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Scott County, southwestern Virginia, fiddler James Cowan Powers (1877-1953) recorded "Ida Red" in Camden, N.J., in August, 1924, for Edison Records, along with his family band, consisting of Powers and his children, Charles, Orpha, Carrie and Ada (his wife had died in 1914). | Scott County, southwestern Virginia, fiddler James Cowan Powers (1877-1953) recorded "Ida Red" in Camden, N.J., in August, 1924, for Edison Records, along with his family band, consisting of Powers and his children, Charles, Orpha, Carrie and Ada (his wife had died in 1914). [[File:PowersFamily.jpg|left|240px|thumb|Fiddlin' Cowan Powers and family (front row, from left). Cowan Powers, daughters Orpha, Carrie, and Ada, and son Charlie. [Photograph courtesy of James Powers, Patty Powers, and Stephanie Collins]]] It was the earliest recording of a family band in country music. James's son, Charlie, sang: | ||
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''Ida Red, she lives in town,''<br> | ''Ida Red, she lives in town,''<br> | ||