The Wayfarers Trio | |
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| Origin | United States |
| Genres | Folk music |
| Years active | 1959–1961 |
| Labels | Mercury |
| Past members | Mason Williams Bill Cheatwood Baxter Taylor |
The Wayfarers Trio were an American folk music trio founded in 1959 and consisting of Oklahoma City University college students, Billy Cheatwood, Mason Williams, and Baxter Taylor.[1][2] The Wayfarers Trio first played publicly at The Gourd coffeehouse in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in 1959. The Trio had a recording contract with Mercury Records and issued a couple singles and one album Songs of the Blue & Grey, released in April 1961 on Mercury MG 20634 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War.[1][2] They disbanded after college.
Joseph Lawrence Hampson later of The Travellers also played with the group.
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