Virgil Anderson - Wild Bill Jones

A pretty "come-all-you" tune. Anderson seems to have the same sort of gentle, relaxed voice that Frank Proffitt did. Performer and dancer Virgil Anderson traveled from Kentucky to dance and play the music that he learned from his family and community. Born in 1902 in Russell County, Kentucky, Virgil began playing banjo as a young boy, learning from older musicians in the area. His musical repertoire mixed blues, ballads, and breakdowns. His unusual picking patterns, driving rhythms, and subtle use of harmonics blended into a truly unique style of old-time banjo playing. Anderson credited an African American family who lived near his family for broadening his knowledge of regional music. His reputation as a premiere banjo picker, buck dancer, and unabashed extrovert established him as one of the more colorful characters to emerge from the Cumberland Plateau region of Kentucky and Tennessee. (Via Center for Southern Folklore).