In an interview with music collector John Cohen, Berzilla Wallin said, "…I see the old time all a-dying away, which makes me sad. I'd like to see them go on, and the young rising generation pick them up so they wouldn't die out." Lee Wallin told Cohen, "The old songs has mighty good meaning to them . . . that makes me think back to when I was a young man, away back again when I had such good times, but they passed by and gone, and I like to hear them and remember things gone by." Lee and Berzilla played an important role in keeping the music of their community alive for future generations.
Doug Wallin and Jack Wallin, two of their twelve children, were recorded by Wayne Martin for an album, Family Songs and Stories from the North Carolina Mountains, in 1995. Lee Wallin's brother Cas, and Berzilla's brother Lloyd Chandler and cousin Dillard Chandler, all celebrated ballad singers as well, were recorded, along with Lee and Berzilla, by John Cohen in the 1960s.
In an interview with music collector John Cohen, Berzilla Wallin said, "…I see the old time all a-dying away, which makes me sad. I'd like to see them go on, and the young rising generation pick them up so they wouldn't die out." Lee Wallin told Cohen, "The old songs has mighty good meaning to them . . . that makes me think back to when I was a young man, away back again when I had such good times, but they passed by and gone, and I like to hear them and remember things gone by." Lee and Berzilla played an important role in keeping the music of their community alive for future generations.
Doug Wallin and Jack Wallin, two of their twelve children, were recorded by Wayne Martin for an album, Family Songs and Stories from the North Carolina Mountains, in 1995. Lee Wallin's brother Cas, and Berzilla's brother Lloyd Chandler and cousin Dillard Chandler, all celebrated ballad singers as well, were recorded, along with Lee and Berzilla, by John Cohen in the 1960s.
Gravesite Details
married on 27 June 1908. Photo provided by Scott Norton.
Family Members
-
Mona Lee Wallin Stroupe
1912–1991
-
Belva Wallin Cutshaw
1915–1998
-
Jessie Wallin McElrach
1917–1991
-
Martin Douglas "Doug" Wallin
1919–2000
-
Guy V Wallin
1921–1991
-
Evelyn Wallin
1923–1924
-
Namman Arthur Wallin
1924–2005
-
Raymond K Wallin
1927–1927
-
Jack D Wallin Sr
1932–2005
-
Bertha Elizabeth Wallin McDevitt
1936–2015
Sponsored by Ancestry
Advertisement
Records on Ancestry
Advertisement