Buck Ryan, Smitty Irvin, Bill Harrell and the Virginians on the Jimmy Dean TV show, 1964

Buck Ryan - fiddle, Smitty Irvin- banjo, Bill Harrell - guitar, Stoney Edwards - bass. From 1964 Jimmy Dean TV show.

Myrtle Irvin Green, 2010 recipient of Art of Sound's Heritage Bridge Award, played with Smitty and her father, H.G. Irvin in the family band before the boys, Smitty and Roy, and H.G. moved to Washington, D.C. to play in some of the nightclubs there. Smitty, Roy and Myrtle's grandfather was legendary banjo pioneer and three-finger innovator Smith Hammett.

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[BruceMichaelAnderson]

@BruceMichaelAnderson As I understand One of the 1st names for the Bands Smitty played with was called the mountaineers

[BruceMichaelAnderson]

@BruceMichaelAnderson As I understand from what my Grand Father & Grand Mother Tells me Smitty 's Daddy Taught Mr. Clark to play the fiddle!

[sugargrove3]

awesome display of early bluegrass!

[bleachhollow9]

good job great grandpa!!!!!! 

[banjobilly32]

I watched these guys before I went to work every morning in the mid 1950's. Smitty was one of my early influences to take up the banjo. Great footage! Thanks for posting.

[BanjoBoyMatteo]

Wonderful footage!! So great to finally see what Stoney looked like!