I'm a daughter of Arvle Wyatt who played with some of the bands that went on to become greats but with four girls had to stay close home and support them.
I am now the stage manager of Young's Mountain Music on the mitchell/yancey co. line between burnsville and spruce pine, n.c.
Some of lulu belle and scottys relatives still come out on saturday night to listen to music. In fact there is a band"The Wisemans" that
still preform.
I was deeply affected by the early music.I sang with my dad when he
had to carry a box for me to stand on. Back then the mikes didn't raise up and down so in order for me to reach the mike I had to stand
on a box. He was associated with Wade Mainer-The Shelton Bros.-The
Morris Bros.-Bill Monroe-The Blue Sky Boys- he just stayed home and formed his own band after he got a family. We had a radio show on WTOE radio station in Spruce Pine, N.C. for several years every saturday morning
called the Arvle Wyatt and his Blueridge Mountaineers Show.
I would love to hear from anyone who is interested in the old time music. At Young's we still have the man (Lawrence Wiseman) who recored The Orange Blossom Special the first time still playing the
song.
bethleen@hotmail.com