Marion Sumner

b. 28 March 1920, Florida, USA, d. 17 August 1997, USA. Elevated in Vicco, Kentucky, that is where his family members relocated when he was a baby, Sumner discovered to try out the violin as a kid. He used the Payroll Kids and became specifically mixed up in 30s and 40s. In the past due 30s he was with Cousin Emmy and during Globe War II caused Molly O’Day time, Lynn Davis, Eddie Hill, Johnnie Wright among others. Sumner became referred to as the ‘Fiddle Ruler from the South’. Using flair and excitement, Sumner resided up to his name and created a pursuing among followers of traditional nation music. Among his documenting sessions with additional artists are people that have country performers Preston Ward and Don Gibson along with banjo participant Lee Sexton (b. 1927, Linefork, Kentucky, USA). Within the second option day he was became a member of by banjo participant Freddie Campbell, guitarist and vocalist Sonny Houston, and bass participant Phil Sexton. He also documented duo fiddle units with Jesse McReynolds (of Jim And Jesse). From the tunes in Sumner’s repertoire, possibly the best known is definitely ‘Shed Indian’, which shows up on several compilations of recordings by kindred performers. Information by Sumner are difficult to find, but he is able to be noticed on single monitors on compilations released with the American Folk Lifestyle Middle and by Smithsonian Folkways. Furthermore to his pursuing among supporters for his sort of music, Sumner also enticed academic interest. In 1996, Ronald Pencil, an associate teacher of musicology on the School of Kentucky College of Music, shipped a paper entitled Marion Sumner: Fiddle Ruler FROM THE South on the International Nation Music Meeting, Meridian, Mississippi.