Abstract:
Wayne Erbson has a lifelong love of bluegrass and old-time music. This love brought him from California to North Carolina, where he eventually took a job teaching Appalachian music at Central Piedmont Community College. In the 1980s, he moved to Asheville, which has a vibrant old-time music community. There he founded Native Ground Music, a publishing company devoted to preserving Southern Appalachian heritage.