▁ 1 9 2 5 , ▁they ▁played ▁at ▁an ▁enorm ous ▁f idd ler ' s ▁convention ▁in ▁Mountain ▁City , ▁Tennessee , ▁spons ored ▁by ▁the ▁local ▁Ku ▁Kl ux ▁K lan . ▁At ▁this ▁time ▁Charlie ▁Bow man ▁joined ▁the ▁band ▁as ▁an ▁additional ▁f idd ler . ▁Other ▁members ▁would ▁later ▁come ▁and ▁go , ▁but ▁this ▁completed ▁the ▁classic ▁line up . ▁ ▁They ▁played ▁gig s ▁from ▁South ▁Carolina ▁to ▁New ▁York . ▁ ▁comm enced ▁– ▁at ▁schools , ▁v au dev ille ▁shows , ▁f idd lers ' ▁compet itions , ▁political ▁r al lies , ▁and ▁even ▁a ▁White ▁House ▁Press ▁Cor respond ents ' ▁gather ing ▁before ▁President ▁C ool idge . ▁ ▁For ▁OK eh ▁they ▁recorded ▁only ▁the ▁on ▁ 1 9 2 5 ▁session ▁produced ▁by ▁Ralph ▁Pe er . ▁Later , ▁they ▁would ▁record ▁for ▁V ocal ion ▁( as ▁The ▁Hill ▁Bill ies ), ▁and ▁Brun sw ick ▁( as ▁Al ▁Hop kins ▁and ▁His ▁Buck le ▁B ust ers ). ▁The ▁V ocal ion ▁and ▁Brun sw ick ▁record ings ▁were ▁identical ▁except ▁for ▁the ▁band ▁names . ▁ ▁Hop kins ▁and ▁his ▁band ▁tried ▁at ▁one ▁point ▁to ▁control ▁the ▁name ▁" H ill ▁Billy " ▁as ▁it ▁applied ▁to ▁music . ▁They ▁incorpor ated ▁their ▁group ▁January ▁ 2 1 , ▁ 1 9 2 9 , ▁as ▁Al ▁Hop kins ' ▁Original ▁Hill ▁Bill ies , ▁but ▁ultimately ▁accepted ▁that ▁their ▁band ▁name ▁had