Banjo – Page 8 – Blue Ridge National Heritage Area

Charlie Shuler

Charlie Shuler grew up in the same spot where he lives today, in the Caney...

Banjo player Marc Pruett has lived all his life in Haywood and Buncombe Counties, and...

John Henry Pendley was born on Beaver Creek in Mitchell County and raised in a...

Dan Padgett grew up in the community where Earl Scruggs developed his banjo style. Dan...

Amy Michels was born and raised in a rural farming community where her interest in...

Jeff Michael was born in Iredell County, and raised in Wilkes County surrounded by music....

Chester McMillian was born in Carroll County, Virginia, into a musical family and community. He...

Dennis McEntire was born and raised in Rutherford County where he was surrounded by traditional...

Martha Owen says that "Storytelling is something that sort of comes to you," but her...

When Georgia Governor Zell Miller wanted "some good mountain music" for his goodbye luncheon banquet,...

By day, Steve Lewis is a commercial/residential painter, by night and every weekend, a national...

Talented multi-instrumentalist David Ray Johnson was born in Millers Creek in 1954 to Billie Ray...