Bascom Lamar Lunsford has been played on NTS shows including Robbin' Lobsters From Mobsters w/ Tom Boogizm , with I Wish I Was A Mole In The Ground first played on 18 November 2017.

Bascom Lamar Lunsford (March 21, 1882 - September 4, 1973) was a lawyer, folklorist, and performer of traditional folk and country music from western North Carolina. He was often known by the nickname "Minstrel of the Appalachians."

Bascom Lamar Lunsford was born at Mars Hill, Madison County, North Carolina in 1882, into the world of traditional Appalachian folk music. At an early age, his father, a teacher, gave him a fiddle, and…