Record #:

15497

Author(s):

Topping, John D.

Abstract:

Bascom Lamar Lunsford, a native of western North Carolina, is praised as an interpreter of the western North Carolina mountaineer. Early in life he learned to play the banjo and fiddle, and to sing the old ballads and dance in accordance with the mountain traditional form, and ever since has been the preeminent pioneer for preserving the folk music, dance, and art of western North Carolina.

Source:

The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 3 Issue 39, Feb 1936, p3, 21, f

Subject(s):

Folk music