Tommy Edwards

Bluegrass multi-instrumentalist, singer and songwriter from North Carolina. Born July 20, 1945 in Silver City, NC. Died May 22, 2021.
Edwards formed the Green Valley Ramblers with brothers Paul and Donald “Earl” Beane and future Blue Grass Boy, Jerry Stuart. In 1971, Edwards and the Beanes enlisted Thomas “Snuffy” Smith, Charles Lee Conard and “Fiddlin’” Al McCanless and formed The Bluegrass Experience.
A 1970 graduate of East Carolina University and a U.S. Army veteran, Edwards taught history and coached sports for 30 years in the Chatham County School District.
For 16 years, he hosted “Bluegrass Saturday Night,” a weekly radio broadcast from 7:00 p.m.-9:00 p.m. on WLHC, 103.1 FM, Sanford, North Carolina. His show featured classic and contemporary recordings as well as interviews with artists featured on his show.