonian Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Charlie Patton Lifetime Achievement Award from the Mississippi Delta Blues and Heritage Festival.


Born : June 02, 1907 in Jackson County, Mississippi.
Died : February 27, 2003 in Gravel Springs, Mississippi.