American old time country guitarist, singer and songwriter, known for his performances with his partner [a1630749], with whom he recorded starting in 1927. They were a Huntington, West Virginia team who made numerous recordings-usually together, but sometimes solo or with others. Father of [a=Alma McGhee], who sang in trios with her father and Welling and sometimes Welling's wife [a=Thelma Welling]. Welling & McGhee used numerous pseudonyms, sometimes for the same song on multiple labels. Born 1882 in Griffithsv…