Othar Turner Blues Tapestries

Description: Othar Turner helped preserve the traditional fife and drum music of northern Mississippi. His performances with the Como Drum Band and recordings such as Otha's Piece document a distinctive musical heritage from the Como area.

Description: A tribute to Othar Turner and the North Mississippi fife and drum tradition. Turner became widely known for his fife playing and leadership in a musical tradition rooted in African American communities around Como, Mississippi.

Description: Othar Turner King of the fife and drum