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
Associated actsMason Williams
Baxter Taylor
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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