Leader of the group on this song for the recording is Joe Hickerson, the head of the Archive of Folk Culture at the Library of Congress for many years.   He has also put out several records (now CD's) on his own, as well as with Golden Ring. And he is the source for many of us in the Washington area of many wonderful songs now in our repertoires, some we have since heard from other sources, some only from him.

His contribution to the Folklore Society of Greater Washington is huge.