BATE, DR. HUMPHREY, AND THE POSSUM HUNTERS

BATE, DR. HUMPHREY, AND THE POSSUM HUNTERS (Dr. Humphrey Bate, b. Castallian Springs, Tenn., May 25, 1875–June 12, 1936 [hca]; Alcyone Bate [Beasley] [voc, uke, pno]; Buster Bate [gtr, tipple, hca, Jew's harp]; Burt Hutcherson [gtr]; Walter Leggett [bnj]; Oscar Stone [fdl]; Staley Walton [gtr]; Oscar Albright [b]) The Possum Hunters , one of the first old-time string bands featured on THE GRAND OLE OPRY, were led by the harmonica-playing physician Dr. Humphrey Bate . Bate, a Vanderbilt-educated…