The New Lost City Ramblers was an interesting group.
One of the founders was Tom Paley the others were
Mike Seeger, John Cohen and Tracy Schwarz

and they were very "instrumental" in preserving
and popularizing old timey music. Some (if not all) of them
are still activiely making music..Tom will be touring
the Western u.s. this fall, and Mike recenly put out
a new c.d.

check them out.
http://www.pbs.org/americanrootsmusic/pbs_arm_saa_newlostcityramblers.html
http://www.johncohenworks.com/music/ramblers.html
http://mikeseeger.info/
http://tompaley.com/
www.ginnyandtracy.com/


New Lost City Ramblers:
40 Years of Concert Performances

Rounder Records
ROUN0481

The New Lost City Ramblers are known far and wide as the seminal group from the '50s who sparked the folk music revival. They collaborated with many old-time musicians and worked to preserve their music and bring them from obscurity to a wider, appreciative audience. This anthology collects some of their most memorable performances from the past four decades, 16 of them previously unreleased.

John Cohen, vocals, mandolin, guitar, kazoo, banjo
Mike Seeger, vocals, fiddle, mandolin, banjo, autoharp,
             mouth harp, trumpet
Tom Paley, vocals, guitar, banjo, kazoo
Tracy Schwarz, vocals, fiddle, guitar


Tom Paley also has a group called the New Deal String Band
and he and his son Ben have learned and recorded many Swedish
fiddle tunes, too.