| LC control no. | no 00091918 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Walsh, Dock |
| Variant(s) | Walsh, Doctor Coble Walsh, Doc |
| See also | Corporate body: Carolina Tar Heels |
| Located | North Carolina |
| Birth date | 19010723 |
| Death date | 19670528 |
| Place of birth | Wilkes County (N.C.) |
| Field of activity | Old-time music Country music |
| Profession or occupation | Country musicians Banjoists |
| Found in | Mountain sacred songs [SR] 196-?: container (Dock Walsh, vocals and banjo) Poole, C. You ain't talkin' to me [SR] p2005: outer box (Dock Walsh) booklet, p. 20 (Doctor "Dock" Coble Walsh; "self-proclaimed 'Banjo King of the Carolinas'"; formed the Carolina Tar Heels) Oxford music online, February 20, 2015: Encyclopedia of popular music (Carolina Tar Heels: Doc Walsh (born Doctor Coble Walsh, 23 July 1902, Wilkes County, North Carolina, died 28 May 1967; banjo, guitar, vocals); member of the original act, along with Gwyn Foster) Wikipedia, February 20, 2015 (Dock Walsh; Doctor Coble Walsh; born July 23, 1901, Lewis Fork, Wilkes County, North Carolina; died May 28, 1967; better known as Doc/Dock Walsh; American banjoist and leader of the Carolina Tar Heels, a group he formed with Clarence Ashley in 1925, followed by the addition of Gwen Foster; known as the "Banjo King of the Carolinas") Carlin, Richard. Country music, 2003 (under Carolina Tar Heels: Dock (Doctor Doble) Walsh (banjo, guitar, vocals); born July 23, 1901, Wilkes County, N.C.; died May 1967; little known of his early life, but he was apparently a street singer who worked the mill towns of North Carolina; teamed with Gwen Foster in 1926 and together they became the Carolina Tar Heels (name adopted in 1927)) Encyclopedia of country music, 2nd edition (under Carolina Tarheels: Doctor Coble "Dock" Walsh; born July 23, 29091, Wilkes County, North Carolina; died May 1967; banjo player) |
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