COX, DAVID

Born in Wolfe County, Kentucky, David Cox came to Ohio when his family moved to Middletown. He played mandolin in Larry Sparks’s first band after Larry left Ralph Stanley, and was included on Larry’s first LP on Hamilton-based Pine Tree Records. He later played with an early and great lineup of the Appalachian Grass that also included Jim McCall, Vernon “Junior” McIntyre, and Katie Laur.