- May 4, 2022
Owen ‘Snake’ Chapman
Artist Biography by Paul Roberts Owen ‘Snake’ Chapman was born in 1919 near Canada in north-eastern Kentucky, and the music presented on these two CDs, recorded between 1995 and 1998, reflects a lifetime’s immersion in the rich and creative Southern fiddle tradition. His personal story is almost an archetype for
- May 4, 2022
Hobo Jack Adkins
Hobo Jack Adkins was born on June 10th, 1922, in Regina KY. He died on June 2nd, 1977. Artist Biography by Eugene Chadbourne Hobo Jack Adkins was given his stage name by a radio station manager during an era when radio was closely involved with newly developing strains of old-time, country, and
- May 4, 2022
Cuddles Newsome
Artist Biography by Eugene Chadbourne The short and quite cute — they didn’t call him Cuddles Newsome for nothing, after all — mandolinist from Kentucky was part of the early history of bluegrass in the ’50s. He was a member of the important 7 Flat Mountain Boys in the mid-’50s, a group under the
- May 4, 2022
Molly O’Day
Bio Molly O’Day was born on July 9, 1923 as Lois Laverne Williamson. She was raised by a coal mining family in rural Pike County Kentucky. As a child, she was influenced by singers Patsy Montana, Lulu Belle Wiseman, Lily May Ledford, and Texas Ruby Owens. O’Day began singing and





