Ed Kennedy - The Smyth County Jam welcomes Ed Kennedy from Wytheville, VA. Ed is a member of The Gospel Mountain Boys band. He has been playing music off and on since he was about eleven years old. Ed plays banjo and guitar and is a fine singer also. He has played banjo since the 1990's. Two of Ed's brothers play instruments as well as his dad who played banjo and a great-grandfather played fiddle. He admires The Stanley Brothers ( Carter and Ralph), and says Larry Sparks is another musician he likes very much. Ed is a disabled Vietnam veteran.