CAROLINA TAR HEELS, THE

CAROLINA TAR HEELS, THE (c. 1927–1932: Dock [Doctor Coble] Walsh [bnj, gtr, voc], b. Wilkes County, N.C., July 23, 1901–May 1967; Garley Foster [hca, voc], b. Wilkes County, N.C., January 10, 1905–October 1968; Gwen Foster [hca, voc], place and date of birth unknown; Clarence Tom Ashley [gtr, voc], b. C. Earl McCurry, Bristol, Tenn., September 29, 1895–June 2, 1967) A low-key North Carolina-based and -styled string band led by guitarist/banjoist/entertainer Doc Walsh that had some success in…