Gail Hatton was raised in eastern Kentucky, and grew up hearing the old mountain singing styles of her family and others in that area, including both Primitive Baptist and Regular Baptist congregational singing. More recently she's spent a lot of time learning and singing the traditional songs which were collected from West Virginia's Hammons family, particularly the ballads of Maggie Hammons. With Dwight Diller, her husband Russ Hatton, and others, she has been working on "The Hammons Legacy," a project aimed at getting Hammons Family music more accessible. She taught with Dwight at Augusta's Vocal Week in 2004 and has also been teaching banjo and voice at Dwight's own music camps. Gail has recorded a CD of Maggie Hammons' ballads.