Oklahoma Musicians

Jazz history

D.C. Minner

The Oklahoma Historical Society, TravelOK, and Minner's artist site identify D.C. Minner as born in Rentiesville in 1935, raised around the Cozy Corner juke joint, and a guitarist, bassist, vocalist, and blues organizer who returned to Rentiesville, reopened the club, and established the Dusk 'til Dawn Blues Festival.

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Oklahoma connection

OHS and TravelOK document Rentiesville birth/upbringing, the Cozy Corner, and his Oklahoma blues-preservation work.

Musical work and relationships

Guitarist; bassist; vocalist; bandleader; Cozy Corner proprietor; Dusk 'til Dawn Blues Festival founder/organizer.

Hall of Fame account

The Hall catalog lists D.C. Minner as a guitarist, bassist, and vocalist inducted in 1999.

Evidence and remaining questions

Confirm whether the Hall record's D.C. initials expand to a full legal name; retain the catalog form until a primary record is found.

Sources

  1. www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry
  2. www.travelok.com/music-trail/artists/d-c-minner
  3. dcminnerblues.com/d-c-minner/d-c-minner/
  4. www.okhistory.org/about/pressrelease.php
  5. www.okjazz.org/inductees/

Related source accounts

These records use the same display name in different source contexts. They remain separate accounts.