The team that produced "Going Down the Crooked Road" put many miles behind them in reporting this series. Beginning in May 2005, reporter Ralph Berrier Jr., photographer Kyle Green and multimedia editor Seth Gitner set out along Virginia's Heritage Music Trail, interviewing, recording and photographing the elements produced here in this multimedia series.

		Ralph Berrier Jr. grew up in the Carroll County farming community of Cana, right in the middle of mountain music territory. His grandfather and great-uncle, Clayton Hall and Saford Hall, were well-known musicians who imparted their love of music to their kin. Berrier is a features writer at The Roanoke Times, where he has worked since 1993.
		Kyle Green is in his first year with The Roanoke Times. He spent four years with the Portland Tribune in Oregon and earlier interned at The Los Angeles Times and The Vancouver Columbian. The Crooked Road series is his introduction to Southwest Virginia and bluegrass music.
		A still photojournalist for the preceding 10 years, Seth M. Gitner has been multimedia editor for The Roanoke Times and roanoke.com since January. His role is to help integrate multimedia news-gathering techniques into a traditional print newsroom. Seth has taught multimedia at the Poynter Institute's Visual Edge workshop. He is president of the Virginia News Photographers Association.
Audio interview: Metro Editor Dwayne Yancey speaks with Seth Gitner, Kyle Green and Ralph Berrier about their first experiences with blue grass music and The Crooked Road. Click the audio link above to play (13:06 minutes) or right-click here to download the file to your harddrive.

Other contributors:

Online producers: Patrick Beeson and Melissa Worden
Series editors: Jeff DeBell and Carole Tarrant
Copy editor: Tom Carter
Graphics: Rob Lunsford
Photo editor: Kelly Hahn Johnson
Podcast host: Dwayne Yancey
Print designers: Hank Wilson and Andrew Svec