Clifford Hayes

African-American violinist and jug band leader, born 1895, died 1957. Born in Glasgow, Kentucky, Hayes joined Earl McDonald's jug band in Louisville, the city where jug bands originated. After a disagreement in 1919, Hayes formed his own band which recorded with Sara Martin in 1924, as Clifford's Louisville Jug Band in 1925, as Clifford Hayes' Louisville Stompers in 1927-1929, and a last session in 1929 as Kentucky Jazz Babies.