Bill Chitwood
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William Hewlitt "Bill" Chitwood was a fiddle player from Resaca, Georgia
. He was born in 1891. He also played banjo, as did many of the members of the band he most frequently played with, The Georgia Yellow Hammers.
The Georgia Yellow Hammers recorded under a variety of names between 1927 and 1930, sometimes featuring Chitwood (i.e. Bill Chitwood and His Georgia Mountaineers; Turkey Mountain Singers.
The group of musicians included Bud Landress, Charles E. Moody, and Phil Reeve. Fate Norris sometimes joined the band, as did African American/Cherokee duo Andrew and Jim Baxter (i.e. the Baxter Brothers). The band recorded the same songs other different names. For example, the Georgia Yellow Hammers and
Bill Chitwood and His Georgia Mountaineers "Fourth of July at the Country Fair".
Resaca, Georgia
Resaca is a city in Gordon County, Georgia, and Whitfield County, Georgia along the Oostanaula River. The population was 815 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Resaca is located at ....
. He was born in 1891. He also played banjo, as did many of the members of the band he most frequently played with, The Georgia Yellow Hammers.
The Georgia Yellow Hammers recorded under a variety of names between 1927 and 1930, sometimes featuring Chitwood (i.e. Bill Chitwood and His Georgia Mountaineers; Turkey Mountain Singers.
The group of musicians included Bud Landress, Charles E. Moody, and Phil Reeve. Fate Norris sometimes joined the band, as did African American/Cherokee duo Andrew and Jim Baxter (i.e. the Baxter Brothers). The band recorded the same songs other different names. For example, the Georgia Yellow Hammers and
Bill Chitwood and His Georgia Mountaineers "Fourth of July at the Country Fair".