Photographer Rachael Boillot interviews 71-year-old Curtis Byrge, a musician who grew up in the coal mining region of the Cumberland Mountain. Boillot is spending the summer photographing old-time musicians of the Cumberland Plateau as part of a grant from the Riverview Foundation. Her images and interviews will help document the artists who will be featured on the Sandrock Recordings, a small record label recently launched by Friends of the Cumberland Trail to benefit the Cumberland Trail State Scenic Trail. (Video by Morgan Simmons/News Sentinel)
I heard Curtis passed away today. He always had a smile on his face and a kind word on his lips. Rest in peace friend, we hardly knew 'ya.
Thats my girlfriends great uncle! I love that guy, he's an amazing musician and a good guy all around.
That's my uncle!!