Question: What Virginia bluegrass duo recorded a song about the Lawson family murders of 1929?
Answer: The Stanley Brothers, with Ralph on banjo and Carter on guitar and vocals, recorded a live version of The Story of the Lawson Family in 1956. The song was later released on their album An Evening Long Ago in 2004. It recounts the tragic 1929 Christmas Day murders in Stokes County, North Carolina. Listen to it here.
