Country music is at its best when it's simple and infectious. This group recorded for Victor throughout the mid and late 20's, and while some of those sides were reissued by Rounder Records years ago (that LP
is, itself, out of print), this 1927 waxing didn't get a deserved reissue. Featured fiddler Bud Landress wrote this song, and appears elsewhere in this archive playing "Furniture Man". This particular
record is worn toward the end, but it's still a joyous ride. (For further reading: a page at the "Folk Music Index" lists their reissued discography, while over
at the Smithsonian Institution web site a page about the Baxters mentions the Yellow Hammers in passing - lastly, a review of
"Folks He Sure Do Pull Some Bow" has a paragraph about the Yellow Hammers in the middle of the page.)
