Name Alice Gerrard Role Singer · alicegerrard.com | Education Antioch College Movies Sprout Wings and Fly | |
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Albums Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerr, Hazel & Alice, Pioneering Women of Bluegrass, Follow the Music, Calling Me Home: Songs of | ||
sweet south anna river by alice gerrard
Alice Gerrard (born July 8, 1934) is an American bluegrass singer, banjoist, and guitar player. She performed in a duo with Hazel Dickens and as part of The Back Creek Buddies with Matokie Slaughter.
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- sweet south anna river by alice gerrard
- Hazel dickens alice gerrard the one i love is gone
- Alice Gerrard
- With Hazel Dickens
- With Mike Seeger
- Tom Brad Alice
- With Gail Gillespie and Sharon Sandomirsky
- Compilations
- Films
- References
Gerrard was born Seattle, Washington. Her mother was from Yakima, Washington, and her father from Wigan in England. Gerrard attended Antioch College, where she was exposed to folk music. After college, she moved to Washington, D.C. and became part of the thriving bluegrass scene there. Gerrard was married to Jeremy Foster who died in a car accident. She had four children by him. She was later married to Mike Seeger and recorded two albums with him.
The Alice Gerrard Collection (1954–2000) is located in the Southern Folklife Collection of the Wilson Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
She was an editor-in-chief of The Old Time Herald from 1987 to 2000.