Brothers
J.E.
and
Wade Mainer
and their various bands and configurations formed a kind of bridge between the Appalachian
string bands
of the 1920s and the high-powered
bluegrass
bands that emerged after World War II. This 100-track box set from
JSP
charts the early years of this oftentimes dueling and quarreling pair in their various guises, sometimes together, sometimes not, and, more often than not, working with guitarist
Zeke Morris
as
the Mountaineers
,
the Dixie Reelers
, or
the Morris Brothers
. ~ Steve Leggett