{"id":8701,"date":"2018-06-14T18:58:25","date_gmt":"2018-06-14T16:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=8701"},"modified":"2018-11-06T09:43:01","modified_gmt":"2018-11-06T07:43:01","slug":"tony-williamson-mandolin-virtuoso-musical-instrument-expert-2018-north-carolina-heritage-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=8701","title":{"rendered":"Tony Williamson &#8211; Mandolin Virtuoso &#8211; Musical Instrument Expert &#8211; 2018 North Carolina Heritage Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today I read a long post about <strong>Tony Williamson<\/strong>. He just received the North Carolina Heritage Award.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Announced as a 2018 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncarts.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Carolina Heritage Award<\/a> recipient, Williamson, from Chatham County, is described as \u201ca visionary musician, composer, musical instrument expert, teacher and mentor.\u201d He blends multiple genres but still remains rooted in bluegrass.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The following video is a presentation of Tony Williamson.<\/p>\n<h4 class=\"title style-scope ytd-video-primary-info-renderer\">2018 North Carolina Heritage Awardee Tony Williamson<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>Music is the backdrop of his life. Enjoy filmmaker Rodrigo Dorfman&#8217;s short documentary on 2018 North Carolina Heritage Awardee Tony Williamson.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"2018 North Carolina Heritage Awardee Tony Williamson\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WH7W4AOLvLw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Tone is a real expert for vintage instruments. He can tell many stories about the instruments and their history. He has given many presentations with vintage instruments and has recorded some great albums.<\/p>\n<p>You can watch Tony Williamson and some great old mandolins in my playlist. The first four videos are from a presentation in the North Carolina Museum of History, Tony Williamson shows and plays a Gibson F5 mandolins, an F4 mandolin and a K2 mandocello.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Tony Williamson - Fiddle Tune Medley\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rfea1sBx_gE?list=PLC878J8mcBo90k37lQHE-6U0zEGxvrtIy\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h4>Additional information<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bluegrasstoday.com\/tony-williamson-2018-north-carolina-heritage-award-recipient\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tony Williamson \u2013 2018 North Carolina Heritage Award recipient\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncarts.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">North Carolina Heritage Award<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today I read a long post about Tony Williamson. 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