Below is a collection of photos of Yank and friends, many of them rare.
On January 2008 there was a concert held to benefit Sheena Rachell, for photos from that event, click here.
This photo of Yank was taken by Stormy Johnson's Father:
Here is a photo of Yank playing a Flatiron mandolin given to him by John Sebastian. See the story below the photo:
Yank said, "We (Yank and Sebastian) went to Memphis and played there at the
W. C. Handy Awards. Yeah. Then he bought me a mandolin, paid sixteen hundred
dollars for it, and gave it to me. I appreciated it. I needed it. John
Sebastian like to play with me. He come down here a lot of times. He came here
in April and we went to Memphis last time. Carry us down there to my hometown,
Brownsville. Got me a room in the Peabody Hotel. So John Sebastian paid for all
of that. Nice fella. He play harmonica, banjo, and guitar."
James "Yank" Rachell, 1910 - 1997, is buried in Indianapolis
