Thomas Edward "Edd" Mayfield (April 12, 1926 – July 7, 1958) was a Bluegrass singer and guitarist, mostly known for being a member of Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys band during the 1950s. Edd Mayfield and two of his brothers, Smokey Mayfield (1924–2008) of Spearman and Herbert Mayfield (1920–2008) of Dimmitt, were part of the Mayfield BrothersCountry band in West Texas.
Jo McLain Mayfield, later Jo Butler (married ca. 1948-his death)
Children
Freddie Calvin Mayfield Carl Mayfield
Notes
1 While his brothers, Herbert Mayfield and Smokey Mayfield, remained in West Texas, Edd Mayfield went on tour with Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys. (2) Edd Mayfield died within a week of having been diagnosed with leukemia while he was on concert with Monroe in West Virginia.
The Mayfield Brothers were offered a recording contract, but turned it down because of the business of the family's Green Valley Ranch. In the summer of 1951, Bill Monroe's guitarist, Carter Stanley, left the band, and Monroe, who had heard of Mayfield, offered him the vacant slot as guitarist in the Bluegrass Boys. At the time he joined the Bluegrass Boys, Edd Mayfield was described as "a handsome, tough-as-barbed-wire cowpuncher, who literally grew up on a ranch, who could ride hard, lasso accurately, and literally toss and tie up a bull. . . and had the wiry strength of a gymnast."[1]
On October 28, 1951, Mayfield made the first of his 19 recordings with Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys, but he left the group within a year and was replaced by Jimmy Martin. In 1954, when Martin had left the band, Mayfield rejoined the Bluegrass Boys. A few months later, he left the group again.[2]
In early 1958, Mayfield returned to Monroe for the last time. He contracted leukemia, became ill while on the road with the band, and within 3 days of being stricken, died at a hospital in Bluefield, West Virginia. He was 32.[3] Services for Mayfield were held at the First Baptist Church in Dimmitt. The burial took place at Castro County Memorial Cemetery. Mayfield was married to Jo McLain and the couple had two sons, Freddie and Carl. After Mayfield's death, his sons were raised by his brother Smokey.
^Joe Carr; Allan Munde. "The Mayfield Brothers". Hansford County Reporter-Statesman. Retrieved August 14, 2010.
January 30, 2023
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