Record #:

5577

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Quay Smathers of Haywood County was awarded a 1991 N.C. Folk Heritage Award for playing, singing, and preserving western Carolina traditional music. He is a leader in preserving and popularizing the shape note style of singing.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p45-47 Periodical Website

Subject(s):

Shape Note Singing--North Carolina, Western; Singers--Haywood County--Biography; Smathers, Quay Devere, 1913-