Record #:

18949

Author(s):

Baldwin, Lisa; Weinstein, Leila; Schaad, Emily

Abstract:

Eris Ellis is a musician's musician, whose career as a banjo player represents the dynamic of family, local community, and wider national contexts that contribute to old time and bluegrass music. Ellis has recently been introduced into the Blue Ridge Music Hall of Fame and is one of the best exemplars of a musical style that began in North Carolina: Scruggs-style banjo playing.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 57 Issue 2, Fall/Winter 2010, p4-7, bibl, f

Subject(s):

Bluegrass music