The Women of Southern Songbirds

The Powers Family:

The Powers Family String Band of St. Paul, Virginia was the first family string band to make a commercial recording. In 1924, Fiddlin' Cowan Powers and his children, Ada, Orpha, Carrie and Charles, went to New York to record six sides for the Victor Talking Machine Company. The records, which were some of the first country recordings, introduced the general public to the world of mountain music. The Powers girls played mandolin, guitar, and ukelele in the band.

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