| LC control no. | n 83070023 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | ML419.M213 Biography |
| Personal name heading | Mainer, Wade, 1907-2011 |
| See also | Corporate body: J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1907-04-21 |
| Death date | 2011 |
| Place of birth | Weaverville (N.C.) |
| Place of death | Flint (Mich.) |
| Field of activity | Bluegrass music |
| Profession or occupation | Banjoists |
| Found in | The Wade Mainer story, 198-? (subj.) cover (Wade Mainer) p. 4 (b. 4-21-07, western North Carolina; country musician, banjo player, singer) New York times WWW site, Sept. 16, 2011 (in obituary published Sept. 15: Wade Mainer; b. Wade Eckhart Mainer (his middle name was spelled several ways), Apr. 21, 1907, near Weaverville, N.C.; d. Monday [Sept. 12, 2011], Flint, Mich., aged 104; singer and banjo player whose clean, emphatic style and devotion to old-time mountain songs made him a pivotal figure in the transition to bluegrass music) Northwestern University Libraries, Berkeley Folk Music Festival archive 1957-1970 (J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers, former member Wade Mainer, ) |
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