The Kentucky Clodhoppers in their prime: L. C. Johnson, Billy Don Stamper, Earl Thomas, Jr., Glyndon Watson, Donnie Rogers, John Harrod. This was the favorite old time dance band at Meadowgreen Music Hall at Clay City, KY for many years.
John, Clyde Davenport, and Rossi Clark, my apprentice in 2006
The band in 2006: Paul David Smith, Jeff Keith, John Harrod, Kevin Kehrberg, Jim Webb, Don Rogers.
Peggy John Harrod family, Bald Knob, Franklin Co., KY, 1892. Lee Harrod with fiddle.
My apprentice Rossi Clark
Lella Todd who lived at Spout Springs in Powell Co., KY was one of the greatest fiddlers I ever heard. A selection of home recordings of her playing will be included on a forthcoming release for the Field recorders Collective.