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One of the last fife players of the Southern Blues tradition to reach notoriety, Otha Turner was an integral part of his Mississippi community, not just as a musician but as a thrower of celebrations. This short video from the Southern Foodways Alliance remembers Turner for the annual Labor Day picnic he thew on his property, which went on for more than 24 hours each year.
Thumb photograph by William Ferris, William R. Ferris Collection, Southern Folklife Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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