X-Nico

unusual facts about Larry Sparks


Poor Ellen Smith

The song and its variants have been performed and recorded by a range of artists including Tommy Jarrell, Neko Case, Laura Cantrell, Molly O'Day, Kristin Hersh, Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, Stanley Brothers, Ralph Stanley & Larry Sparks, the Kossoy Sisters, Country Gentlemen, John Hartford, The Kingston Trio, and Crooked Still.


Leroy Drumm

The duo began writing together in 1971 and since then their songs have been recorded by such notable artists as The Osborne Brothers,Bluegrass Cardinals, The Country Gentlemen, Doyle Lawson, Jimmy Martin, Larry Sparks, Josh Williams, Don Rigsby,The Eddie Adcock Band,Joe Mullins,Special Consensus, IIIrd Tyme Out, Hot Rize,Audie Blaylock and Lost & Found among others.

Rebel Records

In 2008, the label released 8 new titles, including ones from Ralph Stanley and Larry Sparks.


see also