The Virginia Creepers have been playing Appalachian old-time stringband music since 1991. The original members, Steve Huestis (banjo), Rick Olcott (guitar) and Peter White (fiddle) met at a jam sponsored by the New Mexico Folk Music and Dance Society (NM FolkMADS) and were later joined by Scott Mathis (mandolin, guitarron), Laurie Phillips (mandolin) and Bruce Thomson (fiddle). Over the years, the Creepers have had more bass players than Spinal Tap had drummers, even occasionally drafting family members. Peter and Bruce have been pulled away by the hazards of real life in recent years, and in 2010 Jane Phillips (fiddle) started playing with the boys. Don't worry, for her own safety she wears a special protective suit when in the Creeper Clubhouse. It seems that no harm has been done, so far.

The "Creeps" as they are affectionately known, come from a wide variety of musical backgrounds, but all have found a niche playing the original country music of Appalachia, spanning roughly the period from just before the Civil War to the 1920's.