Groupe
Country US originaire de Westmoreland (Tennessee). Harold, Kelly, Haskel et Lloyd, les "McCormick Brothers" étaient spécialisés dans le Bluegrass et ont enregistré pendant les années cinquante chez Hickory Records.
The
McCormick Brothers are not as well-known as other country and bluegrass
harmonizers who were popular in the 1950s, such as
the Stanley Brothers and
the Louvin Brothers. But they were a
good bluegrass band, though they weren't as long-lived as the most renowned ones
working the same turf, and certainly didn't record as often or sell as many
records. The seeds for the act were planted when Lloyd McCormick and Kelly
McCormick formed a guitar-mandolin duo as youngsters, performing duos on
Kentucky and Tennessee radio stations. Their personnel and instrumentation
expanded, and younger brother Haskel McCormick joined on banjo in the early
'50s. At one point, the lineup was filled out with a couple of cousins, Hayden
Clark (on bass) and Billy Clark (on fiddle), before the youngest brother joined
on bass and Dewel Bullington on fiddle; Charlie Nixon later joined on Dobro.
From the mid-'50s to the early '60s, the McCormick Brothers recorded for
Hickory, run by Fred Rose (who co-ran the enormously successful Nashville
publisher Acuff-Rose with Roy Acuff). The
McCormicks did some rockabilly sides in an attempt to boost their sales, but are
known primarily for the fairly straight bluegrass recordings they did on
Hickory, alternating between harmony vocals and purely instrumental workouts.
Their biggest seller was their first single for the label in 1954, "Red Hen
Boogie," penned by Charlie Louvin
and Ira Louvin. They also did an album after leaving Hickory for Metromedia.
Eighteen sides from their bluegrass Hickory singles were assembled for the 2002
Varese Sarabande compilation The Very Best of the McCormick Brothers.
Style musical : Bluegrass
Années en activité :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 |
DISCOGRAPHY
78 t. & Singles
| 08/1954 | 78 t. HICKORY 1013 (US) | Banjo Twist / Red Hen Boogie |
| 08/1954 | SP HICKORY 45-1013 (US) | Banjo Twist / Red Hen Boogie |
| 03/1955 | 78 t. HICKORY 1021 (US) | Billy Goat Boogie / CNR Special |
| 07/1955 | 78 t. HICKORY 1030 (US) | Cross My Heart / Mad Banjo |
| 12/1955 | SP HICKORY 45-1038 (US) | Are You Feeling Blue / Bugle Call Rag |
| 1956 | 78 t. HICKORY 1046 (US) | Pins & Needles / Shuffle & Deal |
| 1956 | SP HICKORY 45-1046 (US) | Pins & Needles / Shuffle & Deal |
| 09/1956 | 78 t. HICKORY 1054 (US) | Coffee, Coffee, Coffee / Haskell's Five String |
| 09/1956 | SP HICKORY 45-1054 (US) | Coffee, Coffee, Coffee / Haskell's Five String |
| 03/1957 | 78 t. HICKORY 1060 (US) | Make Your Last Kiss The Sweetest / Darling, Why Can't You Be True? |
| 03/1957 | SP HICKORY 45-1060 (US) | Make Your Last Kiss The Sweetest / Darling, Why Can't You Be True? |
| 09/1957 | 78 t. HICKORY 1067 (US) | Banjo Strut / No Substitute Will Do |
| 06/1958 | SP HICKORY 45-1080 (US) |
Big
Eyes
 / Blue
Blue Mood |
| 12/1958 | SP HICKORY 45-1089 (US) | Banjo Trot / Runnin' 'round On Me |
| 08/1959 | SP HICKORY 45-1103 (US) | Banjo Fling / In The Palm Of Your Hand |
| 03/1960 | SP HICKORY 45-1116 (US) | I'm Happy To Know / McCormick's Banjo Picnick |
| 05/1962 | SP HICKORY 45-1171 (US) | Before I Met You / Dobro Twist |
| 09/1962 | SP HICKORY 45-1184 (US) | Banjo Twist / Lonesome Just For You |
| 01/1963 | SP HICKORY 45-1202 (US) | Bluegrass Express / Red Hen Boogie |
| 03/1964 | SP HICKORY 45-1245 (US) | Are You Feeling Blue? / Landslide Special |
| 1973 | SP METROMEDIA 144 (US) | Bad Moon Rising / Jubilee Joe |
Albums
| 1997 | CD BRONCO BUSTER 9027 (D) |
 |
HOT BLUEGRASS RHYTHM - Are You Feeling Blue / Banjo Trot (inst.) / Banjo Twist (inst.) / Before I Met You / Big Eyes / Blue Blue Mood / Bugle Call Rag (inst.) / C.n.r. Special / Coffee, Coffee, Coffee / Darling, Why Can't You Be True / Haskell's Five String (inst.) / Landslide Special (inst.) / Lonesome For You / No Substitute Will Do / Red Hen Boogie / Runnin' Round On Me / Shuffle And Deal / The Billy Goat Boogie / The Bluegrass Express / The Dobro Twist (inst.) |
| 03/2002 | CD VARESE VINTAGE 066322 (US) |
 |
THE VERY BEST OF THE MCCORMICK BROTHERS - Are You Feeling Blue? / I'm Happy To Know / The Banjo Fling / Lonesome For You / Coffee, Coffee, Coffee / McCormick's String Picnic / Pins And Needles (In My Heart) / Haskel's Five String / In The Palm Of Your Hand / Darling Why Can't You Be True / Banjo Twist / Make Your Last Kiss The Sweetest / Red Hen Boogie / Bugle Call Rag / C.N.R. Special (Rollin' Down The Line) / Before I Met You / Cross My Heart (And Hope To Die) / Mad Banjo |
© Rocky Productions 6/11/2008
