Record #:

5594

Author(s):

Sharpe, Bill

Abstract:

Lauchlin Shaw of Harnett County and A.C. Overton of Wake County were playing the fiddle and banjo long before they teamed up in the 1950s. Both prefer performing the traditional Appalachian repertoire. In 1992, they were awarded a North Carolina Folk Heritage Award.

Source:

North Carolina Folklore Journal (NoCar GR 110 N8 N6), Vol. 44 Issue 1 & 2, 1997, p68-70

Subject(s):

Banjoists--Wake County; Fiddlers--Harnett County; Overton, A. C. (Aaron Chaucley), Jr. 1924-2007; Shaw, Lauchlin