Johnny Thomas Fowler

The origin of this tale is from an old Yiddish folk song that was translated into English by singer and storyteller, Nancy Schimmel. Other stories are "Just Enough to Make a Story", "The Old Coat", and "The Tailor and His Coat." Gwenda is a member of Asheville’s Storytelling Circle and sat in the first circle forming the North Carolina Storytelling Circle, and received their Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009.

A Coat for My Daughter is a short version of two stories Robin tells about pulling herself up by her bootstraps. Robin is a survivor, perseverance wins over.

Lord Randall is a haunting ballad that tells of a conversation between mother and son. Randall has been poisoned by his lover, his mother helps him dictate his last will and testament, “Mother make my bed soon, for I am sick-hearted and I want to lie down.”In the last verse, Lord Randall tells that it is his lover who has done him in.

James Gamble Rogers IV (January 31, 1937 – October 10, 1991) was an American folk artist musician, and storyteller known for the recurring theme in his songs and stories about characters and places in a fictional Florida county. This story, Dogs and Dawgs, was recorded live at The Garden Theater in Charleston, S.C. March 26, 1988 and was released on Oklawaha County Laissez-Faire (Oklawaha Records).

Harold Wayne Turner is from Pickens, S.C. As a child, he spent much of his time as an apprentice in his father’s woodworking shop. His father, James “Carolina” Turner, shared cotton mill tales and stories about the war. Wayne took the skills he learned from his father and became an accomplished luthier; a renowned instrument maker. He received the prestigious Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage Award in 2010.

Kyra Freeman is a member of the Asheville Storytelling Circle and N.C. Storytelling Guild. A collection of her poetry and photographs entitled: Second Life: Poems of Re-emerging was released by Redhawk Publications in the summer of 2021.

Nancy Basket helped form the first modern basketry guild in Seattle in 1980, and moved to SC ten years later. In 2005, she received the prestigious SC Jean Laney Harris Folk Heritage award. Her work has received raving national reviews. She is a popular feature at powwows and Earthskills events.

The Frogs Desire a King, an Aesop Fable, makes it clear that people feel the need for laws but are impatient with personal restraint. The lesson drawn is that "he that hath liberty ought to keep it well, for nothing is better than liberty."

Robin’s life mission is to tell stories that educate, motivate, lift spirits, and sometimes just make people laugh.Wait for it, "The Coffin Chase" is one of those spit-take stories.

Sheila Kay Adams is a seventh-generation ballad singer, musician, and storyteller. She was born and raised in Madison County, North Carolina, in a little place named Sodom. It's an area well-known for its a cappella ballad singing, a tradition that dates back to the early Scots/Irish and English settlers of the mid-17th century.This story, Stop This Car comes from, LIVE at the International Storytelling Festival, Granny Dell Records (2007).