Should anyone wish to know more about the singer Will Starks, mentioned above, there is the following short note from the CD booklet:

Will Starks, a black singer,was born on a Mississippi plantation near Sardis in 1875. His father, who was a singer, fiddler and banjo player, taught Will many songs. Will could also play the banjo and guitar, the auto-harp and the accordion and apparent played tunes, such as Billy in the Low Ground and Arkansas Traveller which were common to both black and white repertoires.