Jim Cauthen, recently retired from IBM, plays fiddle for the group.  Joyce Cauthen plays guitar. She is a folklorist who has written With Fiddle and Well-Rosined Bow: Old-Time Fiddling in Alabama (University of Alabama Press, 1989). Together they have researched Alabama’s fiddling traditions and produced an anthology of Alabama’s great old-time fiddlers (Possum Up a Gum Stump: Home, Field, and Commercial Recordings of Alabama Fiddlers)

Duncan Blair, currently retired from law practice due to Parkinson's disease, plays banjo ukulele and "clawhammer" banjo, a style that preceded the three-finger bluegrass banjo style more commonly heard today.

Rachel Turner plays bass.  She grew up in Mississippi, the daughter of a Baptist minister, and adds just the right touch to Flying Jenny's old-time gospel numbers.  By day she is a dental hygienist.

Charlie Hunter plays clawhammer banjo and fiddle in the group. He recently graduated from Brown University and now works at the Jones Valley Urban Farm.