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Whitey & Hogan. Roy "Whitey" Grant (right) was born in Shelby and Arval Hogan in Robbinsville, North Carolina. Like many of their generation, Whitey and Hogan migrated to the growing towns of the piedmont in search of work. They met in 1935 in Gastonia while working at the Firestone textile mill. Soon afterwards, they began playing together as the "Spindle City Boys," then became part of the Briarhoppers band soon after the show was created. After 1953, when the Briarhoppers retired from full-time music-making, Whitey and Hogan both became mailmen in Charlotte.
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The Tennessee Ramblers The group was formed in 1928 by Dick Hartman. In 1934 Crazy Water Crystals sent them to WBT. It became Cecil Campbell's band in 1945, and continued at WBT until the early '50s. Its members were somewhat interchangeable with the Briarhoppers crew. Don White, for example, might show up with either group. The Ramblers continued performing until the 1980s. This particular incarnation included, from left: Don White (real name Walden Whytsell), Kenneth "Pappy" Wolfe, Claude Casey and Cecil Campbell.
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| Courtesy Jim Scancarelli |
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