The Leake County Revelers were a country music string band popular in the U.S. South in the 1920s and 1930s. The members were from in and around Sebastopol, Mississippi, led by fiddler Will Gilmer, with R. O. Mosley on mandolin and banjo-mandolin, Jim Wolverton on 5-string banjo, and Dallas Jones on guitar. The band was formed in 1926.
They made a series of 40 recordings for Okeh Records and Columbia Records from 1927 through 1930, most recorded in New Orleans, Louisiana and Jackson, Mississippi. Their biggest hit was "Wednesday Night Waltz" backed by "Goodnight Waltz
Name Vars
- Leake Country Revelers
- Leake County Revelers
- Leake County Revellers
Aliases
- The Alabama Barnstormers
- The Texarkana Melody Boys
Members
- Jim Wolverton
- Dallas Jones
- R. O. Mosley
- Will Gilmer