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Charles Ernest Moody b. 1891 d. 1977 mmmFor many years Charles Ernest Moody directed the choir at the Calhoun First Methodist Church, but before that he had been a singer and ukulele and guitar player with a local band called The Georgia Yellowhammers. The Yellowhammers had some success as a string band and recorded many sides for Victor Records. Their biggest song was "Picture on the Wall." But, even before playing with the Yellowhammers, Ernest Moody had also been a successful writer and composer of gospel hymns. His two most famous compositions, "Kneel at the Cross" and "Drifting Too Far from the Shore" are still standard works today. mmmBorn in Tilton, Moody had moved with his family to Tunnel Hill where he lived into adulthood. He studied music, first with A. J. Simms of Dalton, then at Young Harris College and finally at The Southern Development Normal in Ashville, North Carolina. With this background, Moody directed the choir at the Tunnel Hill Methodist Church and led singing conventions. He could read both shaped notes and standard "round" notes. He also had taught himself to play most of the ordinary instruments. |
The Georgia Yellowhammers |
Ernest Moody is standing, back right. |
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