Henry Whitter

During the latter half of the 1920s, Victor issued a run of popular hillbilly recordings that paired guitarist and harmonica player Henry Whitter with G.B. Grayson. Whitter, born in 1892, ranked among the earliest folk and country performers to adopt the harmonica rack, an innovation that let musicians play guitar and harmonica together. Grayson and Whitter brought attention to such numbers as "Tom Dooley," "The Banks of the Ohio," "Train 45," and "Handsome Molly." Whitter largely withdrew from performing after Grayson’s death in 1930 and passed away himself in 1941.