Type: Banjo
Willard and Ora Watson
Willard Watson and his wife Ora were among the extraordinary traditional artists in the Watson...
Dave Sturgill
When Dave Sturgill was young, he would visit his grandfather's cousin, Fid Sturgill, a fiddler...
Dock Walsh
Wilkes County native Doctor "Dock" Walsh recorded dozens of songs in the 1920s, both solo...
Mary Jane Queen
Mary Jane Queen lived in the Caney Fork section of Jackson County near where she...
Don Reno
Don Reno was one of the most distinctive and influential banjo players in the history...
Ola Belle Reed
One of thirteen children in a musical family in Lansing, North Carolina, Ola Wave Campbell...
Frank Proffitt
Tom Dooley might never have become a household name outside of Northwest North Carolina had...
J.E. and Wade Mainer
Joseph Emmet (J. E.) and Wade Mainer, two of recorded country music's first stars, grew...
Charlie Poole
Charlie Poole embodied the wild and reckless spirit of the 1920s. Known as a rambler...
Tommy Jarrell
On the southern slope of Fisher's Peak near the Round Peak community of Surry County,...
