The Moody Brothers

The Moody family has been involved in just about every aspect of old-time Appalachian music; and while the old-fashioned, acoustic old-time sounds of a group such as the Briarhoppers, a string band that first formed in Charlotte in the early '30s, and the strictly new-generation electronic country dance boogie of the line-dance scene may seem like two different worlds, both share the aspect of crass commercialization of the Appalachian culture. The heart and soul of the music is what has given it its long life, in the end providing employment for entire families and subsequent...