Foothills – Page 7 – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Paul Sutphin

Paul Sutphin was one of the of the musicians whose playing most exemplified the famous...

On the southern slope of Fisher's Peak near the Round Peak community of Surry County,...

Charlie Poole embodied the wild and reckless spirit of the 1920s. Known as a rambler...

Fiddler J. D. (Dedrick) Harris was born in 1859 in Flag Pond, Tennessee. Though a...

Fred Cockerham was one of the most highly regarded musicians to come out of the...

"I don't believe in building nothing I'd be ashamed to own," Kyle Creed said in...

Earnest East was a prominent member of a remarkable tradition of string band music that...

Etta Baker was a master of the blues guitar style that became popular in the...

Brothers Earl and Bill Bolick of the Blue Sky Boys were two of the most...

Aaron Buff found his calling as a chair maker when he was about ten years...

Multi-instrumentalist and teacher Jim Vipperman grew up in a musically rich family and community in...

Guitar player and singer Ray Lipford lives in the Ferguson community of Wilkes County, on...