Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers

References to mountains and the Appalachian States have run rampant in old-timey and bluegrass music since at least the very first recordings of these genres, in some cases providing valuable clues for researchers trying to find out more about historic bands, in some cases not. Crockett's Kentucky Mountaineers is a good example of the latter phenomenon, leading musicologists to dally in the hollows and valleys of Kentucky when they should really have been out in Fresno, CA. Founded by John Crockett, who was originally from West Virginia, this family band was part of the initi...