The Red Mountain Yellowhammers is an old-time string band, originally known as The Red Mountain White Trash, from Birmingham, Alabama.[1] A number of its members originally lived in Birmingham's Red Mountain neighborhood where they began playing together in 1985.[2]
Red Mountain Yellowhammers | |
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 The band performs. | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Birmingham, Alabama |
| Genres | Old-time music string band |
| Labels | Whoop It Up! |
| Members | Jim Cauthen Joyce Cauthen Phil Foster Jamie Finley Bill Martin Nancy Jackson |
| Website | http://sites.google.com/site/redmountainstringband/ |
The band is composed of Jim Cauthen (fiddle), Joyce Cauthen (guitar), Phil Foster (mandolin), Jamie Finley (harmonica and banjo ukulele), Bill Martin (auto harp) and Nancy Jackson (bass).
Discography
edit- Fire in the Dumpster (1995), Whoop It Up! #101
- Chickens Don't Roost Too High (1999), Whoop It Up! #102
- Sweet Bama (2002), Whoop It Up! #103
- Throw the Old Cow Over the Fence (2009), Whoop It Up! #104
References
edit- ^ Interview on WBHM radio, http://www.wbhm.org/Tapestry/bands/RedMountainWhiteTrash.html
- ^ Windham, Ben (May 24, 2002). "Trash's `Sweet Bama' makes self right at home among good blues". Tuscaloosa News. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Retrieved November 29, 2013.
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