Sidna Monteville Myers was an Appalachian banjo player from Five Forks, Virigina. He was born on September 25, 1890 and died December 18, of 1972. Sidna and his fiddle playing brother Fulton resided in a Virginia world, that was much different than modern VA. Neither of the brothers ever had electricity or running water on their farms. Crop and livestock work was hard, involving battling rocky soil and a host of predators, and, at times we know at least Fulton went to work on and off in the furniture mills of Galax. The neighbors lovingly remember the brothers, from the time they we… read more
Sidna Monteville Myers was an Appalachian banjo player from Five Forks, Virigina. He was born on September 25, 1890 and died December 18, of 1972. Sidna and his fiddle playing brother Fulton resided in a Virginia world, that was much different than modern VA. Neither of the brothers ever had … read more
Sidna Monteville Myers was an Appalachian banjo player from Five Forks, Virigina. He was born on September 25, 1890 and died December 18, of 1972. Sidna and his fiddle playing brother Fulton resided in a Virginia world, that was much different than modern VA. Neither of the brothers ever had electricity or running water on their farms. Crop and livestock work was… read more