Doctor Coble Walsh (July 23, 1901 in Lewis Fork, Wilkes County,

North Carolina North Carolina () is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the 28th largest and 9th-most populous of the United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia and ...

– May 28, 1967), better known as Doc/Dock Walsh, was an American banjoist, and bandleader of

The Carolina Tar Heels The Carolina Tar Heels was an American old time string band. It originally consisted of Dock Walsh (July 23, 1901 – May 28, 1967) on banjo and Gwen Foster on harmonica. Later Clarence Ashley (September 29, 1895 – June 2, 1967) joi ...

. He formed that group with Clarence Ashley in 1925, followed by the addition of

Gwen Foster Gwin Stanley Foster (December 25, 1903 – November 25, 1954), also known as Gwen or Gwyn, was an old-time/country harmonica and guitar player who was known for work in The Carolina Tar Heels and the . He was born in Caldwell, North Carolina, a ...

. Walsh is known as the "Banjo King of the Carolinas". He played in a ''clawhammer'' style, but was one of the first to record the three-finger style.Erbsen, pg. 83 He also invented a method of playing with pennies under the bridge and the strings played with a knife, similar to bottle neck guitar style.Native Ground

Discography

* ''The Carolina Tar Heels'' (Folk Legacy, 1964) * ''The Carolina Tar Heels'' (GHP, 1969) * ''The Carolina Tar Heels'' (Bear Family, 1975) * ''The Original Carolina Tar Heels: Look Who's Coming!'' (Old Homestead, 1978)

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* 1901 births 1967 deaths American banjoists Old-time musicians 20th-century American musicians {{US-musician-stub