Fiddlin' Powers & Family

Cowan Powers and his Family Band was a Virginia string band from the 1920s, considered pioneers in early country music. They were the first family string band to make a commercial record (1924). The band consisted of Cowan Powers (Scott County, Virginia, October 3, 1879 - August 22, 1953) and his children, Charles, Orpha, Carrie and Ada. Cowan also played with his wife, Matilda, until her death in 1916. Record companies of the time were trying to get "old time" or "hill country" music to sell