Darby and Tarlton were an American early country music duo, who achieved some level of success in the late 1920s.
[2] Tarlton grew up on a farm in Chesterfield County, South Carolina,[3] learning folk songs from an early age.
[3] After working as a street musician in the 1920s, Tarlton met Frank Ferera, who taught him how to play the Hawaiian guitar.
Tom Darby formed a short lived duo in 1931 together with Jesse Pitts, called The Georgia Wildcats.
In 1963, Darby and Tarlton reunited to perform in Weracoba Park (known locally as "Lakebottom") when they agreed to be part of the Columbus Symphony Orchestra's opening pops concert.
Darby was drafted during World War I, but was shortly thereafter honorably discharged due to being "unfit to serve" (flat feet).
He would row a boat filled with moonshine from a small island near Phenix City, Alabama (where his still was located) to the Columbus, Georgia, side across the Chattahoochee River.