Effective period / Period of releases: 1977 - 1983

Members: Thornton Spencer, Becky Haga, Tom Barr, Flurry Dowe, Emily Spencer, Martha Spencer

The Whitetop Mountain Band is a family-based band from the highest mountains of Virginia. Whitetop, Virginia is an area rich in the old time music tradition; this band has deep roots in mountain music. The members have done much to preserve the Whitetop regions style of old time fiddling and banjo picking and are legendary musicians and teachers of the style. The band is currently led by Emily Spencer, who was a founding member of the group in the mid-1970s.