Eric Bachmann – musician and producer; principal member of groups Crooked Fingers and Archers of Loaf Carlton Bost – musician, composer, producer; member of groups Berlin, Deadsy, Orgy, and Stabbing Westward Eric Church – country music singer[56] Luke Combs – country music singer Eustace Conway – naturalist, focus of book The Last American Man, one of subjects featured in History Channel series Mountain Men Charles Frazier – novelist, author of Cold Mountain Michael Gregory – of The Gregory Brothers and creator of Auto-tune the News series. Byron Hill – country and pop music songwriter[57] Lisa Lynn Masters – actress[58] Kate Rhudy - singer, songwriter, and musician Jason Roberts – guitarist known for collaborations with Norah Jones Douglas Sarine – co-creator of Ask a Ninja Mary Ellen Snodgrass – author, two-time New York Public Library award winner Whitney Thore - TV personality Gary Wheeler – film director and producer[59] Gene Wooten – Nashville Dobro player and session musician[60] Michael Alvarado – member of American folk pop group Us the Duo