George H. Tremer

Pianist George H. Tremer was active in Birmingham, Alabama, during the late '20s. During the summer of 1927, Richmond, Indiana's Starr Piano Company set up a portable Gennett recording studio on the third floor of their store in Birmingham. Barrelhouse and ragtime pianist Tremer was among dozens of musicians -- preachers along with country, blues, and jazz players -- who took advantage of this opportunity to get recorded. His rendering of Shelton Brooks' "Some of These Days" was released on the B-side of his own "Spirit of '49 Rag