Dick Burnett (musician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetDick Burnett (musician)
American musician
Date of Birth: 08-Oct-1883
Date of Death: 23-Jan-1977
Profession: songwriter
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Dick Burnett (musician)
- Richard Daniel (Dick) Burnett (October 8, 1883 – January 23, 1977) was an American folk musician and songwriter from Kentucky. Burnett was born near Monticello, Kentucky.
- Blind for most of his life, he was a full-time travelling entertainer.
- With fiddler Leonard Rutherford he formed a long touring partnership, and a brief recording career in which they cut a number of popular and influential sides with Burnett on banjo or guitar.
- Both men also sang. Burnett has been described as "one of the great natural songsters, a man who collected, codified, and transmitted some of our best traditional songs.
- Dick was also a skilful composer and folk poet of considerable skill; his "Man of Constant Sorrow" remains one of the most evocative country songs."
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