Alice Gerrard

Who is Alice Gerrard?

Alice Gerrard is an American bluegrass singer, banjoist, and guitar player. She performed in a duo with Hazel Dickens and as part of The Back Creek Buddies with Matokie Slaughter.

Trained in piano, Gerrard attended Antioch College where she was exposed to folk music. After graduating, she moved to Washington D.C. and became part of the thriving bluegrass scene there. Gerrard was married to Jeremy Foster who died in a car accident. She had four children by him. She was later married to Mike Seeger and recorded two albums with him until they divorced.

The Alice Gerrard Collection is located in the Southern Folklife Collection of the Wilson Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.