From Russell
County, Virginia came a powerful fiddler in Cowan Powers. The remainder
of the band consisted of his three daughters and son: Charlie played banjo
and sang, Ada played ukulele, Opha Lou played mandolin and Carrie Belle
played guitar. Carrie Belle had been tutored by Byrd Moore, Earl
Johnson's guitar player, and added greatly to the strength of their
performances.
The following is from Tony Russell's Old Time Music #42, Winter85/86.
Fiddlin' Powers Family
Appearance as
principal performer
- Brown's Dream - unissued
- Billy In The Low Ground - unissued
- Birdie - unissued
- Buck Creek Girls - unissued
- Callahan's Reel
- Charlie Karo - unissued
- Cluck Old Hen
- Cripple Creek
- Cumberland Gap - unissued
- Did You Ever See The Devil,
Uncle Joe?
- Ida Red
- Little Old Log Cabin In The
Lane
- Old Molly Hair
- Old Swinnie - unissued
- Old Virginia Reel - Part 1
- Old Virginia Reel - Part 2
- Old Joe Clark
- Patty On The Turnpike
- Pretty Fair Miss - unissued
- Rocky Road To Dinah's House
- Sally Goodin - unissued
- Shady Tree - unissued
- Sour Wood Mountains
- Sugar in The Gourd
- Three Forks Of Kentucky River
- unissued
- Wild And Reckless Hobo
