Female acoustic artist Ma Crow is a CAMMY (a Cincinnati Grammy) award winner and multi-nominee for the Cincinnati Entertainment Awards. She played for many years with the well-known Cincinnati band “Ma Crow and The Flock”. She then formed her own band “Ma Crow and The Medicine Show” to get back to her old time and bluegrass roots. She played with “Katie Laur and Her All Girl Bluegrass Band” and formed the all female band (and Cincinnati Entertainment Award nominees) “The Mother Pluckers”. Ma Crow has now joined with Trina Emig, Margie Drees, and Vicki Abbott to form another all female band “The Lady Slippers”. From ballads to bluegrass, old-time to contemporary music, her roots come from East Tennessee to the Ohio River Valley. When Ma Crow sings, even the most melodious of song birds would be hard pressed to send forth such a sweet strand of sounds. Musicians on this CD include: Ma Crow – Guitar, Lead and Harmony Vocals; Trina Emig – Banjo, Mandolin, Bass, Guitar, Harmony Vocal; Natalie Cunningham – Bass; Laura Hasek – Fiddle, Harmony Vocals; Sylvia Mitchell – Fiddle; Jim Huey – Dobro, Harmony Vocal; Andy King – Guitar, Lead Vocal; Brad Meinerding – Mandolin, Guitar; Margie Drees – Harmony Vocals; Vicki Abbott – Bass; Meghan Coil – Fiddle. Ma writes: “Smoky Junction is a small community located in East Tennessee high up on the Cumberland Plateau. Growing up in Scott County I would wander those hills for hours every day, among the wild flowers, ferns, and moss. No where else in the world would the air be so fragrant after a summer rain. No sweeter a sound was made than those voices I listened to from the back of the school bus, or the church house, or from the home higher up on the hill. Now my memory wanders those paths through meadows in the deep back woods of Norma Mountain and the New River Valley. I miss those simple days from long ago. I visit as often as possible my ancestors and immediate family members who lie sleeping in the beautiful, peaceful cemeteries located there in those mountains. I miss the mountain people who nurtured me as a youth in Scott County, Tennessee. They gave me roots and wings.”