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Leader Country US né le 19 Août 1889 à Whites Creek (Tennessee). Paul Warmack est décédé le 2 Juillet 1954.
The Gully
Jumpers were an American Old-time string band originally consisting of
bandleader Paul Warmack (1889–1954) on mandolin, Charles Arrington (1893-?) on
fiddle, Burt Hutcherson (1893–1980) on guitar, and William Roy Hardison
(1896–1966) on banjo. They were regular performers on the Grand Ole Opry in the
late 1920s and are believed to have been the first group to release a record
recorded in Nashville, Tennessee. Although their line-up changed over the years,
the Gully Jumpers continued performing until the mid-1960s.
Warmack, the bandleader (the band was initially known as "Paul Warmack and His
Gully Jumpers"), was born in Whites Creek in August 16, 1889 and was working as
an automobile mechanic in Goodlettesville when he formed the Gully Jumpers
around 1927. The band's name was suggested by Opry founder George D. Hay, who
often gave the Opry's early string bands more colorful, rural-sounding names. In
1928, the Gully Jumpers were one of the Opry's most consistent acts, appearing
on the show more times than any other group. That same year, they released the
first record recorded in Nashville, which contained two tracks entitled "The
Tennessee Waltz" (not to be confused with the more famous
Pee Wee King song) and "Little Red
Caboose Behind the Train." In October 1928, they recorded "Stone Rag", which was
written by Humphrey Bate and His Possum Hunters fiddler Oscar Stone, and a tune
entitled "Robertson County."
In spite of the losses of Warmack and Arrington, the Gully Jumpers continued
performing on the Opry into the 1960s. Fellow Opry pioneers such as Sid
Harkreader and Kirk McGee often stepped in to play fiddle for the band in place
of Arrington. Hutcherson, who was the last surviving original member of the band
when he died in 1980, was a pioneer of the finger-picked guitar style, and was
cited as a key influence by long-time Opry guitarist Sam McGee and early Country
music star "Mother Maybelle" Carter.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gully_Jumpers
Talents : Vocals, Mandolin, Guitar
Style musical : Old-Timey
ROBERTSON COUNTY (1928)
Stone Rag (1928) THE LITTLE RED CABOOSE BEHIND THE TRAIN (1929) Tennessee Waltz (1929) |
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Years in activity :
1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
78 t.
1928 | 78 t. VICTOR V 40009 (US) | Paul WARMACK & His GULLY JUMPERS - Robertson County (instr.) / Stone Rag (instr.) |
1929 | 78 t. VICTOR V 40067 (US) | Paul WARMACK & His GULLY JUMPERS - The Little Red Caboose Behind The Train / Tennessee Waltz |
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