L.W. Lambert Jr.; Banjo Master of Jennings Road

Luin Wilford “L.W.” Lambert Jr. (1926-2014), born in the foothills of North Carolina in 1926, grew to become one of the most talented - yet, lesser known - bluegrass banjo players and band leaders who lived and performed during the genre’s earliest generations. Armed with an equal amount of skill and perfection in the way he played what would become known as the “Scruggs style” of banjo picking, he never achieved the same name recognition that was accumulated by his more celebrated contemporaries. Kincaid’s biography seeks to shine a more appropriate light on Lambert, a man whose star shined a little less bright because he chose to live a quieter, more grounded life. Read more