Notes & Queries – May

NOTES “I was pleasantly surprised to see that you mentioned and pictured Lacey Jenkins Daugherty, writer of ‘Beautiful Lost River Valley’ in the March 2021 issue of Bluegrass Unlimited. Let me add to the story.  I used to own a Christmas tree farm in Hardy County, West Virginia. Friends there knew I was a bluegrass player, and told me I should meet their neighbor, Mrs. Daugherty, who writes songs. I went to her home to meet her. She gave me a book of her poetry and sang that beautiful song she wrote about the valley where she lives. She said it was her hope to get someone to put that song on a record. I contacted Pete Kuykendall to try to make that happen. I suggested that the best people to make that recording would be Ray and Ina Patterson, who sing pretty ballads in sweet harmony, like the Blue Sky Boys. So, Pete and I got Ray and Ina to record two of Mrs. Daugherty’s songs to release them on a 45. In Pete’s studio, I added a bass instrument to their recording, but