Table of Contents Acknowledgments Foreword by Tim Stafford Introduction Mountain Music Pioneers, Foreshadowing Bluegrass Bluegrass Roots in Western North Carolina 7 delete* deleteVernon Dalhart 11 delete* deleteHenry Whitter 12 delete* deleteErnest "Pop" Stoneman 14 delete* deleteUncle Eck Dunford and "Angeline the Baker" 15 delete* deleteThe Carter Family 20 delete* deleteThe Lesley Riddle Story 23 delete* deleteDock Walsh and the Carolina Tarheels 25 delete* deleteCharlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers 26 delete* deleteWade and J.E. Mainer 29 Brother Duets Wiley and Zeke, the Morris Brothers 33 delete* deleteThe Callahan Brothers 43 delete* deleteThe Blue Sky Boys 46 delete* deleteCurly and Jack, the Shelton Brothers 47 Fiddling Thicker''n Fiddlers in Hell 51 delete* deleteEck Robertson--Master Fiddler 54 delete* deleteFiddlin'' John Carson 57 delete* deleteFiddlin'' Arthur Smith 58 delete* deleteJim Shumate 62 delete* deleteLester Woodie--Coming Up the Hard Road 71 delete* deleteAynsley Porchak, Fiddler 79 delete* deleteFiddles, Fangs, and Folklore 84 delete* deleteThe Hanging of Fiddlin'' Joe Coleman 87 Banjo Picking Walter Davis--Fist and Skull Banjo 89 delete* deleteSnuffy Jenkins 94 delete* deleteEarl Scruggs 96 delete* deleteRaymond Fairchild--Making His Own Way 99 delete* deleteWhy Are There So Many Banjo Jokes? 104 More Bluegrass Pioneers Cleo Davis--The Original Blue Grass Boy 107 delete* deleteTommy Millard--Blackface Comedian and Blue Grass Boy 118 delete* deleteClarence White and the Roots of Bluegrass Guitar 123 delete* deleteBill Clifton 125 Songwriters and Songs The Great American Tearjerker 128 delete* deleteGussie L. Davis--Tin Pan Alley/Bluegrass Songwriter 130 delete* deleteWilliam Shakespeare Who? 131 delete* deleteJohnny Bond 134 delete* delete"Wildwood Flower" 136 delete* delete"Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy" 138 delete* delete"Otto Wood, the Bandit" 143 delete* delete"Stagolee" 145 delete* delete"Diamond Joe" 145 delete* delete"Run Mountain" 148 delete* delete"Fox on the Run" 150 delete* delete"I''ve Just Seen the Rock of Ages" 152 delete* delete"I''m a Little Teapot" 153 delete* deleteOther Songs with Quirky Stories 154 "Banks of the Ohio" 154 delete* delete"Buffalo Gals" 154 delete* delete"Cumberland Mountain Deer Chase" 154 delete* delete"Old Joe Clark" 154 delete* delete"Roll on Buddy" 155 delete* delete"Poor Ellen Smith" 155 delete* delete"Red River Valley" 156 delete* delete"My Rough and Rowdy Ways" 157 delete* delete"Please Pardon Me" 157 Appendix I. Miscellaneous Cowboys in Bluegrass Music? 159 delete* deleteTwo Meatballs in the Sand and Other Mondegreens 162 delete* deleteThe Secret Signals of Bluegrass 163 delete* deleteThe Lester Flatt G Run 166 delete* deleteWe Almost Played on the Grand Ole Opry 167 delete* deleteCharlie Cline, Powerful Snorer 169 delete* deleteHoss Cartwright''s Hat 169 delete* delete"Winning" the Folk Song Completion at Galax 170 delete* deleteJamming with David Grisman 171 delete* deleteBigfoot''s Gone Away 172 delete* deleteArthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith 174 delete* deleteJim Bob Tinsley--Cowboy Singer and Mountain Lion Hunter 175 delete* deleteThe Ghost of Scotty Stoneman 176 delete* deleteMy Radio Career 176 delete* deleteGods and Generals 177 Appendix II. Quickies Jethro Burns 179 delete* deleteOn Their Tippy Toes 179 delete* deleteGive Me a Break! 179 delete* deleteRalph and Stanley Carter 179 delete* deleteSeptic Music 179 delete* deleteMaking Stuff Up 180 delete* deleteHank Williams Said 180 delete* deletePlaying Pool 180 delete* deleteDimwits 180 delete* delete"Wee Wee" 180 delete* deleteFresh Picks 180 delete* deleteErnest Tubb 180 delete* deleteMarshmallows 180 delete* deleteThe Smoggy Mountain Boys 180 delete* deleteAs Long as Yarn 180 delete* deleteBagels Ain''t Sweet 181 delete* deleteBill Monroe on the Railroad Tracks 181 delete* deleteThe Stanley Brothers in Florida 181 delete* deleteThe Stanley Brothers'' Bass Fiddle 182 delete* deleteYou Ain''t Comin'' Back 182 delete* deleteBluegrass Motels 182 delete* deleteLeave Now! 182 delete* deleteLaying Out Pants 182 delete* deleteWillie Nelson ­Look-Alike 182 delete* deleteSenator Wayne Erbsen 182 delete* deleteNothing to Eat 183 delete* deleteBill Monroe and Frank Sinatra 183 delete* deleteRunnin'' Out of Memory 183 delete* deleteJimmy Martin 183 delete* deleteChicken Necks 184 delete* deleteDiscovering Clarence Ashley 184 delete* deleteShowmanship of Mac Wiseman and Lester Flatt 185 delete* delete"Lee Highway Blues" 185 delete* deleteJoe Maphis'' Flatpick 186 delete* deleteCharlie Poole 187 delete* deleteBrad Keith 187 delete* deleteProfessor Wayne Erbsen 187 delete* deleteDog Bit 188 delete* deleteLost Cassette Covers 189 delete* deleteHow I Bought My Martin Guitar 189 delete* deleteRy Cooder and Donna Stoneman 189 delete* deleteNo Such Thing as Time 190 delete* deleteOutrageous ­Old-Time Band Names 190 delete* deleteDon''t Touch My Suit! 191 delete* deleteWater Bottle 191 delete* deleteStrange Names 192 delete* deleteIs Hair Here? 192 delete* deleteThornton Spencer 192 delete* deleteWhite Bread and Cold Beans 192 delete* deleteZeke Morris, the Body Shop Man 193 delete* deleteWiley Morris, Another Body Shop Man 193 delete* deleteBill Monroe''s Mandolin 193 delete* deleteThe Biggest Bull in the World 194 delete* deletePlaying for a Mobster''s Funeral 194 Index.