Martin, Bogan & the Armstrongs

Violinist, storyteller, and philosopher Howard Armstrong was a member of the remarkable African-American string band Martin, Bogan & the Armstrongs. In their prime, Virginia-born guitar and mandolin blues artist Carl Martin, guitarist Ted Bogan, and string player Howard Armstrong, the group enjoyed multiple incarnations, starting in the 1930s as the Four Keys, then morphing into the Tennessee Chocolate Drops and then the Wandering Troubadours, before they stuck with the name Martin, Bogan & the Armstrongs. They played individually and collectively throughout the mid-South on t...