Fellas, for one who loves Bluegrass Music by all it's major performers, would one of you be so kind as to enlighten me about this band, The North Carolina Ramblers and Charlie Poole. He predated Munroe ,by how much ? how much of an influence would he have been on Bill's kind of music? Did he record ? What was his band's line-up ? How did he come to be known outside Appalacian Region?
I certainly hope someone has the time to give a run down on this, I would appreciate it. I suppose there is some web-based info.