From Clay Springs, Arizona, Bunk Pettyjohn was born in 1902 and began playing banjo in 1911. This album devoted to Bunk and his wife Becky was compiled by Keith Cunningham, an English professor at Northern Arizona University. Recorded in 1974 and released in 1976, Becky Pettyjohn only has three vocal tracks on the album because she died after the first recording session.