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Duo US originaire d'Elkmont (Alabama), Alton né le 25 Décembre 1908 et Rabon le 3 Décembre 1916. Les Delmore Brothers, se présentant comme un duo Vocals et instrumental obtiennent dès 1931 un contrat avec Columbia Records. Influencés par le Blues et le Hillbilly, les frères Delmore, rois du Hillbilly Boogie Boogie des années quarante, font partie des précurseurs du Rockabilly. Le duo, qui sut capter l'essence du Blues pour l'intégrer au Hillbilly des blancs, fut élu au "Songwriter Hall Of Fame" de Nashville (Tennessee) en 1971; à titre hélas posthume, Rabon étant mort le 4 Décembre 1952 et Alton le 9 Juin 1964. les Delmore Brothers ont été élu au Country Music Hall Of Fame en 2001.
The Delmore Brothers
are not nearly as well-known as such early country giants as
the Carter Family,
Jimmie Rodgers,
Bob Wills, and Hank Williams. The reasons for this, upon close inspection of
their work, are not readily apparent. They were one of the greatest early
country harmonizers, drawing from both gospel and Appalachian folk. They were
skilled songwriters, penning literally hundreds of songs, many of which have
proven to be durable. Most important, they were among the few early traditional
country acts to change with the times, and pioneer some of those changes. Their
recordings from the latter half of the 1940s married traditional country to
boogie beats and bluesy riffs. In this respect they laid a foundation for
rockabilly and early rock & roll, and rate among the most important white
progenitors of those forms.
The Delmores were born into poverty in Elkmont, AL, as the sons of tenant
farmers. Alton (b. December 25, 1908) would write most of the duo's original
material, although his younger brother Rabon (b. December 3, 1916) was also a
competent writer. Performing on guitar and Vocals from early ages, they were
playing as a pair by the time Rabon was ten years old. In the early '30s, they
were confident enough to enter professional music, auditioning for Columbia in
1931 and successfully auditioning for Nashville radio station WSM the following
year.
Throughout the 1930s, The Delmore Brothers recorded often, as well as performing
on several radio stations. They probably gained their most early fame, however,
from their long-running stint with the Grand Ole Opry between 1932 and 1938. The
music emphasized their beautiful soft harmonies, accomplished guitar picking,
and strong original compositions. Unusually for that time (or any other), The
Delmores would switch high and low harmony parts from song to song (or even
within the same song), although Alton would usually sing lead. Whether
performing their own songs, traditional ones, or gospel, they brought a strong
bluesy feeling to both their music and their Vocals. It's that element, perhaps,
that enables The Delmores, more than many other acts of the time, to speak to
listeners of subsequent generations. Not to be underestimated either are their
down-to-earth lyrical concerns, which address commonplace struggles and lost
love with grace and redeeming, good-natured humor, rarely resorting to cornball
tears.
In 1944, The Delmores signed with King, inaugurating an era which found them
delving into and innovating more modern forms of country. Although their first
sides for the label stuck to a traditional mold, in 1946 they expanded from
their acoustic two-piece arrangements into full-band backup, with bass, mandolin,
steel guitar, fiddle, harmonica, and additional guitars. Some of those
additional guitars were supplied by
Merle Travis, who credited Alton Delmore as a key influence.
In retrospect, however, the most important backup musician on these sides was
Wayne Raney, who played a "choke" style of harmonica that was heavily
influenced by the blues. The Delmores were also leaning increasingly toward
up-tempo material that reflected the upsurge in Western swing and boogie-woogie.
By the end of 1947, they were also using electric guitar and drums.
Raney (who also sang) in effect acted as a third member of The Delmores in
the late '40s and early '50s, when they plunged full-tilt into hillbilly boogie.
These are the most widely available and, in some ways, best Delmore Brothers
sides. They were also the most successful, and in the late '40s the brothers
reached their commercial peak, releasing a series of hard-driving boogies with
thumping backbeats and bluesy structures. Arguably they milked the cow dry,
recording "Hillybilly Boogie," "Steamboat Bill Boogie," "Barnyard Boogie,"
"Mobile Boogie," "Freight Train Boogie," and even "Pan American Boogie."
These were usually exciting performances, though, featuring extended guitar
solos that clearly looked forward to the rock era. Listen, for instance, to the
lengthy guitar breaks of "Beale Street Boogies" (unreleased at the time) -- very
few, if any, white or black artists were riffing so extensively in 1947. And of
course "Beale Street" itself was a tribute to the most famous musical street in
Memphis, the city that did so much to cross-fertilize black and white roots
music into what became rock & roll.
The Delmores didn't stick entirely to boogies during the King era, also
releasing some slower bluesy material. One of these, the original "Blues Stay
Away From Me," became their biggest hit, and indeed the most famous Delmore
Brothers song of all, often covered by subsequent country and pop artists.
Interestingly, The Delmores continued to record gospel on the side, as part of
the Brown's Ferry Four, a quartet which also included (at various points)
Grandpa Jones,
Merle Travis, and
Red Foley.
As influential as The Delmores' King sides may have been on the future of
American pop, The Delmores themselves would not be able to capitalize on that
future. By the early '50s, their commercial success was fading. After the death
of his young daughter, Alton drank heavily; worse, Rabon died of lung cancer on
December 4, 1952. Alton (like longtime accompanist
Wayne Raney) did record some material as a solo act, in both the gospel and
rockabilly fields. Alton was way too old to begin a new career as a rockabilly
singer, though, and he didn't record much for the last decade of his life. He
wrote the autobiography Truth Is Stranger Than Publicity (published posthumously
in 1977 by CMF) before dying on June 9, 1964. By that time The Delmore Brothers'
work had already proven extremely influential, particularly on the harmonies of
fellow sibling acts
the Louvin Brothers and
the Everly Brothers. They left behind an extraordinary lengthy and
consistent body of recorded work -- virtually none of their sides are lousy, at
least the ones which have been reissued. Much of The Delmores' early material,
unfortunately, can be hard to locate, although many of the King sides have been
reissued on CD.
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Talents : Alton : Vocals, Songwriter, Guitar, Tenor Guitar, Fiddle - Rabon : Vocals, Songwriter, Tenor Guitar, Fiddle
Style musical : Old Time, Country Boogie, Honky Tonk, Traditional Country, Gospel, Harmony Duos
ALABAMA LULLABY (1931)
HILLBILLY BOOGIE (1946) FREIGHT TRAIN BOOGIE (1946) PEACH TREE STREET BOOGIE (1948) BLUES STAY AWAY FROM ME (1949) |
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DISCOGRAPHY
78 t., Singles & EP
12/1931 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15724D (US) | . | Got The Kansas City Blues / Alabama Lullaby |
1932 | 78 t. BROADWAY 4060 (US) | . | Oh Bury Me Out On The Lone Prarie (DELMORE BROTHERS) / When The Bloom Is On The Sage (Bud Billings (Frank LUTHER) & Carson ROBISON) |
1932 | 78 t. Montgomery Ward M-4060 | . | Oh Bury Me Out On The Lone Prarie (DELMORE BROTHERS) / When The Bloom Is On The Sage (Bud Billings (Frank LUTHER) & Carson ROBISON) |
01/1934 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-5299 (US) | . | Lonesome Yodel Blues / Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar |
1934 | 78 t. SUNRISE S-3380 (US) | . | Lonesome Yodel Blues / Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar |
1934 | 78 t. ELEKTRADISK 170 (US) | . | Lonesome Yodel Blues / Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar |
02/1934 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-5338 (US) | . | The Frozen Girl / Bury Me Out On The Prairie |
1934 | 78 t. SUNRISE S-3419 (US) | . | The Frozen Girl / Bury Me Out On The Prairie |
03/1934 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-5358 (US) | . | I'm Leaving You / I'm Going Back To Alabama |
1934 | 78 t. SUNRISE S-3439 (US) | . | I'm Leaving You / I'm Going Back To Alabama |
04/1934 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-5403 (US) | . | Brown's Ferry Blues / New Salty Dog (The ALLEN BROTHERS) |
06/1934 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-5467 (US) | . | Ramblin' Minded Blues / I Ain't Got Nowhere To Travel |
07/1934 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-5531 (US) | . | Blue Railroad Train / I've Got The Big River Blues |
09/1934 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-5589 (US) | . | Girls Don't Worry My Mind / Smoky Mountain Bill |
10/1934 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-5653 (US) | . | I Ain't Gonna Stay Here Long / I'm Mississippi Bound |
01/1935 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-5741 (US) | . | Lonesome Jailhouse Blues / Banks Of The Rio Grande |
03/1935 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-5857 (US) | . | Hey! Hey! I'm Memphis Bound / I Believe It For My Mother Told Me |
04/1935 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-5893 (US) | . | Brown's Ferry Blues, part 2 / I'm Going Away |
05/1935 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-5925 (US) | . | Blow Your Whistle, Freight Train / Lorena The Slave |
06/1935 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-5957 (US) | . | I Long To See My Mother / When It's Summertime In A Southern Clime |
07/1935 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-6002 (US) | . | I Got The Kansas City Blues / I Guess I've Got To Be Goin' |
08/1935 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-6019 (US) | . | The Fugitive's Lament / Keep The Camp Fires Burning |
08/1935 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-6034 (US) | . | Down South / Alabama Lullaby |
11/1935 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-6120 (US) | . | I Know I'll Be Happy There / Don't Let Me Be In The Way |
1935 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-4420 (US) | . | Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar / Lonesome Yodel Blues |
1935 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-4458 (US) | . | Bury Me Out On The Prairie / The Frozen Girl |
1935 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-4459 (US) | . | I'm Going Back To Alabama / I'm Leaving You |
1935 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-4552 (US) | . | I Believe It, For My Mother Told Me / I Long To See My Mother |
1935 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-4553 (US) | . | Hey! Hey! I'm Memohis Bound / Brown's Ferry Blues, part 2 |
1935 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-4750 (US) | . | Brown's Ferry Blues / New Salty Dog (The ALLEN BROTHERS) |
1935 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-4751 (US) | . | Down South / Alabama Lullaby |
1935 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-4752 (US) | . | The Fugitive's Lament / Keep The Camp Fires Burning |
04/1936 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-6312 (US) | . | The Nashville Blues / It's Takin' Me Down |
04/1936 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-4753 (US) | . | The Nashville Blues / It's Takin' Me Down |
05/1936 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-6349 (US) | . | I'm Gonna Change My Way / I'm Worried Now |
05/1936 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-4754 (US) | . | I'm Gonna Change My Way / I'm Worried Now |
05/1936 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-6386 (US) | . | Lonesome Yodel Blues No.2 / Happy Hicky The Hobo |
06/1936 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-6401 (US) | . | Put Me On The Trail To Carolina / Carry Me Back To Alabama |
09/1936 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-6522 (US) | . | Don't You See That Train / The Lover's Warning |
03/1937 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-6841 (US) | . | Southern Moon / I Don't Know Why I Love Her |
04/1937 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-6913 (US) | . | Love Letters (DELMORE BROTHERS) / Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind (Arthur SMITH) |
04/1937 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-6915 (US) | . | No Drunkard Can Enter There / Blind Child |
04/1937 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-6949 (US) | . | False Hearted Girl / Memories Of My Carolina Girl |
05/1937 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-6998 (US) | . | Take Away The Lonesome Day / No One |
06/1937 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7029 (US) | . | Are You Marching With The Savior? / Don't Forget Me, Darling |
1937 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7150 (US) | . | No Drunkard Can Enter Here / No One |
1937 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7151 (US) | . | Southern Moon / I Don't Know Why I Love Her |
1937 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7152 (US) | . | Memories Of Carolina Girl / Don't Forget Me, Darling |
1937 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7153 (US) | . | Blind Child / False Hearted Girl |
1937 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7154 (US) | . | Are You Marching With The Savior? / The Budded Rose |
1937 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7155 (US) | . | Love Letters (DELMORE BROTHERS) / There's More Pretty Girl Than One (Arthur SMITH) |
09/1937 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7129 (US) | . | Hi De Hi Ho Baby Mine / Singing My Troubles Away |
10/1937 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7192 (US) | . | When We Held Our Hymn Books Together / They Say It Is Sinful To Flirt |
11/1937 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7262 (US) | . | The Budded Rose / Still The Roses Bloom Again |
12/1937 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7300 (US) | . | The Weary Lonesome Blues / I've Got The Railroad Blues |
12/1937 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7319 (US) | . | The Weary Lonesome Blues / I've Got The Railroad Blues |
01/1938 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7337 (US) | . | Heavenly Light Is Shining On Me / Lead Me |
02/1938 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7383 (US) | . | The Farmer's Girl / Look Up, Look Down The Lonesome Road |
03/1938 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7436 (US) | . | Goodbye Booze / Careless Love |
04/1938 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7496 (US) | . | In That Vine Covered Chapel In The Valley / Cause I Don't Mean To Cry When You're Gone |
05/1938 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7560 (US) | . | Ain't It Hard To Love / Big Ball In Texas |
07/1938 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7672 (US) | . | I Need The Prayers Of Those I Love / It's Wonderful There |
1938 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7317 (US) | . | Heavenly Light Is Shining On Me / It's Wonderful There |
1938 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7318 (US) | . | Lead Me / I Need The Prayer Of Those I Love |
1938 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7320 (US) | . | Singing My Troubles Away / The Farmer's Girl |
1938 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7321 (US) | . | They Say It Is Sinful To Flirt / Still The Roses Bloom Again |
1938 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7322 (US) | . | When We Held Our Hymn Books Together / Look Up, Look Dow The Lonesome Road |
08/1938 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7741 (US) | . | Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow / Brother, Take Warning |
09/1938 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7778 (US) | . | Alcatraz Island Blues / My Smoky Mountain Gal |
11/1938 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7913 (US) | . | Leaving On That Train / Git Along |
1938 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7473 (US) | . | Careless Love / In That Vine Covered Chapel In The Valley |
1938 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7474 (US) | . | Cause I Don't Mean To Cry When You're Gone / Big Ball In Texas |
1938 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7475 (US) | . | Brother, Take Warning / There's A Lonesome Road |
12/1938 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7957 (US) | . | Some Of These Days You're Gonna Be Sad / Where Is My Sailor Boy |
01/1939 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-7991 (US) | . | The Only Star / The Cannon Ball |
02/1939 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8031 (US) | . | Fifteen Miles From Birmingham / Quit Treating Me Mean |
03/1939 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8052 (US) | . | There's A Lonesome Road / Home On The River |
06/1939 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8177 (US) | . | Baby, You're Throwing Me Down / Don't Let My Ramblin' Bother Your Mind |
1939 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7677 (US) | . | Leaving On That Train / The Cannon Ball |
1939 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7678 (US) | . | Fifteen Miles From Birmingham / My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains |
1939 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7679 (US) | . | Where Is My Sailor Boy / The Only Star |
07/1939 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8204 (US) | . | Wabash Blues / Go Easy Mabel |
07/1939 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8215 (US) | . | Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar No.2 / I Loved You Better Than You Knew |
08/1939 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8230 (US) | . | Gambler's Yodel / Brown Ferry Blues No. 3 |
08/1939 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8247 (US) | . | Nothing But The Blues / My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains |
09/1939 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8264 (US) | . | Goin' Back To Georgia / I'm Alabama Bound |
11/1939 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8290 (US) | . | Just The Same Sweet Thing To Me / A Better Range Is Home |
1939 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7695 (US) | . | I'm Alabama Bound / Nothing But The Blues |
1939 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7696 (US) | . | Some Of These Days You're Gonna Be Sad / Heart Of Sorrow |
1939 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7697 (US) | . | Git Along / Quit Treating Me Mean |
1939 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7698 (US) | . | Just The Same Sweet Thing To Me / A Better Range Is Home |
1939 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7849 (US) | . | Alcatraz Island Blues / My Smoky Mountain Gal |
1939 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7850 (US) | . | Wabash Blues / Goin' Back To Georgia |
1939 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7851 (US) | . | Home On The River / I Loved You Better Than You Knew |
1939 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7852 (US) | . | Baby, You're Throwing Me Down / Don't Let My Ramblin' Bother Your Mind |
1939 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-7853 (US) | . | Ain't It Hard To Love / Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow |
02/1940 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8404 (US) | . | Wabash Cannon Ball Blues / Scatterbrain Mama |
03/1940 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8418 (US) | . | See That Coon In A Hickory Tree / Back To Birmingham |
05/1940 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8451 (US) | . | Over The Hills / The Dying Truckdriver |
07/1940 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8488 (US) | . | The Eastern Gate / God Put A Rainbow In The Clouds |
10/1940 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8557 (US) | . | Rainin' On The Mountain / That's How I Feel, So Goodbye |
1940 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-8687 (US) | . | See That Coon In A Hickory Tree / Happy On The Mississippi Shore |
1940 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-8688 (US) | . | Rainin' On The Mountain / That's How I Feel, So Goodbye |
1940 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-8689 (US) | . | Back To Birmingham / The Storms Are In The Ocean |
1940 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-8690 (US) | . | The Eastern Gate / God Put A Rainbow In The Clouds |
1940 | 78 t. MONTGOMERY WARD M-8696 (US) | . | Over The Hills / The Dying Truckdriver |
10/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5878 (US) | . | Theres Trouble On My Mind / Silver Dollar |
11/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5890 (US) | . | In The Blue Hills Of Virginia / Old Mountain Dew |
11/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5897 (US) | . | Make Room In The Lifeboat For Me / Gathering Flowers From The Hill |
12/1940 | 78 t. DECCA 5907 (US) | . | She Wont Be My Lil Darling / Broken Hearted Lover |
01/1941 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8613 (US) | . | The Storms Are On The Ocean / Happy On The Mississippi Shore |
02/1941 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8637 (US) | . | Heart Of Sorrow / Promise Me You'll Always Be Faithful |
03/1941 | 78 t. BLUEBIRD B-8687 (US) | . | That Yodelin' Gal, Miss Julie / Take Me Back To The Range |
03/1941 | 78 t. DECCA 5925 (US) | . | Will You Be Lonesome Too / Its Time For Whipoorwil |
08/1941 | 78 t. DECCA 5970 (US) | . | Gospel Cannonball / Precious Jewel |
11/1941 | 78 t. DECCA 6000 (US) | . | Last Night I Was Your Only One / Now I Have Bugle To Play |
06/1942 | 78 t. DECCA 6051 (US) | . | Baby Girl / I Wonder Where My Darling |
1943 | 78 t. DECCA 6080 (US) | . | I'll Never Fall In Love Again / New False Hearted Girl |
1945 | 78 t. KING 503 (US) | . | Sweet Sweet Thing / Prisoner's Farewell |
1945 | 78 t. KING 509 (US) | . | Last Old Shovel / Remember I Feel Lonesome |
1945 | 78 t. KING 514 (US) | . | Midnite Special / Why Did You Leave Me Dear |
12/1945 | 78 t. KING 518 (US) | . | Lonely Moon / Be My Little Pet |
02/1946 | 78 t. KING 525 (US) | . | Fast Express / I've Found An Angel |
04/1946 | 78 t. KING 527 (US) | . | Hillbilly Boogie / I'm Sorry I Caused You To Cry |
05/1946 | 78 t. KING 533 (US) | . | I'm Lonesome Without You / She Left Me Standing On The Mountain |
08/1946 | 78 t. KING 548 (US) | . | Don't Forget Me / Midnite Train |
10/1946 | 78 t. KING 570 (US) | . | Freight Train Boogie / Somebody Else's Darling |
12/1946 | 78 t. KING 592 (US) | . | Mississippi Shore / Browns Ferry Blues |
02/1947 | 78 t. KING 599 (US) | . | Boogie Woogie Baby / Born To Be Blue |
1947 | 78 t. DECCA 46043 (US) | . | Honey I'm Ramblin' Away / I'm Leavin' You |
06/1947 | 78 t. DECCA 46049 (US) | . | Gospel Cannonball / Precious Jewel |
08/1947 | 78 t. KING 643 (US) | . | Harmonica Blues / Rounders Blues |
11/1947 | 78 t. KING 664 (US) | . | Used Car Blues / Barnyard Boogie |
02/1948 | 78 t. KING 680 (US) | . | Mobile Boogie / Waitin' For That Train |
07/1948 | 78 t. KING 718 (US) | . | Take It To The Captain / Peach Tree Street Boogie |
11/1948 | 78 t. KING 739 (US) | . | Now I'm Free / Fifty Miles To Travel |
01/1949 | 78 t. KING 751 (US) | . | Shame On Me / Stop That Boogie |
06/1949 | 78 t. KING 769 (US) | . | Wrath Of God / Calling To That Other Shore |
09/1949 | 78 t. KING 803 (US) | . | Blues Stay Away From Me / Going Back To Blue Ridge Mountains |
12/1949 | 78 t. KING 826 (US) | . | Pan American Boogie / Trouble Ain't Nothin' But The Blues |
03/1950 | 78 t. KING 848 (US) | . | Sand Mountain Blues / I Swear By The Stars |
03/1950 | SP KING 45-848 (US) | . | Sand Mountain Blues / I Swear By The Stars |
07/1950 | 78 t. KING 873 (US) | . | Some Day You'll Pay / My Heart Will Be Crying |
07/1950 | SP KING 45-873 (US) | . | Some Day You'll Pay / My Heart Will Be Crying |
12/1950 | 78 t. KING 911 (US) | . | Blues You Never Lose / Life's Too Short |
12/1950 | SP KING 45-911 (US) | . | Blues You Never Lose / Life's Too Short |
04/1951 | 78 t. KING 927 (US) | . | I Let The Freight Train Carry Me On / Please Be My Sunshine |
04/1951 | SP KING 45-927 (US) | . | I Let The Freight Train Carry Me On / Please Be My Sunshine |
06/1951 | 78 t. KING 935 (US) | . | Gotta Have Some Lovin' / Field Hand Man |
06/1951 | SP KING 45-935 (US) | . | Gotta Have Some Lovin' / Field Hand Man |
07/1951 | 78 t. KING 946 (US) | . | Lonesome Day / Everybody Lovers Her |
07/1951 | SP KING 45-946 (US) | . | Lonesome Day / Everybody Lovers Her |
08/1951 | 78 t. KING 966 (US) | . | Tennessee Choo Choo / Who's Gonna Be Lonesome For Me |
08/1951 | SP KING 45-966 (US) | . | Tennessee Choo Choo / Who's Gonna Be Lonesome For Me |
10/1951 | 78 t. KING 981 (US) | . | Girl By The River / There's Something Bout Love |
10/1951 | SP KING 45-981 (US) | . | Girl By The River / There's Something Bout Love |
11/1951 | 78 t. KING 1005 (US) | . | Heartbreak Ridge / Kentucky Woman |
11/1951 | SP KING 45-1005 (US) | . | Heartbreak Ridge / Kentucky Woman |
02/1952 | 78 t. KING 1023 (US) | . | I'll Be There / Steamboat Bill Boogie |
02/1952 | SP KING 45-1023 (US) | . | I'll Be There / Steamboat Bill Boogie |
06/1952 | 78 t. KING 1053 (US) | . | I Won't Be Married Long / Good Time Saturday Night |
06/1952 | SP KING 45-1053 (US) | . | I Won't Be Married Long / Good Time Saturday Night |
08/1952 | 78 t. KING 1084 (US) | . | Muddy Water / Got No Way Of Knowing |
08/1952 | SP KING 45-1084 (US) | . | Muddy Water / Got No Way Of Knowing |
10/1952 | 78 t. KING 1113 (US) | . | How You Gonna Get Your Lovin' Done / I Said Goodnight My Darling |
10/1952 | SP KING 45-1113 (US) | . | How You Gonna Get Your Lovin' Done / I Said Goodnight My Darling |
12/1952 | 78 t. KING 1141 (US) | . | That Old Train / I Needed You |
12/1952 | SP KING 45-1141 (US) | . | That Old Train / I Needed You |
02/1953 | 78 t. KING 1158 (US) | . | What'cha Gonna Give Me / Trail Of Time |
02/1953 | SP KING 45-1158 (US) | . | What'cha Gonna Give Me / Trail Of Time |
1956 | SP ACME 1110 (US) | . |
Alton Delmore & The Brown’s Ferry Four - The Davil Is Mounted / Gonna Rowe My Boat |
1956 | EP KING EP-222 (US) |
Blues Stay Away From Me / Hillbilly Boogie / Freight Train Boogie / Brown’s Ferry Blues |
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1958 | EP KING EP-313 (US) | TRADITIONAL SACRED SONGS - You Can’t Do Wrong And Get By / Dis Train / Give Me Your Hand / Calling To That Other Shore | |
1958 | EP KING EP-322 (US) | TRADITIONAL SONGS FROM THE HILLS - Long Journey Home / Red River Valley / Oh Susannah / Frozen Girl | |
07/1959 | SP KING 5224 (US) | . | Blues Stay Away From Me / Muddy Water |
1959 | SP LINCO 45-1315 (US) | Alton DELMORE - ood Times In Memphis / Thunder Across The Border | |
10/1960 | SP KING 5407 (US) | . | Silver Threads Among The Gold / Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide |
08/1962 | SP KING 5675 (US) | . | Blues Stay Away From Me / Trouble Ain't Nothing But The Blues |
1963 | SP KING 5866 (US) | . | Freight Train Boogie / Sweet Sweet Thing |
1970 | SP STARDAY 8022 (US) | . | Blues Stay Away From Me / Freight Train Boogie |
1975 | SP STARDAY SGC-110 (US) | . | Blues Stay Away From Me / Freight Train Boogie |
1979 | SP GUSTO GT4-2077 (US) | . | Blues Stay Away From Me / Freight Train Boogie |
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Albums
1958 | LP 12" KING 589 (US) | SONGS BY THE DELMORE BROTHERS - Blues Stay Away From Me / Sweet Sweet Thing / Everybody Loves Her / I'll Be There / Blues You Never Lose / Freight Train Boogie / Please Be My Sunshine / Muddy Water / Field Hand Man / Midnight Train / Born To Be Blue / Brown's Ferry Blues / Hill Billy Boogie / Good Time Saturday Night / There's Something About Love / Steamboat Boogie | ||||||||||
1961 | LP 12" KING 785 (US) | THE DELMORE BROTHERS SING AGAIN - DELMORE BrROTHERS' 30TH ANNIVERSARY ALBUM - Now I'm Free / Rounder's Blues / Trail Of Time / Someday You'll Pay / Girl By The River / I'm Sorry I Caused You To Cry / Trouble Ain't Nothin' But The Blues / Going Back To The Boogie / Midnight Special / Kentucky Mountain / Pan American Boogie / I Let The Freight Train Carry Me On / Who's Gonna Be Lonesome For Me / Take It To The Captain | ||||||||||
1964 | LP 12" KING 910 (US) | IN MEMORY - Life's Too Short / The Arm Of God / Red River Valley / You Can't Do Wrong / Blues Stay Away From Me / Brown's Ferry Blues / The Girl By The River / Long Journey Home / Silver Threads Among The Gold / Weary Day / Calling To That Other Shore / Give My Your Hand | ||||||||||
1964 | LP 12" KING 920 (US) | IN MEMORY, VOLUME 2 - Sand Mountain Blues / Frozen Girl / Mississippi Shores / Goin' Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains / Let Your Conscience By Your Guide / 'Dis Train / Oh Susannah / Blues You Never Lose / Kentucky Mountain / I Swear By The Stars / Can't You Hear Him Calling / Trial Of Time | ||||||||||
1966 | LP 12" KING 983 (US) | 24 GREAT COUNTRY SONGS - Blues Stay Away From Me / Midnight Special / I Let The Freight Train Carry Me On / Girl By The River / Field Hand Man / Born To Be Blue / Someday You'll Pay / Everybody Loves Her / I'm Sorry I Caused You To Cry / Trail Of Time / Who's Gonna Be Lonesome For Me / Goin' Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains / Trouble Ain't Nothin' But The Blues / Kentucky Mountain / Hillbilly Boogie / Midnight Train / Weary Day / Blues You Never Lose / Sweet Sweet Thing / Please Be My Sunshine / Pan American Boogie / There's Sumpin' About Love / Rounder's Blues / Now I'm Free | ||||||||||
1968 | LP 12" KING 589 (US) | SONGS BY THE DELMORE BROTHERS - Blues Stay Away From Me / Sweet Sweet Thing / Everybody Loves Her / I'll Be There / Blues You Never Lose / Freight Train Boogie / Please Be My Sunshine / Muddy Water / Field Hand Man / Midnight Train / Born To Be Blue / Brown's Ferry Blues / Hill Billy Boogie / Good Time Saturday Night / There's Something About Love / Steamboat Boogie | ||||||||||
1970 | LP 12" KING KS-1090 (US) | BEST OF THE DELMORE BROTHERS - Blues Stay Away From Me / Hillbilly Boogie / Midnight Special / Trouble Ain't Nothin' But The Blues / Freight Train Boogie / Muddy Water / Brown's Ferry Blues / Barnyard Boogie / Field Hand Man / Pan American Boogie / I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me) / Tennessee Choo Choo | ||||||||||
1970 | LP 12" COUNTY 402 (US) | BROWN'S FERRY BLUES - 1933-41 RECORDINGS - The Nashville Blues/ Blue Railroad Train / Broken Hearted Lover / Happy On The Mississippi Shore / Till The Roses Bloom Again / Brown's Ferry Blues / Back To Birmingham / Don't You See That Train / Big River Blues / Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar / Fugitive's Lament / Honey I'm Ramblin' Away | ||||||||||
1974 | LP 12" PINE MOUNTAIN PMR-289 (US) | 16 ALL TIME FAVORITE SONGS - Blues Stay Away From Me / Sweet Sweet Thing / Everybody Loves Her / I'll Be There / Blues You Never Lose / Freight Train Boogie / Please Be My Sunshine / Muddy Water / Field Hand Man / Midnight Train / Born To Be Blue / Brown's Ferry Blues / Hill Billy Boogie / Good Time Saturday Night / There's Something About Love / Steamboat Boogie | ||||||||||
1974 | LP 12" PINE MOUNTAIN PMR-299 (US) | GREAT GOSPEL SONGS BY THE DELMORE BROTHERS - Gonna Fly Away With Christ / The Arms Of God / Peaceful Home / Everybody Will Be Happy / Rock Of Ages Hide Thou Me / Through The Pearly Gates / Over In The Glory Land / When The Good Lord Cares / Hallelujah Morning / What Shall I Do With Jesus / Gonna Row My Boat / Rockin‘ On The Waves / Eternity Without Himm / You Can’t Do Wrong And Get By / I Know The Lord Is Watching Over Me | ||||||||||
1975 | LP 12" STARDAY SLP-962 (US) | THE BEST OF THE DELMORE BROTHERS - Blues Stay Away From Me / Hillbilly Boogie / Midnight Special / Trouble Ain't Nothin' But The Blues / Freight Train Boogie / Barnyard Boogie / Field Hand Man / Pan American Boogie / I'll Be There / Tennessee Choo Choo | ||||||||||
1977 | LP 12" MCA VIM-4017 (JAP) | FROM THE SOUTHEAST : 1930'S DECCA HILLBILLY SERIES - Silver Dollar / There's Trouble On My Mind Today / Old Mountain Dew / In The Blue Hills Of Virginia / Make Room In The Lifeboat For Me / Gathering Flowers From The Hillside / She Won't Be My Little Darling / Will You Be Lonesome Too / Precious Jewel / Gospel Cannon Ball / I Now Have A Buggle To Play / Last Night I Was Your Only Darling; Baby Girl / I Wonder Where My Darling Is Tonight | ||||||||||
1979 | LP 12" OLDTIME CLASSICS 6001 (US) | 1930'S DECCA HILLBILLY SERIES - Silver Dollar / There's Trouble On My Mind Today / Old Mountain Dew / In The Blue Hills Of Virginia / Make Room In The Lifeboat For Me / Gathering Flowers From The Hillside / Will You Be Lonesome Too / Precious Jewel / Gospel Cannon Ball / I Now Have A Buggle To Play / Last Night I Was Your Only Darling / Baby Girl / I Wonder Where My Darling Is Tonight | ||||||||||
1983 | LP 12" OLD HOMESTEAD OHCS 153 (US) | VOLUME I - WEARY LONESOME BLUES - I've Got The Kansas City Blues / Alabama Lullaby / I've Got The Weary Lonesome Blues / The Frozen Girl / Over The Hills / When It's Time For The Whiporwill To Sing / Promise Me You'll Always Be Faithful / I've Got The Railroad Blues / The Girls Don't Worry My Mind / Southern Moon / Till The Roses Bloom Again / Budded Rose / Baby You're Throwing Me Down / In The Vine Covered Chapel / Heavenly Light Is Shining On Me / Wonderful There / I Believe It / Hi-De Ho Baby Mine | ||||||||||
1984 | LP 12" OLD HOMESTEAD OHCS 154 (US) | VOLUME II - SINGING MY TROUBLE AWAY -Singing My Troubles Away / Goodbye Booze / That Yodelin' Gal Miss Julie / Wabash Blues / Take Away This Lonesome Day / False Hearted Girl / Where Is My Sailor Girl / Beale Street Boogie / Leaving Town / Lonesome Jailhouse Blues / Brown's Ferry Blues, Pt. 2 / Blow Yo' Whistle Freight Train / Lorena The Slave / When It's Summertime In A Southern Clime / Happy Hickey The Hobo / I'm Going Away / Go Easy Mabel / See That Coon In The Hickory Tree | ||||||||||
1985 | LP 12" OLD HOMESTEAD OHCS 160 (US) | VOLUME III - EARLY SACRED SONGS - The Frozen Girl / Are You Marching With The Savior / When We Held Our Hymn Books Together / I Need The Prayers Of Those I Love / Eastern Gate / God Put A Rainbow In The Clouds / Better Range Is Home / No Drunkard Can Enter / No One / I Long To See My Mother / Dying Truckdriver / Blind Child / I'm Gonna Change My Ways / Lead Me | ||||||||||
1985 | LP 12" OLD HOMESTEAD OH 161 (US) | VOLUME IV - LONESOME YODEL BLUES - Lonesome Yodel Blues / Scatterbrain Mama / Careless Love / They Say It's Sinful To Flirt / My Smokey Mountain Gal / Smokey Mountain Bill And His Song / The Storms Are On The Ocean / Take Me Back To The Range / Raining On The Mountain / I'm Mississippi Bound / Lonesome Yodel Blues No. 2 / Put Me On The Trail To Carolina / Ain't Got Nowhere To Travel / Down South / Just The Same Sweet Thing To Me / I'm Worried Now / It's Taking Me Down / Bury Me Out On The Prairie | ||||||||||
1985 | LP 12" BEAR FAMILY BFX 15167 (GER) | WHEN THEY LET THE HAMMER DOWN - DELMORE BROTHERS & Wayne RANEY - Red Ball to Natchez / Jack And Jill Boogie / Lost John Boogie / Catfish Baby / Mobile Boogie / Beale Street Boogie / Peach Tree Street Boogie / Boogie Woogie Baby / Hillbilly Boogie / Freight Train Boogie / Down Home Boogie / Stop That Boogie / Del Rio Boogie / Pan American Boogie / Real Hot Boogie / Used Car Boogie | ||||||||||
1986 | CD COUNTY CCS-110 (US) | SAND MOUNTAIN BLUES - Kentucky Mountain / Midnight Train / Someday You'll Pay / Remember I Feel Lonesome, Too / Weary Day / Prisoner's Farewell / Brown's Ferry Blues / You Can't Do Wrong And Get By / She Left Me Standing On The Mountain / Mississippi Shore / Sand Mountain Blues / I Won't Be Worried Long / Frozen Girl / Going Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains / I'm Lonesome Without You / Don't Foeget Me / 'Dis Train / Last Old Shovel | ||||||||||
08/1993 | CD ACE CDCHD 455 (UK) | FREIGHT TRAIN BOOGIE - Blues Stay Away From Me / Freight Train Boogie / Trouble Ain't Nothin' But The Blues / Boogie Woogie Baby / Rounder's Blues / Mobile Boogie / Used Car Blues / Pan American Boogie / Field Hand Man / Brown's Ferry Blues / Peach Tree Street Boogie / Blues You Never Lose / Steamboat Bill Boogie / Muddy Water / Sand Mountain Blues / Hillbilly Blues / You Can't Do Wrong And Get By / Kentucky Mountain / Weary Day / Take It To The Captain | ||||||||||
06/1995 | CD COUNTY CCS-CD-116 (US) | BROWN'S FERRY BLUES - Rainin' On The Mountain / Blue Railroad Train / The Nashville Blues / Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar / Blow Yo' Whistle, Freight Train / The Fugitive's Lament / The Weary Lonesome Blues / I've Got The Big River Blues / Happy On The Mississippi Shore / Don't You See That Train / The Frozen Girl / See That Coon In A Hickory Tree / The Lover's Warning / Don't Let My Ramblin' Bother Your Mind / Take Me Back To The Range / Back To Birmingham / Till The Roses Bloom Again / Brown's Ferry Blues | ||||||||||
03/2002 | CD KING KMCD-3831 (US) | INDUCTED INTO THE COUNTRY MUSIC HALL OF FAME 2001 - Blues Stay Away From Me / Freight Train Boogie / Pan American Boogie / Prisoner's Farewell / Midnight Special / Brown's Ferry Blues / You Can't Do Wrong And Get By / Dis Train / Red River Valley / Will The Circle Be Unbroken | ||||||||||
2002 | CD JBM 119033 (F) | LES TRIOMPHES DE LA COUNTRY MUSIC - I'm Mississippi Bound / Lonesome Yodel Blues / Lonesome Jailhouse Blues / That Yodelin' Gal Miss Julie / False Hearted Girl / Singing My Troubles Away / Goodbye Booze / Wabash Blues / Careless Love / Scattebrain Mama / Silver Dollar / There's Trouble On My Mind Today / Will You Be Lonesome Too / Precious Jewel / Hillbilly Boogie / Kentucky Mountain / Midnight Train / Freight Train Boogie / Barnyard Boogie / Stop That Boogie / Used Car Blues / Red Ball To Natchez / Del Rio Boogie / Pan American Boogie / Catfish Baby | ||||||||||
2003 | CD BACM CD D 044 (UK) | THAT OLD TRAIN - There’s Trouble On My Mind Today / Silver Dollar / Old Mountain Dew / In The Blue Hills Of Virginia / Make Room In The Lifeboat For Me / When It’s Time For The Whip-Poor-Wills To Sing / Will You Be Lonesome Too / She Won’t Be My Little Darling / Gathering Flowers From The Hillside / I Now Have A Bugle To Play / Last Night I Was Your Only Darling / Baby Girl / I Wonder Where My Darling Is Tonight / Precious Jewel / Gospel Cannonball / Honey I’m Ramblin’ Away / I’m Leaving You / There’s Something ‘bout Love / I Found An Angel / That Old Train / I Needed You / I’m Sorry I Caused You To Cry | ||||||||||
05/2004 | 4 CD JSP JSP-7727 (UK) | CLASSIC CUTS : 1933-1941 :
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2005 | CD OLD HOMESTEAD OH-4160 (US) | EARLY SACRED HARMONY - I'm Gonna Fly Away / Peaceful Home / Gonna Row My Boat / The Devil Is Mounted / The Frozen Girl / Are You Marching With The Savior / When We Held Our Hymn Books Together / I Need The Prayers / The Eastern Gate / God Put A Rainbow In The Clouds / A Better Range Is Home / No Drunkard Can Enter There / No One / I Long To See My Mother / The Dying Truckdriver / The Blind Child / I'm Gonna Change My Ways / Lead Me / Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar / Heavenly Light Is Shining / Won't It Be Wonderful There / Vine Covered Chapel / Where Is My Sailor Boy / Over The Hill / Make Room In The Lifeboat / Gospel Cannonball | ||||||||||
08/2005 | 2 CD FREMEAUX & ASSOCIES FA-5057 (F) | BLUES STAY AWAY FROM ME 1931-1951 :
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11/2005 | CD ACE CDCHD-1074 (UK) | FIFTY MILES TO TRAVEL - Fifty Miles To Travel / (When I'm Gone) Don't Talk About Me / I Let The Freight Train Carry Me On / I Won't Be Worried Long / Stop That Boogie / My Heart Will Be Cryin' / Blues Stay Away From Me (take 1) / Shame On Me / Waitin' For That Train / Barnyard Boogie / Born To Be Blue / Leavin' Town / Why Did You Leave Me Dear / Dis Train Am Bound For Glory / Red River Valley / Fast Express / Give Me Your Hand / Midnight Special / Somebody Else's Darling / Down Home Boogie (take 3) | ||||||||||
06/2006 | CD CATTLE 299 (GER) |
GOOD TIME SATURDAY NIGHT - Born To Be Blue / Calling To That Other Shore / 'Dis Train / Everybody Loves Her / Give Me Your Hand / Goin Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains / Good Time Saturday Night / Happy On The Mississippi Shore / I Let The Freight Train Carry Me On / I Swear By The Stars / Let Your Conscience Be Your Guide / Life's Too Short / Long Journey Home / Midnight Train / Now I'm Free / Oh Susannah / Please Be My Sunshine / Silver Threads Among The Gold / Someday You'll Pay / Sweet Sweet Thing / Tennessee Choo Choo / Girl By The River / Trail Of Time / There's Something About Love / Who's Gonna Be Lonesome For Me |
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11/2006 | 4 CD JSP JSP-7765 (UK) | VOL. 2 -
THE LATER YEARS - 1933-1952 :
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06/2008 | 4 CD JSP JSP-7784 (UK) | VOL. 3 - MORE FROM 1930'S PLUS -
THE 1940'S & 1950'S:
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2008 | CD ? (US) | SONGS & STORIES OF THE DELMORE BROTHERS - Brown’s Ferry Blues / Blues Stay Away From Me / Hillbilly Boogie / I've Got The Big River Blues / Everybody Loves Her / I Let The Freight Train Carry Me On / Field Hand Man / Blues You Never Loose / Muddy Water / Trouble Ain't Nothin' But The Blues / Old Mountain Dew / Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar / We Should Walk Together / Bound For The Shore | ||||||||||
2008 | CD JASMINE JASM-3588 (UK) | BLUES STAY AWAY FROM ME - FEATURING : WAYNE RANEY AND LONNIE GLOSSON - Freight Train Boogie / Harmonica Blues (Vocals Wayne RANEY) / This Train Will Soon Be Leaving (Vocals Lonnie GLOSSON) / Gotta' Have Some Lovin' / I've Got the Jitters Over You (Vocals Lonnie GLOSSON) / Lost John Boogie (Vocals Wayne RANEY) / Why Don’t You Haul Off and Love Me (Vocals Wayne RANEY) / Pan American Boogie (Vocals Lonnie GLOSSON) / How You Gonna Get Your Lovin' Done / Will The Circle Be Unbroken (Vocals Vaughn HORTON) / I Want You to Know That I Love You (Vocals Lonnie GLOSSON) / Little Girl, You're Mean To Me (Vocals Lonnie GLOSSON) / Lonesome Railroad Blues (Vocals Wayne RANEY) / Del Rio Blues (Instr. with Lonnie GLOSSON, Rabon & Zeke TURNER) / Hummingbird Special (Vocals Vaughn HORTON) / Trouble, Then Satisfaction (Vocals Wayne RANEY) / I've Done and Sold My Soul (Vocals Wayne RANEY) / Hillbilly Fever (Vocals Wayne RANEY) / Jack And Jill Boogie (Vocals Maxine LUNA) / I'll Love You Till the Cows Come Home (Vocals Lonnie GLOSSON) / Everyday Religion / Trouble Ain't Nothin' But The Blues (Vocals Lonnie GLOSSON) / Blues Stay Away From Me / Del Rio Boogie (Vocals Wayne RANEY) |
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