Greenback Dollar Bill
Oscar Stone, fiddle
Grand Ole Opry publicity of the day describes the band as a bunch of country bumpkins, and pictures show them in bib overalls and floppy hats, Actually they were a pretty middle-class outfit: Dr. Bate (1875-1936) was an 1898 graduate of Vanderbilt Medical School, and Oscar Stone (1881-1949) had a day job laying hardwood floors for a Nashville department store,
Dr. Humphrey Bate and his Possum Hunters: Oscar Stone, fiddle; Walter Leggett, banjo; Staley Walton, guitar; Oscar Albright, bass.
Atlanta GA 3/3/28 Brunswick 275
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