Andrew and Jim Baxter

Andrew and Jim Baxter

Although Andrew Baxter, African-American fiddle player, and Jim Baxter, African-American-Cherokee singer/guitar player, were father and son, respectively, they performed their fiddle/guitar duet from Gordon County, Georgia in the 1920's. The Baxter Brother's were associated with the Georgia Yellow Hammers, also from Gordon County. [ [http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/nge/Article.jsp?id=h-2693 New Georgia Encyclopedia: Georgia Yellow Hammers ] ]

The Georgia Yellow Hammers and the Baxter Brothers 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. This integrated recording session was extremely rare in the 1920s. It is thought that "G Rag" is one of the earliest integrated recordings of Georgia musicians. [ [http://oldbluebus.blogspot.com/2006/10/baxter-brothers-georgia-yellow-hammers.html Old Blue Bus: The Baxter Brothers & The Georgia Yellow Hammers ] ]

References

ources

Wayne W. Daniel, Pickin' on Peachtree: A History of Country Music in Atlanta, Georgia (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990), 76-77.

The Encyclopedia of Country Music, ed. Paul Kingsbury (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998), s.v. "Georgia Yellow Hammers."

Gene Wiggins and Tony Russell, "Hell Broke Loose in Gordon County, Georgia," Old Time Music 25 (summer 1977): 9-21.

Charles K. Wolfe, "The Georgia Yellow Hammers," in Classic Country: Legends of Country Music (New York: Routledge, 2001).

Tony Russell, Old Time Music Journal

Gene Wiggins, Old Time Music Journal

uggested Reading

Wayne W. Daniel, Pickin' on Peachtree: A History of Country Music in Atlanta, Georgia (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1990), 76-77.

The Encyclopedia of Country Music, ed. Paul Kingsbury (New York: Oxford University Press, 1998), s.v. "Georgia Yellow Hammers."

Gene Wiggins and Tony Russell, "Hell Broke Loose in Gordon County, Georgia," Old Time Music 25 (summer 1977): 9-21.

Charles K. Wolfe, "The Georgia Yellow Hammers," in Classic Country: Legends of Country Music (New York: Routledge, 2001).

Tony Russell, Old Time Music Journal

Gene Wiggins, Old Time Music Journal