Eric Davidson
Musician
Best known for
Banjo
Eric Davidson was an American old-time clawhammer banjo player and folklorist.
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- Learned clawhammer banjo in the late 1950s from the Galax-area player Uncle Wade Ward.
- Co-founded the Iron Mountain String Band in the early 1960s.
- Made extensive field recordings of southern Virginia and North Carolina musicians, later donated to the Smithsonian.
- Died in 2015.
