Don Kent
Donald Theodore "Don" Kent (born April 20, 1944 in Chicago , Illinois , † August 9, 2015 in Spartanburg , South Carolina ) was an American record collector and connoisseur of blues and bluegrass recordings. He was the founder and operator of his own record label (" Mamlish Records ", "Country Turtle Records", "Flying Crow Records") and a sought-after commentator and writer of accompanying texts for records not only on his own, but also on other labels such as B. Yazoo Records . Many of the re-released in the 1960s and 1970s shellac - 78 rpm disks come from his extensive collection.
In the 1960s he was a member of the so-called New York "Blues Mafia", a loose association of blues enthusiasts who, in addition to him, Steve Calt (writer of various record texts 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', the Mississippi John Hurt 'rediscovered'), Bernie Klatzko (Herwin Records), Jim McKune, Nick Perls ( Yazoo and Blue Goose Records ), Phil Spiro (who rediscovered Son House with Nick Perls and Dick Waterman ) and Pete Whelan (Origin Jazz Library).
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| SURNAME | Kent, Don |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kent, Donald Theodore (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American record collector and connoisseur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 20, 1944 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 9, 2015 |
| Place of death | Spartanburg , South Carolina |