Famous NC Musicians, Singers, Songwriters, and Bands  

Traditional and Bluegrass
Doc Watson
Arthur Smith
Red Clay Ramblers
Libba Cotten
David Holt
Don Gibson
Tommy Jarrell

Country
Charlie Daniels
Earl Scruggs
Emmy Lou Harris
Randy Travis
Donna Fargo
Ronnie Milsap

Rock and Pop
James Taylor
Roberta Flack
Ryan Adams
Clay Aiken
Harry Wayne Casey (KC and the Sunshine Band)
Fantasia Barrino
Ben Folds
The Embers
The Connells
Clyde McPhatter
Ben E. King 

Blues
Etta Baker
Brownie McGhee
Sonny Terry
"Blind Boy" Fuller
John Dee Holeman

Jazz/Funk
Branford Marsalis
Thelonious Monk
John Coltrane
Maceo Parker
Percy Heath
Max Roach
Squirrel Nut Zippers
Kay Kyser
Loonis McGlohon
George Clinton
Nina Simone
Billy Taylor
Dizzy Gillespie

Gospel
Shirley Caesar
Rev. Gary Davis
Rev. Faircloth Barnes
Bishop Dready Manning 

Music related historical markers:
William Gaston
Lumina (celebrating Big Band music)
Bull City Blues (celebrating Piedmont blues – a distinctive regional style)
Lamar Stringfield
Charlie Poole
John Coltrane
Thomas Dula
Balladry
Bascom Lamar Lunsford

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