The Down Homers was organized in 1935 by Shorty Cook and Guy Campbell to pay “Hillbilly Music”. Guy Campbell came from the Blue Hills of Virginia. Later on, his family moved to Oklahoma. His dad was a classical violinist and that was an early influence on Guy, but he liked the songs of the range so much, that he dropped his classical music in favor of the country music he loved. In addition to playing the fiddle for the Down Homers, he played the guitar and bass and was the third man in the trio numbers.
Charles James Shavers, (August 3, 1920 – July 8, 1971, was an American swing era jazz trumpeter who played with Dizzy Gillespie, Nat King Cole, Roy Eldridge, Johnny Dodds, Jimmie Noone, Sidney Bechet, Midge Williams, and Billie Holiday.
Kenny Roberts was an American country music singer. He was born George S. Kingsbury Jr. in Lenoir City, Tennessee, but raised on a farm outside of Greenfield, Massachusetts. He is best known for his recordings of “I Never See Maggie Alone” and was a member of The Down Homers with Bill Haley.
