Homer Sherrill
Homer "Pappy" Lee Sherrill (March 23, 1915, Sherrills Ford, North Carolina - November 30, 2001) was an American Old Time and Bluegrass fiddler. Pappy received his first fiddle, a tin model from Sears and Roebuck, at the age of seven. His first professional performance was in 1928 at Radio Station WSOC in Gastonia, North Carolina. In 1934 Pappy was performing for the Crazy Water Barn Dance on Charlotte, North Carolina's WBT radio station. It was while playing for Crazy Water Crystals that Pappy joined The Blue Sky Boys at station WWNC in Asheville, NC and later The Crazy Blue Ridge Hillbillies at station WGST in Atlanta, Ga. There, he met his wife and formed another band named The Smiling Rangers and moved back to Raleigh, NC at WPTF and then to Danville, VA for station WBTM. In October 1939 Pappy joined the WIS Hillbillies. This introduced Pappy to Dewitt "Snuffy" Jenkins and began a musical friendship that would endure throughout their lifetime. In 1948 Byron Parker, "The Hired Hand", died. To honor the memory of their dear friend the WIS Hillbillies underwent a name change and became The Hired Hands. The Hired Hands became a veritable force in the country music scene in South Carolina and in 1954 they appeared on WIS-TV's very first day of broadcast. There, the group conducted a television show, "Carolina in the Morning." |
Birth and Death Data: Born March 23, 1915 (Sherrills Ford), Died November 30, 2001
Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1936 - 1940
Roles Represented in DAHR: violin, baritone vocal, composer
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Recordings (Results 26-29 of 29 records)
Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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Victor | BS-047640 | 10-in. | 2/9/1940 | A beautiful life | Byron Parker Mountaineers | Male vocal quartet, with string band | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Victor | BS-047641 | 10-in. | 2/9/1940 | We shall rise | Byron Parker Mountaineers | Male vocal quartet, with string band | vocalist, baritone vocal | |
Victor | BS-054596 | 10-in. | 10/10/1940 | C & N.W. Railroad blues | Byron Parker Mountaineers | String band | composer | |
Victor | BS-054597 | 10-in. | 10/10/1940 | Peanut special | Byron Parker Mountaineers | String band, with talk | composer |
Citation
Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Sherrill, Homer," accessed November 7, 2024, https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107892.
Sherrill, Homer. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 7, 2024, from https://adpprod1.library.ucsb.edu/names/107892.
"Sherrill, Homer." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 7 November 2024.
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Linked Open Data Sources
LCNAR: Sherrill, Pappy, 1915-2001 - http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99250648
Wikidata: Homer "Pappy" Sherrill - http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1626029
VIAF: http://viaf.org/viaf/41174910
MusicBrainz: Homer "Pappy" Sherrill - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/41082fd6-e9d5-45c0-9b19-76db992a55fd
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