Dang, Topical Tom, I KNOW one of the Poe Sisters!   She's Nelle Yandell in Mountain View, AR, where she and her husband settled after she and her sister left the Opry.

She hasn't sung at the Ozark Folk Center in several years, but I always enjoyed it when she did. She had a nice warm voice with just her own 12 string guitar for accompaniment. Arkie knew her much better of course, I'll alert him to the mention. Thanks.

My first memory? So long ago -- more than 65 years, but I do remember. My then teenage sister took me and my even younger sister to church and I remember nothing but one song, Brighten The Corner. It's still a favorite, I was listening to several versions just this week.

The first recording that I remember was a 78 (naturally!) of Hand Me Down My Walking Cane. I never remembered who the recording was by, but more recent research tells me that it was probably Gid Tanner or more likely Vernon Dalhart.