The Carolina Tarheels
| The Carolina Tarheels | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Old-time |
| founding | 1931 |
| resolution | 1934 |
| Founding members | |
| Claude Davis | |
| Hoke Rice | |
Guitar, harmonica
|
"Carolina" Clyde Kiser |
Yodelers |
Rudle Kiser |
comedian |
Chuck Rogers |
comedian |
Louie Bailey |
guitar |
Esther Mae Davis ("The Carolina Sunshine Girl") |
The Carolina Tarheels were an American old-time band that was particularly popular on the radio. At the height of the Depression, they were one of the many groups made famous by radio broadcasts. Recordings were never made by the band. They shouldn't be confused with the Carolina Tar Heels , which were founded in the mid-1920s.
Career
The head of the band, Claude Davis, was born in Charlotte , North Carolina in 1895 and was active as a background musician for various labels in 1927 and 1931. Davis also recorded a few solo pieces for Columbia Records and Brunswick Records .
Hoke and Paul Rice were from Atlanta , Georgia , and were part of the group of musicians formed around Gid Tanner and his Skillet Lickers during the 1920s . In 1930 Hoke Rice played a few records himself for the first time and appeared a year later with the Carolina Tarheels.
The Tarheels first appeared on Radio WSB in Atlanta, Georgia on November 28, 1931. In May 1932 the group already had regular shows on WSB and played around Atlanta. They received fan mail from all over the United States. In April 1932 one of her legendary appearances took place in the City Auditorium. The Atlanta Journal also announced a competition for the concert between the Tarheels “Mysterious Fiddler” and Gid Tanner : “ Gid will spend several days riding the streets of Atlanta on an old gray mule looking for his opponent, eventually running him down at the auditorium. ”In 1932 and 1933 the Tarheels had their own Barn Dance , which was broadcast every Saturday night on WSB. After the show had its final edition on May 6, 1933, the group became a regular member of WSB Georgia Jamboree in Atlanta.
In the summer of 1933 an extensive tour was undertaken, which took them to Pennsylvania , West Virginia and Ohio , among others . They returned to Atlanta in August, where their show was now on at noon.
The Carolina Tarheels made their last appearance on March 1, 1934. The members of the band then moved elsewhere or devoted themselves to other projects. Claude Davis died in North Carolina in 1961.
Individual evidence
- ^ Wayne W. Daniel: Pickin 'On Peachtree: A History of Country Music in Atlanta, Georgia (2001), pp. 119 ff; University of Illinois Press, ISBN 0-252-06968-4