John Walter Tottle,[1] known as Jack Tottle (born November 24, 1939), is an American bluegrass musician, singer, mandolin player, songwriter, music teacher and author.
The group released two albums: "Raise A Ruckus" in 1961 on Riverside Records[2] and "Bluegrass Hootenanny" on the small and obscure Battle label.
[3] In the early 1970s, he joined Don Stover and the White Oak Mountain Boys and about this time, he also settled in Boston.
One of the members of the group was an aspiring young banjo player, Bela Fleck.
Tottle is also the founder (in 1982) and former director (now retired) of the Bluegrass, Oldtime and Country Music Program at East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee.