A senior lecturer in biochemistry at Otago University, Bailey called into the folk club soon after his arrival in New Zealand in 1972 and encountered a ragtag group of enthusiastic but not so authentic bluegrass practitioners. For the best part of a year he coached them on the finer points of mountain music before they played a gig.
George Bailey - banjo, vocals
Barry Paterson - vocals, guitar
Read Hudson - dobro, guitar, vocals
Mike Pelvin - mandolin
Bruce Fergus - bass, autoharp