Dock Walsh

About the artist

Doctor Coble Walsh (born July 23, 1901, Lewis Fork, Wilkes County, North Carolina, died May 28, 1967), better known as Doc/Dock Walsh, was an American banjoist, and bandleader of The Carolina Tar Heels. He formed that group with Clarence Ashley in 1925, followed by the addition of Gwen Foster. 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. He also invented a method of playing with pennies under the bridge and the strings played with a knife

Top songs

1. Bathe in that Beautiful Pool
2. Going Back To Jericho
3. In the Pines (Recorded 1926)
4. We Courted in the Rain
5. In The Pines
6. Bulldog Down In Sunny Tennessee
7. Goin' Back To Jericho
8. Come Bathe In That Beautiful Pool
9. A Precious Sweetheart From Me Has Gone
10. The Bull Dog Down In Tennessee (Recorded 1925)

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