Georgia Yellow Hammers Explained

The Georgia Yellow Hammers were 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.[1] All members may have been multi-instrumentalists. Tony Russell's notes accompanying the 2004 compilation CD "Old Mountain" identify the personnel on "The Picture on the Wall" (Victor 20943, 9 Aug.1927) as Landress, fiddle and lead vocal; Reeve, guitar and vocal; C. Ernest Moody, banjo-ukulele and vocal; and Clyde Evans, guitar and vocal.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: New Georgia Encyclopedia: Georgia Yellow Hammers . Georgiaencyclopedia.org . 2007-10-05 . 2013-03-05 . 2012-10-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121011145127/http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2693 . dead .