Interview with Bill Fisher

Interview with Bill Fisher

Autobiography

Bluegrass musicians

Events

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Fisher, William V., 1921-2014

Grocery trade

Guitarists

Music

Musicians

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World War, 1939-1945 -- Veterans

Bill Fisher is interviewed by Emily Lower, July 8, 1998 at his home in Glenville, North Carolina to talk about the music he played. Fisher began in his teens, while attending Glenville High School, playing the harmonica and then picked up the guitar. He always played by ear and never learned to read music. He played country bluegrass style with a band called “Country Strings.” He ran Fisher’s Grocery in Glenville where they had street dances on Saturday nights in the summer for about five years. After that the band played benefits for many years all over the community and then began playing at Mountain Heritage Day starting in the late 1980s until the late 90s.

Fisher, William V., 1921-2014

WCU Mountain Heritage Center Oral Histories

Hunter Library Digital Collections, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723

1920s; 1930s; 1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s;

1998-06-08

Lower, Emily

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Jackson County (N.C.)

North Carolina, Western

01:13:41 (sound recordings)(duration)

23 pages (transcripts)(duration)

Oral Histories of Western North Carolina