JOHNSON MOUNTAIN BOYS

JOHNSON MOUNTAIN BOYS (c. 1982–1988; sporadically thereafter: Dudley Connell [lead voc, gtr]; David McLaughlin [mdln]; Eddie Stubbs [fdl]; Richard Underwood [bnj]; Marshall Wilborn [b]) There was something eerie about watching this acclaimed mid-1980s retro-BLUEGRASS group perform; decked out in string ties, suit jackets, and white cowboy hats, they looked like an archetypal bluegrass ensemble out of the mid-1950s come back to life. Though some charged them with the worst type of ersatz…