Having roots in the heart of the south, Elizabeth Long, or Lizzy as her friends and fans know her was born on January 19, 1984 and raised on a farm in Lincolnton, Georgia. Her father owned a logging company while her mother worked as a paramedic.

Lizzy attended Lincoln County High and was active in a myriad of endeavors including photo editing for the yearbook, tennis, and ?all kinds of stuff? as she puts it. Her favorite academic subject was history, and her favorite activities are playing chess, riding horses and, of course...computer games.

She began her music accomplishment at an early age and her interests are very eclectic ranging from Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn to the Earl Scruggs Revue to Fleetwood Mac. While starting out on the piano, Lizzy soon took up the fiddle, guitar, autoharp, bass banjo, and mandolin, and has become an accomplished musician, alternating between these instruments as part of her entertainment repertoire.

Continuing her quest for success, Lizzy?s post-secondary education is from Glenville State College with an Associate Degree in Business Law (2004) accompanied by musical orchestration and arranging from Belmont University (2005). Lizzy finds that singing helps to express her thoughts and emotions?whether happy, sad, disappointed or angry?and, in her own words, ?I don?t have to answer why, why not or even when?.I can let it just flow?, and her extraordinary voice shimmers with strains of America?s musical roots.

Her favorite song? ?The Swimming Song? from the Earl Scruggs Revue.

Lizzy?s mentors are nothing less than superstars in the music industry, Earl Scruggs, Little Roy Lewis, Mac Wiseman?..to name a few. And, perhaps it was destiny. One of her first memories includes a trip home from school?her aunt and grandma brought her a lime sherbet ice cream and picked her up?.but forgot to close the door so good. Out falls Lizzy, not the worse for wear, but where? In the front of the Lewis Family home.

This is Elizabeth Long, Lizzy?destined for an indelible imprint in American music.

In keeping with the tradition of family values at Bluegrass on the Waccamaw, please make welcome and enjoy Lizzy Long & Legacy.

Thanks, Jennings Chestnut, Sr.