Ray Anderson and the Homefolks

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Ray Anderson was born in West Virginia. Articles in 1949 were reporting that he was entertaining the fans over radio station WHOK in Lancaster, Ohio along with Tommy Steph. Both Ray and Tommy were a part of the Tennessee Mountaineers at the time. During that time, it was also reported that they had been signed by the Donnett Hit Records label. Now we don't claim to know everything about everyone, but in this case, the same 1949 article contains a tidbit that Ray Anderson had his own group known as the Buckeye Ramblers and doing their own show over WHOK. It reported that "Timmie" Steph, a female singer had joined Ray's band. She was a sister to Mickie Steph LaRue who at one time worked over WTNS in Coshocton, Ohio. In December of 1950, Norm Silver reported that Ray had joined radio station WHTN in Huntington, West Virginia. Norm reported that Ray did so well, he was named the station's program director. Around that time, he had written a tune called "Secret Weapon" that had been recorded by Shannon Grayson on the RCA Victor label. His songwriting talents would become something he was known for later in his career. Cowboy Songs reported in their Disc Jockey Roundup column that same year that Ray had started his own record label - Mountaineer. His show aired from 6:00am to 9:00am, Monday through Saturday. He also did another show from 7:00pm to 9:00pm known as the "Hillbilly Jamboree". In 1957, Ray had started doing appearances on the WWVA Jamboree, working with the Osborne

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