In the not too distant past, mountain music bands of the era through their uniquely endearing names, like Gid Tanner and His Skillet Lickers, The Dixie Clod Hoppers, Bird's Kentucky Corn Crackers, Dr. Smith's Champion Hoss Hair Pullers, the West Virginia Snake Hunters, Hendley and His Aristocratic Pigs, Bumboat Billy and the Sparrows, Seven Foot Dilly and His Dill Pickles, Mumford Bean and His Itawambians, and the Henpecked Husbands, and more. These monikers mirror the simple, down-to-earth essence of Appalachian life, inviting you to embrace the joy, struggles, and camaraderie of the mountain folk.
Arkansas, too, holds a captivating history in old-time music, where Dr. Henry Harlin Smith's innovation in Calico Rock led to Dr. Smith's Champion Hoss Hair Pullers and the Hill-Billy Quartets. Come reminisces about a bygone era of harmonious simplicity in the Arkansas Ozarks, where life revolved around fruit orchards, smokehouses, and the rhythms of rural living.
