Red Fox Chasers

One of Appalachia's great old-time vocal and string bands, the Red Fox Chasers came together at the Union Grove Fiddler's Convention in western North Carolina and started making records shortly afterwards for the Gennett company in Richmond, Indiana during the spring of 1928. A.P. "Fonzie" Thompson and Bob Cranford grew up on opposite sides of Pine Knob Mountain near Thurmond in Surry County, where they learned shape-note singing from religious songbooks, sang traditional melodies for their neighbors, and performed regularly with a gospel quartet. Thompson was a self-taught gu...