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The Dixie Gentlemen were a bluegrass group from Alabama who had been active through the early-’60s folk revival. Herschel Sizemore (mandolin) and Rual Yarbrough (banjo) initial fulfilled in 1956 playing in an organization known as the Alabamians, and became a member of up with Sizemore’s friend, Jake Landers (electric guitar, …

b. Jacob Landers, 14 August 1938, Lawrence State, Alabama, USA. Landers is normally well reputed in bluegrass music not merely being a performer but additionally being a songwriter. He discovered guitar and through the 60s, alongside Herschel Sizemore and Rual Yarbrough, he performed for quite some time as an associate …