Mustard & Gravy

Frank Rice and Ernest L. Stokes got together as "Mustard & Gravy" in 1933 in North Carolina, and spent the next 20 years entertaining country audiences, writing a few folk-style classics and one rockabilly-style number in the process. They both hailed from Wilson, NC, and were related by marriage to a pair of sisters. After winning a local talent contest on WGTM in Wilson, they moved up to bigger radio stations and also got a recording contract with RCA-Victor's Bluebird label, cutting sessions in September of 1938 in South Carolina. Mustard & Gravy's music was essentially cou...