Record #:

5580

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Bertie Dickens of Alleghany County received a 1992 N.C. Folk Heritage Award for preserving the traditional style of banjo playing. Mrs. Dickens performs in the old-time clawhammer style and the rarely heard two-finger up-picking technique.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p53-55

Subject(s):

Dickens, Bertie Caudill, 1902-1994; Banjo--Method