Smokey Mayfield
| Arlie Vincent "Smokey" Mayfield, I | |
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| Born |
June 20, 1924 Dawn, Deaf Smith County, Texas, USA |
| Died | September 11, 2008 (aged 84) Hutchinson County, near Spearman, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Rancher; Musician |
| Spouse(s) | Mary Keenum Mayfield (born 1934; married 1951 – his death) |
| Children |
James Clinton Mayfield |
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(1) Mayfield was a persistent bluegrass musician primarily in the Texas Panhandle and West Texas honored for his achievements by South Plains College. (2) Mayfield played his fiddle in Lubbock and Amarillo as a warmup act for appearances by Tennessee Ernie Ford, Maddox Brothers and Rose, and Hank Snow. (3) Mayfield was a ranch supervisor in Hutchinson County near Spearman for more than a half-century. (4) According to his wife, Mayfield had "perfect pitch", could not read music, never had a music lesson, but could play anything he heard. (5) The Mayfield Brothers inspired the later generation of musicians from West Texas, including Buddy Holly and Waylon Jennings. |
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James Clinton Mayfield
Freddie Calvin Mayfield
Cynthia Arlece Knox
Harriett Palmer
(1) Mayfield was a persistent bluegrass musician primarily in the Texas Panhandle and West Texas honored for his achievements by South Plains College.
(2) Mayfield played his fiddle in Lubbock and Amarillo as a warmup act for appearances by Tennessee Ernie Ford, Maddox Brothers and Rose, and Hank Snow.
(3) Mayfield was a ranch supervisor in Hutchinson County near Spearman for more than a half-century.
(4) According to his wife, Mayfield had "perfect pitch", could not read music, never had a music lesson, but could play anything he heard.
Arlie Vincent Mayfield, I (June 20, 1924 – September 11, 2008), known as Smokey Mayfield, was a ranch supervisor in the Texas Panhandle and a bluegrass musician. In the late 1940s, Mayfield and his brothers played warmup for Tennessee Ernie Ford, Maddox Brothers and Rose, Hank Snow, and other country singers.
Mayfield was born to William Fletcher Mayfield (died 1952) and the former Penelope Drake (died 1937) in rural Dawn in Deaf Smith County southwest of Amarillo. In January 1931, he moved with his parents, three brothers, and two sisters to Dimmitt, the county seat of Castro County near Lubbock in West Texas, where he attended school, having left high school before graduation. He served in the United States Army in the European Theater of World War II and participated, at the age of 20, in the Battle of the Bulge in Belgium in December 1944 – January 1945.
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