Herbert Mayfield
Musician, Military Person
1920 – 2008
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Who was Herbert Mayfield?
Herbert Earl Mayfield was a bluegrass musician and a member of the Mayfield Brothers band of West Texas. Playing the mandolin and the guitar, Mayfield played alongside his brothers, Thomas Edd Mayfield and Arlie V. "Smokey" Mayfield.
In the late 1940s, the Mayfield Brothers were warmup musicians in Lubbock and Amarillo for Tennessee Ernie Ford, Maddox Brothers and Rose, Hank Snow, and other Country groups.
After World War II, the trio went on the circuit playing Bluegrass until Edd left the band to join Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys.
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- Born
- Dec 20, 1920
Erick - Spouses
- Religion
- Baptists
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- May 29, 2008
Amarillo
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on July 23, 2013
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