They recorded four tunes, and two were issued on a single 78 RPM disc, ”Train on the Island” and “Black-Eyed Susie.” Their playing was the ancient fiddle and banjo dance music of old Virginia; created before the guitar or other instruments were adapted to the music.

Though represented only on this single disc, they are nevertheless legendary among fans and scholars of old-time music.

Uncle Norman’s son, Rush Edmonds, told that Uncle Norman learned from his father who learned from his father. And Uncle Norman’s grandson is Jimmie Edmonds, also legendary in the Galax area. Jimmie was a prodigy who took up the fiddle at age 5, and as a preteen performed with banjoist Uncle Wade Ward as the Buck Mountain Band. Fiddler’s convention photographs of a dynamic kid fiddler and an erect and stately old-timer burning down the microphone grace many walls in the Southeast.

Jimmie later worked in well-known bands, and became noted for his session work. But his first interest has long been in making fine instruments, and he is noted for violins with great volume and rich tone, and for creating world-class guitars. He shares resources and friendship with another noted local instrument maker, Wayne Henderson. His workshop is in Carroll County near the Music Center.

There is a huge extended family of musical Edmonds’, and the family is especially interested in the younger players. When great-granddaughter Chase Sinnett recently took to the stage at age 5, clutching her fiddle, entering her first peewee contest, and performed well, they were there, and the spirit of Uncle Norman was felt.