In Memoriam – Page 2 – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Cullen Galyean

Cullen Galyean was born and raised in Low Gap, North Carolina, surrounded by music in...

Ruben Teesatuskie (tee-sah-TES-skee) was born and raised on a hill overlooking the center of the...

Lynn Worth grew up in Ashe County, North Carolina, a hotbed for traditional old-time and...

Fred Roupe was born about twelve miles outside of Sparta in Alleghany County, and he...

Jerry Adams was descended from many generations of residents of the Laurel section of Madison...

Brian Yerman grew up in upstate New York, but but lived in southern Appalachia playing...

Buddy Davis, a seventh-generation descendant of settlers of Madison County, enjoyed a long and varied...

Known as the "flat-picking Dobro man," Tut Taylor developed his own style of resonator guitar...

The Reeves family of Alleghany County claim kinship to Homer and Cleo, the Reeves Brothers,...

Eula Russ Osborne was born in the Three Top community of Ashe County, where she...

Hazel Pendley grew up in Mitchell County at the head of Beaver Creek. Though she...

Troy McGuire was connected to the music of Northwest North Carolina and Southwest Virginia all...