Red Fox Chasers

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Wreck On The Mountain Road

Album: Gennett Old Time Music 1927-34

Released: Jan 1, 0001

Label: JSP

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Wreck On The Mountain Road
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Genre: Bluegrass / Country / Folk
Location North Carolina, US
Profile Views: 8072
Last Login: 9/1/2010
Member Since 11/19/2006
Record Label unsigned
Type of Label Indie
Bio
One of the more popular mountain string bands of the 20’s, the Red Fox Chasers were formed at the 1927 Union Grove Fiddling Convention in western North Carolina. A.P. “Fonzie” Thompson and Bob Cranford had already been singing partners since they were children growing up in Surry County. Both had learned rudiments of harmony by attending church singing schools in the area, where they learned to sing from seven-shape note songbooks, and to join in local Gospel quartets. In their spare time, they also adapted old traditional songs like Katy Cline to their duet style. Paul Miles and Guy Brooks also grew up together, playing for square dances in nearby Alleghany County, North Carolina; Miles learned to play banjo when he was age 5 on a homemade instrument crafted from a meal sifter and a groundhog hide. .. When the band formed in Union Grove, the real leader was Paul Miles. It was he who named the group and it was he who arranged for their first recordings, for the Gennett Company, in April 1928. The success of records like Did You Ever See a Devil Uncle Joe? got them called back to the studios several times in the next few years, and they eventually amassed a total of 48 sides. These included several hits that were to remain influential for years: Stolen Love, Goodbye Little Bonnie, Little Darling Pal of Mine, Honeysuckle Time, Sweet Fern and Pretty Polly. One of their original songs, Wreck on the Mountain Road, based on a true incident, was one of the first “wreck on the highway” type songs in Country music. .. Cranford and Thompson also recorded a number of mountain Gospel favorites for the same company. Since Gennett routinely leased many of its sides to specialty labels like those run by Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Ward, some of the Red Fox Chasers’ biggest sellers came out under other names, such as the Virginia Possum Tamers and the Black Mountain Gang. .. After the band broke up in the 1930’s, all the members stayed active in music. Paul Miles recorded for the Library of Congress in the late 1930’s, and A.P. Thompson continued to teach singing schools and to sing with local quartets. In 1967 County records issued an LP retrospective of the band’s best work. CKW .. ....
Members
Paul Miles, Guy Brooks, Bob Cranford and A.P. Thompson
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