A dixieland jass band by the name of Johnny Hamp's Kentucky Serenaders, who actually were NOT from Kentucky, is the subject of both the Creeps Records and Unusual Kentucky blogs today:
http://creepsrecords.blogspot.com/2009/07/johnny-hamps-kentucky-serenaders-black.html
http://unusualkentucky.blogspot.com/2009/07/fake-kentuckians-of-1919.html