Tom Mauchahty-Ware (March 21, 1949 – November 3, 2015[1]) was a Kiowa/Comanche musician.[1] He was a Southern Straight dancer and a member of the Kiowa O-Ho-Mah Lodge society.[1]
Thomas Mauchahty-Ware II | |
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| Born | March 21, 1949 |
| Died | November 3, 2015 (aged 66) |
| Instrument(s) | singing, drum, Native American flute, harmonica, guitar |
| Years active | 1970s–2000s |
| Formerly of | Blues Nation |
Early life
editThomas Ware was born on March 21, 1949, to Wilson Ware (Kiowa) and Pearl Pewo Ware (Kiowa/Comanche) in Oklahoma.[1]
Career
editAs a musician, he drummed and played the Native American flute, harmonica, and blues guitar. He formed the band Blues Nation in 1990.[1]
He was an accomplished American Indian dancer and regalia maker. He was a skilled visual artist: painting, sculpting, making flutes, bead working, and feather working.
He was a descendant of the famous Kiowa flutist, Belo Cozad, and made two commercial recordings, Flute Songs of the Kiowa and Comanche (1978) and The Traditional and Contemporary Indian Flute of Tom Mauchahty Ware (1983).[2]
Films
edit- Songkeepers (1999, 48 min.). Directed by Bob Hercules and Bob Jackson. Produced by Dan King. Lake Forest, Illinois: America's Flute Productions. Five distinguished players of Native American flute - Tom Mauchahty-Ware, Sonny Nevaquaya (Comanche), R. Carlos Nakai (Navajo/Ute), Hawk Littlejohn, Kevin Locke (Standing Rock Lakota) – talk about their instrument and their songs and the role of the flute and its music in their tribes.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e Daffron, Brian (December 4, 2015). "Gifted Musician Tom Mauchahty-Ware Walks On". Retrieved 14 April 2024.
- ^ "Legends and Legacies: An American Folklife Center Celebration of Public Folklore". The American Folklife Center. Library of Congress. 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-03-30. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
- ^ Joyce-Grendahl, Kathleen. "Songkeepers: A Video Review". worldflutes.org. Suffolk: International Native American Flute Association. Archived from the original on 2006-03-03. Retrieved 2010-08-13. And: National Museum of the American Indian. Archived September 1, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
External links
edit- Tom Mauchahty-Ware, Apple music
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