The McKinneys and-Chisms had been playing together for several years when John and Milton Pope, who owned a music store in their home town of Searcy, Arkansas, hired them for a recording session they had arranged with the Victor company, The band had a financial falling out with the Popes after the records came out, and never got a chance to record again.
Pope's Arkansas Mountaineers; Lee "Tip" McKinney, vocal, guitar; J.W. McKinney, banjo; John Chism, fiddle; Wallace Chism, John Sparrow, guitars.
Memphis TN 2/6/28 Victor 21469
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