Info on some of the musicians above:


Dave/David Rainwater - bio - YouTube

Rick Abrams - (1950-1997) journalist and clawhammer banjo player from Sacramento CA who later founded a band (The Piney Creek Weasels - certainly named for Dave Sturgill's home town of Piney Creek NC) - some info

Bill Necessary seems to have lived in Weber City, VA and (may) have been primarily a Western Swing guitarist - source, source - also seems to have a good amount of material on record at Mountain Empire CC

Martin Schuman (note spelling) - bio

Chester Wilson is a fiddle player from Virginia(?) who has played with several groups tangential to members listed above, but I can't find much more on him.

Elbert "Ebo" Clifton was a guitarist and bassist and member of Orchard Grass, The Clifton Old Time Band, and the Floyd County Boys.

Eva (not Tehava) Conner was a fiddle and bass fiddle player who played with the Clifton Old Time Band, but I haven't been able to find much more.

Ed Atwood was a clawhammer banjo player from Alleghany County, North Carolina. Not much else is available at the moment.

Carol Henderson is a member of the Henderson Family Bluegrass Band and lives in Virginia. Not much else I can find.

Wayne Henderson *could* be the famous VA-based luthier - bio - but I can't find any evidence he played with Carol.

The information given on Ken Powers above is correct as far as I've found. His band was based out of Whitetop, VA


currently no more info or confirmation of spelling on Bud Meineke, Sam Holcomb, Al Christians, Bruce Carwith, or Paul Tyke


This book has a chapter on Dave and mentions many of the above musicians too - A Hot-bed of Musicians: Traditional Music in the Upper New River Valley by Paula Hathaway Anderson-Green