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The Corn Dodgers were a Vermont old time string band that played throughout the New England area and up and down the East Coast from 1977-1982 (not to be confused with the Missouri Corn Dodgers, who performed around the same time).

George Ainely (fiddle), Ahmet Baycu (tenor and 5-string banjo), and William Wright (guitar), covered southern fiddle tunes and songs recorded in the 1920s and 1930s by the likes of Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers, Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers, Eck Robertson, the Carter Brothers & Son, Dr. Smith's Hosshair Pullers, and Earl Johnson & His Clodhoppers.

They were also inspired by contemporary old time groups and individuals such as the Highwoods String Band, Dave Burns and the Cork Likkers, John Specker, Jim Burns, Pete Sutherland, and Bob Naess.

They recorded two albums for Rooster Records (a company founded by William Wright, with the help of Ahmet Baycu, in 1978): The Corn Dodgers "Cotton Eyed Joe" (1979), and The Corn Dodgers "Ain't Nobody's Business If I Do" (1980). Each contained 12 tracks.

They disbanded in 1982 after William got married and settled down, George decided to build a house and raise a family, and Ahmet moved to the other side of the Green Mountains.