Don Kent (blues historian)

Don Kent is a record collectors and connoisseurs of blues and bluegrass recordings, as the founder and operator of his own record label ( " Mamlish Records ", " Country Turtle Records ", " Flying Crow Records " ) and a sought-after commentator / writer of liner notes to record, known not only on its own, but also on other labels such as Yazoo Records. Many of the re-released in the 1960s and 1970s, shellac 78 rpm records come from his extensive collection.

He was in the 1960s a member of the so-called New York "Blues Mafia ", a loose connection of blues enthusiasts, who besides him Steve Calt ( author of various liner notes and books), Samuel Charters (RBF Records), Lawrence ' Larry ' Cohn ( CBS / Epic, Columbia / Sony Records ), John Fahey (aka 'Blind Joe Death', Takoma Records ), Stefan Grossman (aka 'Kid Future ', Kicking Mule Records ), Tom Hoskins ( aka ' Fang ', of Mississippi John Hurt ' rediscovered '), Bernie Klatzko ( Herwin Records), Jim McKune, Nick Perls ( Yazoo and Blue Goose Records), Phil Spiro ( rediscovered along with Nick Perls and Dick Waterman Son House ) and Pete Whelan ( Origin Jazz library) belonged.

  • Music producer
  • Label owner
  • Blue researchers
  • Americans
  • Born in the 20th century
  • Man
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