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Chanteur
Country US né Alexander Lewis Lyerly, le 15 Juillet 1929 à Woodleaf
(Caroline du Nord). Lou Graham est un ancien compagnon de Bill Haley dans les "Saddlemen". Il a enregistré chez
Ghotam (52-53), Clymax (57) et Coral Records (1958). Il est décédé en 1999.
Lou Graham
was one of the earlier rockabilly-style artists to show up on record, courtesy
of Ivin Ballen's Philadelphia-based Gotham Records. Born in rural North Carolina,
and one of 10 children, his full name may have been Lou Graham Lyerly. He showed
an early interest in country music, and following a hitch in the United States
Navy, he entered radio as a singer and disc jockey. Vocalsly, he was similar to
his somewhat older contemporary Hank Williams. Graham spent 18 months at WPWA in
Chester, PA, he made the acquaintance of
Bill Haley, leader of a locally-based country band called the Saddlemen, who
helped Graham get a recording contract with Gotham. Graham cut "Two Timin'
Blues" and "Long Gone Daddy" at a 1951 session with an unknown backing band, but
early the next year, he was backed by
Bill Haley's Saddlemen on a quartet of sides, "I'm Lonesome," "Sweet Bunch
of Roses," "Please Make Up Your Fickle Mind," and "My Heart Tell Me." Graham
kept busy working as a deejay at WTNJ in Trenton, NJ, and on television as an
announcer, on WDEL in Wilmington, DE. By the late 1950's, he was also working
regularly in nightclubs, parks, and western jamborees playing country and
hillbilly music, playing on the same bills with
Webb Pierce,
Hank Thompson, and
Ernest Tubb. In 1957, he made his most lasting contribution to recordings
with his single "Wee Willie Brown," for the Coral Records label. Krazy Kat
Records assembled Graham's Saddlemen sides on album in the 1970's, and
Collectables has followed suit with his Gotham output on CD on the compilation
Long Gone Daddy.
Talents : Vocals, Double Bass
Style musical : Honky Tonk, Rockabilly
LONG GONE
DADDY (1952)
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Two Timin'
Blues (1952)
I'M LONESOME
(1952)
A Sweet Bunch
Of Roses (1952)
Wee Willie Brown
(1957)
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Years in activity :
1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
1952 | SP GOTHAM G-7416 (US) |
Long Gone Daddy
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1952 | SP GOTHAM G-7429 (US) | Lou GRAHAM & The SADDLEMEN -
I'm Lonesome
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04/1953 | SP GOTHAM G-7433 (US) | Lou GRAHAM & The SADDLEMEN - My Heart Tells Me / Please Make Up Your Fickle Mind |
12/1957 | SP CLYMAX 318 (US) |
Wee Willie Brown
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01/1958 | SP CORAL 9-61931 (US) |
Wee Willie Brown
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Album
1990 | CD Collectables COL-5335 (US) |
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Long Gone Daddy - Two-Timin' Blues (Lou GRAHAM & The Saddlemen) / Long Gone Daddy (Lou GRAHAM & The Saddlemen) / I Just Heard The News (Sammy BLAND & His Carolina Radio Boys) / Our Shotgun Wedding Day (Howington Brothers with The Tennessee Haymakers) / Let's See You Smile (Curt Hinson) / I'll Take Her From The Valley (Bob DEAN & His Hi-Way Wanderers) / Be Bop Boogie (Mustard & Gravy) / Juke Box Baby (Smiley Wilson & His Range Partners) / Roadside Rag (Sleepy McDaniel & His Radio Playboys) / I'm Lonesome (Lou GRAHAM & The Saddlemen) / A Sweet Bunch Of Roses (Lou GRAHAM & The Saddlemen) / Please Make Up Your Fickle Mind (Lou GRAHAM & The Saddlemen) / My Heart Tells Me (Lou GRAHAM & The Saddlemen) / That Ain't In Any Catalog (Mustard & Gravy) |
© Rocky Productions 23/02/2002