claim: Pierce County, Washington is the location of the highest mountain of the Blue Mountains of the Pacific Northwest.
evidence: Wildflowers is the 2001 debut album by Jonathan Byrd .. Jonathan Byrd. Jonathan Byrd ( musician ). The songs are mostly original songs with a few traditional tunes .. Here he mixes contemporary singer-songwriter storytelling with Appalachian folk roots .. folk. Folk music. singer-songwriter. singer-songwriter. Appalachian folk roots. Appalachian music. There is even a murder ballad ; `` Velma '' is a song about serial killer Velma Barfield whose victims included Byrd 's own grandfather .. murder ballad. murder ballad. Velma Barfield. Velma Barfield. ballad. ballad. Sing Out !. says , '' -LSB- Jonathan Byrd 's -RSB- songwriting melds the lyricism of Celtic music with the stark storytelling of the finest traditional balladeers . ''. Jonathan Byrd. Jonathan Byrd ( musician ). Celtic music. Celtic music. Arthur Wood of Folkwax says that Byrd 's `` Ashe County Fair '' is certain , in time , to become a `` folk classic . ''. folk. Folk music. Byrd explained to Wood  : `` When I started writing it , I did n't know the girl was going to die . ''. Byrd says that he learned to play in the alternate guitar tuning DADGAD during two visits to Ireland  : `` For a personal challenge , I wrote and recorded my entire first album -LSB- this album -RSB- in that tuning , bringing it into the Old-Time , Bluegrass , and Country idioms . ''. DADGAD. DADGAD. Ireland. Ireland. Old-Time. Old-time music. Bluegrass. Bluegrass music. Country. Country music. The album includes a couple of instrumentals that allow Byrd to show off his flatpicking skills .. flatpicking. flatpicking. Sing Out !. described the sound of the album as , `` a wonderfully spare collection , allowing the warm expressive vocals of Jonathan and his strong guitar to carry most of the weight of the arrangements . ''. Byrd plays a number of vintage Martin Guitars on the album including a 1936 Martin D-28 , a 1937 sunburst D-18 , and a 1934 D-18 .. Martin Guitars. Martin Guitars