Buford Conn - Buford Conn comes to the Smyth County Jam from Tazewell County, Thompson Valley section. He is a member of the Tazewell County Back Porch Pickers, playing a very nice style mandolin with this group. He started out on guitar, but has played mandolin about three years now. Buford says he has always admired the Stanley Brothers. He has been playing with the group about seven or eight years. Buford says his brother played piano at one time.
