Gwin Stanley Foster (December 25, 1903 – November 25, 1954), also known as Gwen or Gwyn, was an old-time/country harmonica and guitar player who was known for work in The Carolina Tar HeelsCountry music: a biographical dictionary by Richard Carlin and the .Tom Ashley, Sam Mcgee, Bukka White: Tennessee Traditional Singers edited by Thomas G. Burton, pgs 32-34
He was born in Caldwell County, North Carolina, and died in Dallas, North Carolina, the son of Joe Foster and Myra Elizabeth (nee Day).North Carolina, Death Certificates, 1909-1976. North Carolina State Board of Health, Bureau of Vital Statistics. North Carolina Death Certificates. He worked in the textile mills, where he met banjoist Coble "Dock" Walsh, and they formed the band.
The oldest known recording of the song, "House of the Rising Sun", under the title "Rising Sun Blues", is by Appalachian artists Ashley and Foster, who recorded it on September 6, 1933, on the Vocalion label (02576).
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Further references Tony Russell: Country Music Originals (2007), S. 111 f.; Oxford University Press, ,
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