Jimmy often mentioned Charley Everidge when he played the mouth bow or picking bow as it is sometimes called here in Stone County, Arkansas. Everidge's picture is on the back of the National Geographic Recording done in Mountain View about 35 years ago.   There have been a few mouth bow players in Stone County over the years, including myself, mostly folk who heard Jimmy. Johnny Smith played on the Saturday gathering on the square and had the largest repertoire of songs on the bow in the area.   Most of us used the bow as a novelty thing and played just a few tunes. Charley was gone when I came to this area but Johnny may have known him as I was told he was a familiar character in town.

John Rice Irwin's Museum of Appalachia in Norris, TN may have the largest collection of American hill country mouth bows. Several are pictured in a book he published. Mudcatters in east Tennessee might be able to add something to the mouth bow discussion.