Thomas Edd Mayfield
| Thomas Edward "Edd" Mayfield | |
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| Born |
April 12, 1926 Dawn, Deaf Smith County, Texas, USA
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| Died | July 7, 1958 (aged 32) Bluefield, Mercer County, West Virginia
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| Residence |
 Dimmitt, Castro County, Texas |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Musician |
| Spouse(s) | Jo McLain Mayfield, later Jo Butler (married ca. 1948-his death) |
| Children |
Freddie Calvin Mayfield |
| Notes | |
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(1) While his brothers, Herbert Mayfield and Smokey Mayfield, remained in West Texas, Edd Mayfield went on tour with Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys. (2) Edd Mayfield died within a week of having been diagnosed with leukemia while he was on concert with Monroe in West Virginia. |
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Freddie Calvin Mayfield
(1) While his brothers, Herbert Mayfield and Smokey Mayfield, remained in West Texas, Edd Mayfield went on tour with Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys.
Thomas Edward "Edd" Mayfield (April 12, 1926 — July 7, 1958) was a Bluegrass singer and guitarist, mostly known for being a member of Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys band during the 1950s. Edd Mayfield and two of his brothers, Smokey Mayfield (1924–2008) of Spearman and Herbert E. Mayfield (1920–2008) of Dimmitt, were part of the Mayfield Brothers Country band in West Texas.
Mayfield was born in Dawn in Deaf Smith County southwest of Amarillo to William Fletcher Mayfield (died 1952) and the former Penelope Drake (died 1937). The family was involved in music, rodeo, and ranching. Mayfield served in the Pacific Theater of World War II.
The Mayfield Brothers were offered a recording contract but turned it down because of the business of the family's Green Valley Ranch. In the summer of 1951, Bill Monroe's guitarist, Carter Stanley, left the band, and Monroe, who had heard of Mayfield, offered him the vacant slot as guitarist in the Bluegrass Boys. At the time he joined the Bluegrass Boys, Edd Mayfield was described as "a handsome, tough-as-barbed-wire cowpuncher, who literally grew up on a ranch, who could ride hard, lasso accurately, and literally toss and tie up a bull. . . and had the wiry strength of a gymnast.”
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