This album represents a sampler of old-time string bands found in the rich pocket of folk music in the area compirsing Spray, North Carolina; Danville, Virginia; and Fieldale, Virginia. All the recordings were made between 1926 and 1931.

1. The Mother's Pleas For Her Son

   Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers
   Orignial Issue: Columbia 15509-D
   Recorded May 7, 1929
   Charlie Poole: Banjo and Vocal
   Lonnie Austin: Fiddle
   Roy Harvey: Guitar
   

2. The Battleship of Maine

   Red Patterson's Piedmont Log Rollers
   Original Issue: Victor 20938
   Recorded: August 12, 1927
   John "Red" Patterson: Banjo and vocal
   Dick Nolan: Tenor, banjo
   Lee Nolan: Guitar
   Percy Sefiff: Fiddle
   

3. Little Bessie

   Kid Smith and Family
   Orignial Issue: Victor 23576
   Recorded: May 19, 1931
   Walter "Kid" Smith: Vocal
   Odell Smith: Fiddle
   Norman Wood: Guitar
   Dorthy Smith: Vocal
   

4. Too Young to Marry

   North Carolina Rambers led by Posey Rorer
   Orginal Issue: Columbia 15127-D
   Recorded: September 18, 1962
   Posey Rorer: Fiddle
   Charlie Poole: Banjo
   Roy Harvey: Guitar
   

5. I Want a Nice Little Fellow

   Kelley Harrell with Virginia String Band
   Orignial Issue: Victor 20867
   Recorded: March 22, 1927
   Kelley Harrell: Vocal
   Posey Rorer: Fiddle
   R. D. Hudley: Banjo
   Alfred Steagall: Guitar
   

6. New Coon in Town

   The Four Virginians
   Original Issue: Okeh 45181
   Recorded: September 21, 1927
   James Richard Bigger: Fiddle
   Elvin Bigger: Guitar and dance calls
   Leonard Jennings: Tiple
   Fred Richards: Guitar
   

7. The Murder of The Lawson Family

   The Carolina Buddies
   Original Issue: Columbia 15537-D
   Recorded: March 1930
   Walter "Kid" Smith: Vocal
   Buster Carter: Banjo and tenor vocal
   Lewis McDaniel: Guitar
   Posey Rorer: Fiddle
   

8. As We Sat Beneath the Maple On the Hill

   Posey Rorer and The North Carolina Ramblers
   Original Issue: Edison 52414
   Recorded: September 26, 1928
   Posey Rorer: Fiddle
   Matt Simmons: Guitar and lead vocal
   Frank Miller: Tenor Vocal
   

9. The Wayward Boy

   Carlie Poole and The North Carolina Ramblers
   Original Issue: Columbia 15456
   Recorded: May 7, 1929
   Carlie Poole: Banjo and vocal
   Lonnie Austin: Fiddle
   Roy Harvey: Guitar
   

10. When I Was a Baby

    Four Pickled Peppers
    Original Issue: Bluebird B7894
    Recorded: 1938
    Norman Woodlieff: Guitar
    Hamon Newman: Tenor banjo
    Dell Hubbard: Bones and vocal
    Esmon Harris: Guitar
    

11. Long Eared Mule

    Dixie Ramblers
    Original Issue: Oriole 8003
    Recorded: March 27, 1930
    Posey Rorer: Fiddle
    Buster Carter: Banjo
    Lewis McDaniel: Guitar
    

12. Jule Girl

    Blueridge Highballers
    Original Issue: Paramount 3083
    Recorded: October 1927
    Charlie LaPrade: Fiddle
    John Thompson: Fiddle
    Lige Hardy: Banjo
    Lonnie Griffith: Guitar and lead vocal
    

13. Bill Morgan and His Gal

    Buster Carter and The Preston Young
    Original Issue: Columbia 15758-D
    Recorded: June 26, 1931
    Preston Young: Guitar and vocal
    Buster Carter: Banjo and lead vocal
    Posey Rorer: Fiddle
    

14. I Fell In Love With a Married Man

15. I'll Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms

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