Chatham News + Record Staff Report Legendary Chatham County musician Tommy Edwards, a renowned guitar player and teacher whose performance career spanned half a century, died Saturday morning one day after receiving The Order of the Long Leaf Pine award, the state’s highest civilian honor, from Gov. Roy Cooper. Edwards, who also taught history in […]
May 22 Legendary bluegrass guitarist and musician Tommy Edwards, a North Carolina native who on Friday received the state's highest honor, has died. He was 75 years old. Born July 20, 1945 in Siler City, Edwards was said to be as old as bluegrass itself. It was the same year that Earl Scruggs joined Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys and ushered in the new genre. Throughout his life, Edwards gained .