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Grayson, G. B. (Gilliam Banmon), 1887-1930

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Personal name headingGrayson, G. B. (Gilliam Banmon), 1887-1930
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Variant(s)Gayle, Norman, 1887-1930
Grayson, G. B. (George Banman), 1887-ca. 1935
Grayson, George Banman, 1887-1930
Grayson, Gilliam Banmon, 1887-1930
Birth date1887
Death date1930
Special noteMachine-derived authority record.
Found inLCCN 88-770876: Grayson, G.B. Early classics, p1984-: (usage: G.B. Grayson)
Times ain't like they used to be. Vol. 1 [SR] p1997: insert (G. B. Grayson; fiddler, singer)
Country Music Television WWW site, Aug. 7, 2007 (G.B. Grayson; Gilliam Banmon Grayson; b. Ashe Co., N.C.; fiddler/singer; d. Aug. 1930)
AMG WWW site, Aug. 7, 2007 (G.B. Grayson; b. Gilliam Banmon Grayson, Nov. 11, 1888, Ashe Co., NC; d. Aug. 16, 1930, Abingdon, Va.; blind fiddler; recorded with Henry Whitter)
Encyc. of country music, 1998 (under Henry Whitter: Gilliam Banmon "G.B." Grayson; b. Nov. 11, 1888, Ashe Co., N.C.; d. Aug. 16, 1930; blind fiddler)
Encyc. of pop. mus., 3rd ed. (Grayson, G.B.; b. Gilliam Bannon Grayson, Nov. 11, 1887, Grayson, Ashe Co., Tenn. [sic]; d. Aug. 16, 1930; blind fiddler and singer)
Carlin, R. Country music, 2003 (under Whitter, Henry: George Bannon Grayson; blind fiddler/vocalist; d. mid-1930s)
Lornell, K. Virginia's blues, country & gospel records, 1902-1943, c1989: p. 208 (Gilliam Bannom Grayson; G.B. Grayson; b. Nov. 11, 1887, Laurel Bloomery, Tenn.; d. ca. 1934; blind fiddler)
Birthplace of country music WWW site, Aug. 8, 2007 (G.B. Grayson; Gilliam Banmon Grayson; b. Nov. 11, 1887, Ashe Co., N.C.; d. Aug. 16, 1930; blind fiddler and banjo player; performed with Henry Whitter as Grayson & Whitter)
Original Johnson County Tennessee genealogy page, WWW, Aug. 8, 2007 (G.B. (Gilliam Banmon) Grayson; b. Nov. 11, 1887, Ashe Co., N.C.; lived most of his life in northeastern Tenn., where he was known as "Banmon"; d. Aug. 16, 1930 in an automobile accident; first name erroneously given as George in many sources; "Gilliam Banmon", the correct form of name, is documented in federal pension records completed by or for his mother, death records, and an interview with his daughter)
Shout Lula [SR] 1928: label (Norman Gayle)
Sutton, A. Pseud. on Amer. records, 1892-1942, 2nd ed.: p. 113 (Gayle, Norman = G.B. Grayson and Henry Whittier)