From wikipedia...
The Georgia Yellow Hammers is an old-time string and vocal
quartet from Gordon County, Georgia from the 1920s. The group featured Charles
Moody, Jr. on guitar; Bud Landress on banjo; Phil Reeve on guitar; and Bill
Chitwood on fiddle.
The group often played with Andrew and Jim Baxter from
Curryville, GA (also in Gordon County). Curryville was also home to music
legend Roland Hayes. Andrew Baxter's unique style of fiddle is heard an early
recording of a band favorite entitled "G-Rag." Interestingly enough,
the Baxter's were African Americans. This is an interesting note due to the
time period. The band released one of the top selling records of 1920s southern
music with 1927's release "The Picture on the Wall"/"My Carolina
Girl." The 1927 recording session with the Baxter's took place in
Charlotte, NC, and was a rare integrated session, uncommon even through the mid
to late 20th century. Andrew and Jim Baxter were a well known duo for the time
in their own right around Northwest Georgia.
Andrew Baxter, African-American fiddle player, and Jim
Baxter, African-American-Cherokee singer/guitar player, were a father and son
fiddle/guitar duet from Gordon County, Georgia who recorded in the 1920s.
The Georgia Yellow Hammers and the Baxters traveled to Charlotte, North Carolina to record for Victor in the summer of 1927. Because of the Jim Crow laws, the Baxters had to ride several cars behind the Yellow Hammers on the train ride to Charlotte. In Charlotte, each group recorded their individual sessions, with one exception: Andrew Baxter played fiddle on "G Rag" with the Yellow Hammers. It is thought that "G Rag" is one of the earliest integrated recordings of Georgia musicians.
Recorded in Charlotte, NC on August 9, 1927.
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