Here are the answers to some of our most frequently asked questions!

  How did the "Fox on the Run" skit come about?
We used to play this club down in Memphis TN. We would wrap up and usually head over to Beale ST. One night we held over there and about 4:00 am a few of the band members came staggering in. I had told them they should have taken their instruments and gave a street performance (which is common down there).  Chris Douglas (former bass player) said "what would we had done Fox on the Run? Another member said "hey we could have done it "blues style" and they would not have known and started singing it that way. Another member said "we could have done it as a rap song!" The next week we were in FL and was once again clowning around with it in the festival parking lot. We were overheard by a couple who dared us to do it on stage. We replied "if we get an encore (this was our first time in Florida) we will do it. Well they did so we did the "fox with the run's" for the first time. Believe it or not but I have that routine's first performance on video. The "river dance" part came about a year later and was mandolin player Hickory Vaught's idea.

 Where do you all get the ideas for your routines?
I hate to say this but most of them came out of the days we used to play clubs a lot. When you have to fill 5 hours with music you tend to get a little goofy around the last hour. The "Mama Don't Allow" skit came out of a club in Ohio. One night about 6 patrons wanted to get up and perform. They ranged from people who wanted to yodel to spoon players. We hit on the idea of doing Mama Don't Allow and letting them do a turn. We did that so we could get them through quickly. It was a riot and another routine was born! To answer your question more specifically I would say that most were "found" accidentally or by simply "clowning around".

 Did you all really get banned from a festival once? 
No we didn't but I can say we found out where we couldn't do bathroom jokes!

 How did your Motor Home get named the Titanic?
By asking that question I can only assume that you have not ever seen it up close! Seriously though bass player Dan Cripple is responsible for that. The RV is a Dodge Titan. When I got it the someone had used mailbox letters and spelled out Titan on the front. Dan went to Wal-Mart and got the letters I and C and affixed them at the end to spell out Titanic. I did not notice until we pulled into a festival. The name stuck like glue!

 What has been the hardest show you have ever done?
The weekend last winter when after being on the road only 2 hours I was informed that my friend and co-founder Joe Hall had passed away from heart failure. We played that night at the Pennyroyal Opry and the next night at Shallersville OH. That was without a doubt the hardest shows I have ever done.

 What is the funniest thing that has ever happened?
There are just too many for me to pick one. There are a few that I should probably never tell. One thing though that I am reminded of happened in FL. Our Mandolin player had just recorded a solo project. He announced from the stage the price and said "I'll even take things on trade for this here CD. Heck I'll even take chickens!". Well what are the odds? It seems that a lady in the audience was getting out of the chicken business and had sold all of her hens with the exception of about three chickens and one well used rooster which she quickly went and fetched and traded them for the cd!

 Who or what band are your alls biggest influence?
A man by the name of "Turkey Conkins"! Turkey was a man that our good friend Arthur Hatfield from Glasgow knew.

 What products or services do you all endorse?
We proudly endorse ghs strings, Ester Instrument Straps, Hatfield Banjo's  and Quincy Transmission of Quincy IL.

 How would you describe your music?
I remember one night I was listening to the Louisville based band Fresh Cut Grass playing when someone yelled up at them, "Hey play one of them drinkin' , woman chasin' songs!" At that the banjo player and good friend of mine Mr. Marty Bennett jokingly replied, "Sorry bud, we don't know any Changing Times songs!" ,,,, I am depressed!