Wade Ward
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 54 years ago |
| Date of birth | October 15,1892 |
| Zodiac sign | Libra |
| Born | Independence |
| Virginia | |
| United States | |
| Date of died | May 29,1971 |
| Died | Independence |
| Virginia | |
| United States | |
| Genres | Old-time Music |
| Albums | Music of Roscoe Holcomb and Wade Ward |
| Uncle Wade - A Memorial to Wade Ward: Old Time Virginia Banjo Picker, 1892-1971 | |
| Record labels | Folkways Records |
| Okeh Records | |
| County Records | |
| Biograph Records | |
| Songs | Chilly Winds |
| Old Reuben | |
| Sally Ann | |
| Lone Prairie | |
| June Apple | |
| Mississippi Sawyer | |
| Half Shaved | |
| Old Jimmy Sutton | |
| Cluck Old Hen | |
| Old Joe Clark | |
| Peachbottom Creek | |
| Sourwood Mountain | |
| John Lover is Gone | |
| New River Train | |
| Uncle Eef Got a Coon | |
| Hollyding | |
| Married Man's Blues | |
| Arkansas Traveler | |
| Interview / Cripple Creek | |
| Johnson Boys | |
| Half-Shaved Nigger | |
| Black Mountain Rag | |
| Shady Grove | |
| Polly Put the Kettle On | |
| Nancy Blevins | |
| Conversation Between Wade Ward and Glen Smith / Arkansas Traveler / Katy Hill's recollections of the Fiddler's Convention | |
| Cumberland Gap | |
| Nitches Over the Hill | |
| Ida Red | |
| Waterbound | |
| Ragtime Annie | |
| Katy Hill describes Wade learning to play music / Billy in the Lowground | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1148336 |
Wade Ward Life story
Wade Ward was an American old-time music banjo player and fiddler from Independence, Virginia. He was widely known playing the clawhammer banjo and frequently won the Galax, Virginia Old Time Fiddler's Convention. His instrument, a Gibson RB-11 5-string banjo, is now in the collection of the Smithsonian Institution.
Wade Ward Photos
