# Kyle Creed

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{{Short description|American musician (1912–1982)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name            = Kyle Creed
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| birth_name      = Andy Kyle Creed
| alias           =
| birth_place     = [Round Peak, North Carolina](/source/Round_Peak%2C_North_Carolina), [U.S.A.](/source/United_States)
| birth_date      = {{Birth date|1912|9|20}}
| death_date      = {{Death date and age|1982|11|22|1912|9|20|mf=yes}}
| instrument      = [Banjo](/source/Banjo), [fiddle](/source/fiddle)
| genre           = [Old-time](/source/Old-time_music)
| occupation      = [Carpenter](/source/Carpenter), [Luthier](/source/Luthier)
| years_active    =
| label           = Mountain Records
| associated_acts = Camp Creek Boys
| website         = 
}}
'''Kyle Creed''' (1912–1982) was an influential musician and banjo [luthier](/source/luthier) of 20th century [Appalachia](/source/Appalachia).<ref>"Kyle Creed," Encyclopedia of Appalachia, 2011, Encyclopedia of Appalachia. 7 Jul 2011 <http://www.encyclopediaofappalachia.com/entry.php?rec=64 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008062823/http://www.encyclopediaofappalachia.com/entry.php?rec=64 |date=2018-10-08 }}></ref>  Along with [Tommy Jarrell](/source/Tommy_Jarrell), and [Fred Cockerham](/source/Fred_Cockerham), he was a central figure of the Roundpeak-style old-time music that began to find an outside audience in the 1960s, and his [clawhammer banjo](/source/clawhammer_banjo) playing came to shape banjo practices in the [Old-time music](/source/Old-time_music) tradition.<ref>{{cite book|last=Carlin|first=Bob and Dan Levenson|title=Kyle Creed: Clawhammer Banjo Master|year=2010|publisher=Mel Bay|isbn=978-0-7866-8271-3|pages=6}}</ref>

==Biography==
He was born in the [Round Peak](/source/Round_Peak) area of [Surry County](/source/Surry_County%2C_North_Carolina), [North Carolina](/source/North_Carolina) on September 20, 1912, becoming immersed in the traditional music of the region from an early age.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Faurot|first=Charlie|author2=Tom Mylet |author3=Kirk Sutphin |title=Kyle Creed: A 1966 Interview|journal=Old-Time Herald|date=December 2009|volume=12|issue=2|pages=23–32|url=http://proxygsu-gai1.galileo.usg.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=47529705&site=ehost-live}}</ref> Creed was a multi-instrumentalist but concentrated on clawhammer banjo, playing in various groups such as the Camp Creek Boys<ref>"Kyle Creed," Encyclopedia of Appalachia, 2011, Encyclopedia of Appalachia. 7 Jul 2011 <http://www.encyclopediaofappalachia.com/entry.php?rec=64 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008062823/http://www.encyclopediaofappalachia.com/entry.php?rec=64 |date=2018-10-08 }}></ref> and winning the prestigious [Galax](/source/Galax%2C_Virginia), VA [Old Fiddler's Convention](/source/Old_Fiddler's_Convention) banjo competition in multiple consecutive years<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners|url=http://www.oldfiddlersconvention.com/winners.htm|publisher=Old Fiddler's Convention, Galax, Virginia|accessdate=2011-07-07}}</ref>  He also operated a music store and built banjos for other players of the style. His work as a [luthier](/source/luthier) continues to influence preferences and standards in [open back banjo](/source/open_back_banjo) construction and sound.<ref>{{cite book|last=Carlin|first=Bob and Dan Levenson|title=Kyle Creed: Clawhammer Banjo Master|year=2010|publisher=Mel Bay|isbn=978-0-7866-8271-3|pages=6}}</ref>

Particularly influential was Creed's novel practice of executing the right hand playing motion over the highest frets of the [banjo](/source/banjo) [fretboard](/source/fretboard) as opposed to the standard method of striking the strings directly above the banjo head.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Faurot|first=Charlie|author2=Tom Mylet |author3=Kirk Sutphin |title=Kyle Creed: A 1966 Interview|journal=Old-Time Herald|date=December 2009|volume=12|issue=2|pages=23–32|url=http://proxygsu-gai1.galileo.usg.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=47529705&site=ehost-live}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Burke|first=John|title=John Burke's Book of Old Time Fiddle Tunes for Banjo|year=1968|publisher=Amsco|location=N.Y.|isbn=978-0-8256-2801-6|pages=49}}</ref> Kyle Creed recorded individually and with the Camp Creek Boys and is included in the [Library of Congress](/source/Library_of_Congress) Archive of Folk Culture and the seminal ''County Records Clawhammer Banjo'' series.

He died November 26, 1982.<ref>"Kyle Creed," Encyclopedia of Appalachia, 2011, Encyclopedia of Appalachia. 7 Jul 2011 <http://www.encyclopediaofappalachia.com/entry.php?rec=64 {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008062823/http://www.encyclopediaofappalachia.com/entry.php?rec=64 |date=2018-10-08 }}></ref>

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}
*[Wade Ward](/source/Wade_Ward)
*[Clawhammer](/source/Clawhammer)
*[Old-time music](/source/Old-time_music)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.unc.edu/~pmitchel/oldindex.html/ Kyle Creed MP3 Collection]

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Category:American banjoists
Category:Old-time musicians
Category:Musicians from North Carolina
Category:Appalachian old-time fiddlers
Category:1912 births
Category:1982 deaths
Category:20th-century American fiddlers
Category:People from Surry County, North Carolina

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