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Red Mountain (band)

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Red Mountain
The band performs.
The band performs.
Background information
OriginBirmingham, Alabama
GenresOld-time music
string band
LabelsWhoop It Up!
MembersJim Cauthen
Joyce Cauthen
Phil Foster
Jamie Finley
Bill Martin
Nancy Jackson
Websitehttp://sites.google.com/site/redmountainstringband/

Red Mountain is an old-time string band, originally known as The Red Mountain White Trash, from Birmingham, Alabama.[1] A number of its members originally lived in Birmingham's Red Mountain neighborhood where they began playing together in 1985.[2]

The band is composed of Jim Cauthen (fiddle), Joyce Cauthen (guitar), Phil Foster (mandolin), Jamie Finley (harmonica and banjo ukulele), Bill Martin (auto harp) and Nancy Jackson (bass).

Discography

  • Fire in the Dumpster (1995), Whoop It Up! #101
  • Chickens Don't Roost Too High (1999), Whoop It Up! #102
  • Sweet Bama (2002), Whoop It Up! #103
  • Throw the Old Cow Over the Fence (2009), Whoop It Up! #104

References

  1. ^ Interview on WBHM radio, http://www.wbhm.org/Tapestry/bands/RedMountainWhiteTrash.html
  2. ^ Windham, Ben (May 24, 2002). "Trash's `Sweet Bama' makes self right at home among good blues". Tuscaloosa News. Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Retrieved November 29, 2013. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)