Tim BarnwellWayne Erbsen: Telling the Stories of “Southern Mountain Music”
Wayne Erbsen has studied, played, taught, and written about traditional music for over 50 years. We talked to him about his new book, Southern Mountain Music: The Collected Writings of Wayne Erbsen, a collection of articles he wrote about legendary musicians from across the bluegrass and old-time music scenes. He started playing guitar and banjo in his native Southern California as a teen and arrived in Southern Appalachia in the 1970s.
Music featured in this episode includes:
- The Kentucky Colonels with Clarence White, “Soldiers Joy”
- Jimmy Shumate, “Katy Hill”
- Walt Davis, “Crooked Creek Blues”
- J.E. and Wade Mainer with Zeke Morris, “City on the Hill”
Go back into the Down the Road archives to Season 3, Episode 10, to learn more about Erbsen!
The Podcast
The “Down the Road on the Blue Ridge Music Trails of North Carolina” podcast highlights bluegrass and old-time music stories, performers, and traditions across the mountain and foothills counties of Western North Carolina. Hosted and scripted by Laura Boosinger and produced by Jaclyn Anthony and Joe Kendrick of WNCW-FM, the podcast is a joint effort of the Blue Ridge National Heritage Area, the North Carolina Arts Council, and WNCW-FM.
