Kilby Snow

Kilby Snow
Birth name	John Kilby Snow
Born	(1905-05-28)May 28, 1905 Grayson County, Virginia, United States
Died	March 29, 1980(1980-03-29) (aged 74)
Genres	American folk music
Occupation	Musician
Instrument	Autoharp
Years active	1910s – 1970s
Labels	Folkways

Kilby Snow (May 28, 1905 – March 29, 1980) was an American folk musician. A virtuoso Autoharpist, he was awarded the title of Autoharp Champion of North Carolina at the age of 5, but recorded only a single album for Folkways Records in the 1960s.^[1]

He was known for his "drag note" playing style,^[1] a technique that relied on his left-handedness to produce slurred notes that would be impossible for a right-handed player to recreate due to the reversed relationship between thumb and finger.^[2]

References

1. Kilby Snow at AllMusic. Retrieved January 2, 2013.
2. John S. Wilson, "Snow Shows Style on the Autoharp", The New York Times, December 20, 1970