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Doc Barnett Williams

  "Barnett Edward Williams, 61, a percussionist who lived his life to the beat of African drums and who loved sharing the drumming tradition with other enthusiasts, died March 4,2006 of a heart attack at the home in the District where he was born. He was a District resident." Considered one of the elders of the drumming circle, he started drumming at the historic park along 16th Street NW in 1967, when he was 11."                                                                       Photograph by Ms. Afrika Abney                                                                                                      2005                                                                  R.I.P Master Drummer Doc Barnett Williams