Othar Turner and Sharde Thomas

Othar Turner played a homemade bamboo cane fife or wooden flute. At 94 years old, Turner was the oldest and perhaps only living African-American fife player in America. He was also the leader of the Rising Star Fife and Drum Corp
"His music was recently featured in Martin Scorsese's Academy Award-nominated film Gangs of New York."

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Blues
• Fife
• and
• Drum

[joelzwilliams]

The original Otha. It's funny to see Sharde so young! She's almost 30 now and has her own group on tour.

[noodlam]

primal. excellent.

[snookseaglin]

so fun to listen to :) 5 stars and more...guess I better get to work on my own music so I can have mojo like this when I'm 94!

[melodymelv]

i have played the bamboo fife for 45 years and have met mr turner and sharde at the new orleans jazz fest 02 it was one of the most profound music events i have ever had we talked tested each others fifes i was there doing workshops on fife for the under 12 hands on tent and have made given thousands of them one day we may meet once more i hope she remembers me

[illugin9]

it has touch my heart

[dockoscar]

Some of the best American music ever. Powerful stuff. This music digs down somewhere deep. So happy Othar got to get a Cd out and even happier that this type of music still lives on.

[TheSpiritualShow]

we need a f sarde thomas complete cd whit drums and new composition COMON MAN

[TheSpiritualShow]

man am telling u there nothing who vibrates me more than fife and drums like this! fuck top i come alive again! PFFFFF PFFPFPFPF Djfpfpfpfpfpfppfpfpf fpfpfpfp fppfpfpfpfpf FPPFFPFP

[TheSpiritualShow]

ya today i bought my first fife! fuck top!

[amyariadn08]

Great video! Sharde was in my 4th grade class and such a joy. I'm proud of the woman she has become. I loved listening to her play with her grandfather. Thanks for sharing this clip.