Hoyt “Floyd” Ming

Fiddler Hoyt “Floyd” Ming led a Mississippi family members music group called the Pep-Steppers. With Rozelle Ming on acoustic guitar and Troy Ming on mandolin, the Pep-Steppers performed dances and fairs around Tupelo through the ’20s. After auditioning for Ralph Peer in a medication store, the music group recorded several edges for Victor during 1928. The Mings continuing performing regionally in to the ’50s, and even though Hoyt also worked well like a potato farmer for some of his existence, the group’s inclusion on Harry Smith’s 1952 folksong compendium Anthology of American Folk Music produced enough excitement for Ming to re-form the group within the ’60s. The Pep-Steppers performed the Country wide Folk Event in 1973, as well as the Smithsonian Folklife Event one year later on.