Evans, David, 1944-

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Name (Latin)
Evans, David, 1944-
Date of birth
1944-01-22
Gender
male
MARC
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Other Identifiers

VIAF: 114718374
Wikidata: Q1174373
Library of congress: n 80162656
Sources of Information
  • His Tommy Johnson, 1971.
  • Int. ww in mus., 12th ed.(Evans, David Huhn Jr.; b. Jan. 22, 1944, Boston, Mass.; professor of music)
  • Afro-American folk music from Tate and Panola Counties, Mississippi, c2000:container (David Evans) p. 5 of program notes (Univ. of Memphis)
  • Univ. of Memphis web site, searched Aug. 30, 2001(David Evans, professor, received Ph.D. from U.C.L.A. in 1976; came to the Univ. of Memphis in 1978; directs the Ethnomusicology/Regional Studies doctoral program; author of Tommy Johnson, 1971, Big Road Blues: Tradition and Creativity in Folk Blues, 1982, and many articles, book chapters, reviews, etc. on American folk and popular music and folklore; has produced over thirty albums and cds of field and studio recordings and also performs blues music)

Wikipedia description:

David Evans (born January 22, 1944) is an American ethnomusicologist and director of the Ethnomusicology/Regional Studies program at the Rudi E. Scheidt School of Music in the University of Memphis, where he has worked since 1978. In 2023 he has been inducted in the Blues Hall of Fame as a non-performer.

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