Mitchel Hopson

Mitchel Hopson: It was raining when I drove up Plum Branch to record Mitch Hopson.  I had been told that he was a clawhammer banjo-player (which he was) and was pleasantly surprised when he pulled his fiddle case from beneath the bed.  It also came as a surprise to be told that in his youth he had played alongside Fiddlin’ John Carson, the Georgia fiddle-player attributed with recording the first commercial 78 of old-time music.

Part of the booklet notes, written by Mike Yates, to the Musical Traditions Records CDs Far in the Mountains (MTCD321-4)