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Alice Gerrard
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| Born | (1934-07-08) July 8, 1934 (age 89) Seattle, Washington |
| Genres | Bluegrass, folk music |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, guitar, fiddle, banjo |
| Labels | Rounder Records, Folkways |
| Website | alicegerrard |
Alice Gerrard (born July 8, 1934) is an American bluegrass singer, banjoist, fiddler, and guitar player. She performed as part of a duo with Hazel Dickens, and as part of The Strange Creek Singers (with Dickens, Mike Seeger, Tracy Schwarz, and Lamar Grier) and The Back Creek Buddies (with Matokie Slaughter).
Gerrard was born in Seattle, Washington. Her mother was from Yakima, Washington, and her father from Wigan in England. Gerrard attended Antioch College, where she was exposed to folk music. After college, she moved to Washington, D.C., and became part of the thriving bluegrass scene there.[1] Gerrard was married to Jeremy Foster who later died in a car accident. She had four children with him. She was later married to Mike Seeger and recorded two albums with him.
Garrard was inducted into the Bluegrass Hall of Fame in 2017.
The Alice Gerrard Collection (1954–2000) is located in the Southern Folklife Collection of the Wilson Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[2]
She founded and was editor-in-chief of The Old Time Herald from 1987 to 2000.
Her name appears in the lyrics of the Le Tigre song "Hot Topic."[5]
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