J.P. Nester & Norman Edmonds
The banjo and fiddle duo of J.P. Nester and Norman Edmonds had only two recordings released from the Bristol Sessions, but for many fans and critics the two sides represent the apogee of Appalachian stringband …
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Alex “Uncle Eck” Dunford
BY CHARLES K. WOLFE— Although he appeared at the Bristol sessions as a member of Ernest Stoneman’s assembly of musicians, Alex Dunford (1878-1953) was a remarkable fiddler, singer, and comedian in his own right. A …
The Hill Billies
BY MARTY McGEE— The Hill Billies, an early old-time string band, radio and vaudeville act, was organized in Galax, Virginia, in the mid-1920s. The bands’ original members were fiddler Alonzo Elvis “Tony” Alderman of Carroll …
Ernest V. “Pop” Stoneman
BY IVAN M. TRIBE Ernest V. Stoneman – born in Monarat, Virginia, [Carroll County] May 25, 1893; died June 14, 1968 – was the Patriarch of a legendary musical family. Ernest Van “Pop” Stoneman helped …