Da Costa Woltz‘s Southern Broadcasters

Aliases: Frank Neal and His Boys
Years active: 1927
Country: United States
Comments: Old-time string band quartet from Galax, Virginia formed by Da Costa Woltz. Members were Ben Jarrell (singer and fiddle), Frank Jenkins (lead banjo), Price Goodson (harmonica, ukelele, and vocals on two sides), and Woltz (2nd banjo). The Southern Broadcasters’ recorded legacy was the 18 songs and tunes cut for Gennett in Richmond, Indiana on May 5-7, 1927. Although Woltz formed the quartet, he was a minor player and most of the 18 recordings were credited to Ben Jarrell or Frank Jenkins plus band accompaniment. Woltz and Jarrell never recorded again nor did the band perform together after 1927. Jenkins went on to form the influential Frank Jenkins' Pilot Mountaineers (which included his son, Oscar, on banjo, and a young Ernest V. Stoneman on vocals/guitar).
Members: Frank Jenkins Banjo
Ben Jarrell Vocals, fiddle
Price Goodson Harmonica, ukelele and vocals
Da Costa Woltz

Originals

	Title	Performer	Release date	Covered by
	Are You Washed in the Blood of the Lamb	Ben Jarrell - Acc. by Da Costa Woltz‘s Southern Broadcasters	August 1927	(35 artists)
i	John Brown's Dream	Da Costa Woltz‘s Southern Broadcasters - Called by Ben Jarrell	October 1927	(50 artists)
	Merry Girl	Ben Jarrell - Acc. by Da Costa Woltz‘s Southern Broadcasters	July 1927	The Backwoods Band
i	Richmond Cotillion	Da Costa Woltz‘s Southern Broadcasters - Called by Ben Jarrell	October 1927	(16 artists)
	Take Me Back to the Sweet Sunny South	Ben Jarrell - Acc. by Da Costa Woltz‘s Southern Broadcasters	1927	(55 artists)
	When You Ask a Girl to Leave Her Happy Home	Ben Jarrell - Acc. by Da Costa Woltz‘s Southern Broadcasters	August 1927	Bob Carlin
	Yellow Rose of Texas	Ben Jarrell - Acc. by Da Costa Woltz‘s Southern Broadcasters	July 1927	(171 artists)