North Carolina Ramblers (l-r) Charlie Poole, Posey Rorer, Roy Harvey - 1927

The Ramblers played at schoolhouses, in theaters, and on street corners.  Charlie galvanized the act with somersaults and buck dancing.
He’d place a chair in the middle of the stage, leap over it, land upside down and dance on his hands.  For good measure,
Poole would also throw in jokes, stories, and humorous asides. No wonder that whenever
Poole put on a show, his fans never forgot him!