Just in case you thought all of Virginia's old-time music was in the Blue Ridge, check out this band from South Norfolk. The Rounders did mostly popular material: the flip side of this record is a hilarious "Honeysuckle Rose" with Earl trying hard to sing like Fats Waller. He was a very inventive fiddler, though, never playing the high part of this tune the same way twice.
Norman Phelps' Virginia Rounders: Earl Phelps, fiddle; Ken Card, tenor banjo; Willie Phelps, guitar; Norman Phelps, bass.
New York NY 2/24/36 Decca 5307
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