When I was little I spent a lot of time with grandma Julia Sheffey Collins. I would like to hide where she was working and listen to her sing because she would never sing if she knew anyone was around. I can remember that the ballads were of the High Lonesome sound and were so beautiful. My grandma was born in Cripple Creek, Wythe County, VA in 1889. I have a photo of her and her family when she was a child in front of this huge rambling pioneer home with an ox standing in the photo. I believe that this was the sound of music of the day and how far back it went, who knows. One scene in the video "That High Lonesome Sound" has this old lady in a scrubby cornfield singing while hoeing corn was so much the memory I have of grandma. Julia Sheffey was the grand daughter of Preacher Robert S. Sheffey Robert Crabtree