The Wayfarers Trio

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.

The Wayfarers Trio
OriginUnited States
GenresFolk music
Years active1959–1961
LabelsMercury
Past membersMason Williams
Bill Cheatwood
Baxter Taylor

They are not to be confused with a similarly named band called The Wayfarers who had a recording contract with RCA Victor.

References
  1. Tulsa Coffee Houses of the Past; retrieved 2014-01-16.
  2. Baxter Taylor Wikipedia article on Baxter Taylor; retrieved 2014-01-16.

Joseph Lawrence Hampson later of The Travellers was also in the group


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