Born February 7, 1919, in North Carolina into a large family (11 siblings), Spencer Moore fell early under the spell of mountain folk music after hearing records by Charlie Poole, Jimmie Rodgers, and others. Plus, he was fortunate to have as a neighbor the great blind fiddler and singer G.B. Grayson. In his mid-teens Moore mail-ordered a guitar from Sears & Roebuck and by the late '30s he was working as part of a duo with his brother Joe Moore (as the Moore Brothers -- the pair actually played a tent show on the same bill with the legendary Carter Family on one occasion). Foll...