A Miami Valley cultural institution since the mid-1970s, The Corndrinkers is an old-time stringband that channels the sound and spirit of the “Golden Age” of country music—the 1920s and 1930s. With the twin fiddles of Linda Scutt and Barb Kuhns echoing the great north Georgia dance bands and leading the charge, Tom Duffee (banjo), Doug Smith (guitar) and Al Turnbull (bass) have played at festivals and dances (including many Cityfolk social dances) throughout Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, North Carolina and elsewhere in the Appalachian region. The band is a Saturday night tradition in southwestern Ohio, thanks to the weekly square dances the Corndrinkers have hosted for more than a quarter century at Carriage Hill Farm in Huber Heights. Inspired by the songs and tunes of such country music pioneers as Uncle Dave Macon, the Skillet Lickers, Charlie Poole and the Carter Family, the band has recorded one CD, The Corndrinkers.