Wade Mainer

Wade Mainer

Wade Mainer

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Top Songs

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We'll Never Grow Old
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When the Light Has Gone Out
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Little Birdie
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Whatcha Gonna Tell Him
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The Gate is Straight

Albums

  • I Can't Sit Down

    Aug 2021 • 16 songs

  • Old Time Banjo Tunes

    Aug 2021 • 16 songs

  • Old Time Gospel Favorites

    Aug 2021 • 12 songs

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Wade Mainer

Biography

Banjoist/singer Wade Mainer was an influential figure whose innovative two-fingered picking technique expanded the traditional clawhammer style and helped pave the way for the three-finger virtuosity of modern bluegrass players like Earl Scruggs. Mainer was born in 1907 and raised on his family's small mountain farm near Weaverville, NC, where he was inspired to try his hand at traditional mountain music by his brother-in-law, fiddler Roscoe Banks. After moving to Concord to work in a cotton mill, he began performing with his brother J.E. Mainer's group the Mountaineers, playi...
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