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Groupe
Country US, composé de Albert Green Hopkins (1889 - 21 Octobre 1932), Joe
Hopkins, Alonzo Elvis “Tony” Alderman (10 Septembre 1900 - 25 Octobre 1983),
John Rector (décédé le 28 Août 1985) et Charlie Bowman (30 Juillet 1899
- 20 Mai 1962). Ils ont utilisé les noms de Hill Billies et Al Hopkins and His
Bucke Busters. Le groupe a été dissous en 1932 quand Al Hopkins est décédé dans
un accident d'auto.
US Country
group, the first use of “Hill Billy” on a phonograph record was made less out of
intention than convenience, when after their second recording session (the first
had been a failure) Ralph Peer asked what he should call the group, and got the
response “We’re nothing but a bunch of hillbillies from North Carolina and
Virginia. Call us anything.” The band that would become, at turns, The Hill
Billies, Al Hopkins’ Original Hill Billies, and Al Hopkins and His Buckle
Busters, was not initially at ease with the “hillbilly” appelation – it was
considered, at best, humorously pejorative to these musicians who thought of
themselves and their music as anything but unsophisticated. Nonetheless, the
name stuck and was greeted with good-natured approval back home.
The Hill Billies formed out of a Galax, Virginia barbershop in 1924, when
guitarist Joe Hopkins went to get his hair cut and met barber Tony Alderman, who
played the fiddle. The two hit it off immediately, and soon Joe’s brother Al, a
pianist, and John Rector, a local shopkeeper and banjo player, joined in. Al
became the leader of the group, considered distinctive for their incorporation
of piano, an instrument not typically associated with the Appalachian fiddle
tunes in which the group specialized. By the late 1920s the group had recorded
for Okeh (with Peer), Vocalion, and Brunswick, received substantial radio play,
and become regulars at fiddler’s conventions, vaudeville shows, and political
rallies. In 1925 they added a second fiddle player, Charlie Bowman, to fill out
their sound. Their frequent appearances on Washington, D.C.’s WRC radio station
may have strengthened the connection between the term “hillbilly” and the type
of music listeners were hearing increasingly over the airwaves by the mid-1920s.
The Hill Billies recorded and performed, under their various names, until 1932,
when Al Hopkins was killed in a car accident.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Hopkins
Talents : Al Hopkins : Piano - Joe Hopkins : Guitar - Alonzo Elvis “Tony” Alderman : Fiddle - John Rector : 5-String Banjo - Charlie Bowman : Fiddle
Style musical : Old-Time
MOUNTAINEER LOVE SONG (1926)
 (Hill
Billies)
CLUCK OLD HEN
(1927)
DOWN TO
THE CLUB (1927)
WEST
VIRGINIA GALS (1929)
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Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
78 t.
| 1925 | 78 t. OKEH 40294 (US) | HILL BILLIES - Old Time Cinda / Silly Bill |
| 1925 | 78 t. OKEH 40336 (US) | HILL BILLIES - Sally Ann / Cripple Creek |
| 1925 | 78 t. OKEH 40376 (US) | HILL BILLIES - Whoa! Mule / Old Joe Clark |
| 1926 | 78 t. VOCALION 5016 (US) | HILL BILLIES - Governor Alf Taylor's Fox Chase (HILL BILLIES) / East Tennessee Blues (HILLBILLIES) |
| 1926 | 78 t. VOCALION 5017 (US) | HILL BILLIES - Fisher's Hornpipe / Blue Eyed Girl |
| 1926 | 78 t. VOCALION 5018 (US) | HILLBILLIES - Betsy Brown / Kitty Wells |
| 1926 | 78 t. VOCALION 5019 (US) | HILL BILLIES - Kitty Waltz / Sally Ann |
| 1926 | 78 t. VOCALION 5020 (US) | HILL BILLIES - Cackling Hen / Donkey On The Railroad Track |
| 1926 | 78 t. VOCALION 5021 (US) | HILLBILLIES - Texas Gals / Going Down The Road Feeling Bad |
| 1926 | 78 t. VOCALION 5022 (US) | HILLBILLIES - Sourwood Mountain / Ragged Annie |
| 1926 | 78 t. VOCALION 5023 (US) | HILL BILLIES - Round Town Gals (HILL BILLIES) / Buck Eyed Rabbits (HILLBILLIES) |
| 1926 | 78 t. VOCALION 5024 (US) | HILL BILLIES - Cumberland Gap / Walking In The Parlor |
| 1926 | 78 t. VOCALION 5025 (US) | HILL BILLIES - Bristol Tennessee Blues / Cinda |
| 1926 | 78 t. VOCALION 5115 (US) | HILL BILLIES -
Mountaineer Love Song
/ Cripple
Creek |
| 1926 | 78 t. VOCALION 5116 (US) | HILLBILLIES - Mississippi Sawyer / Long Eyed Mule |
| 1926 | 78 t. VOCALION 5117 (US) | HILL BILLIES - Old Joe Clark (Vocals : Al HOPKINS) / Silly Bill |
| 1927 | 78 t. VOCALION 5173 (US) | Hear Dem Bells (HILL BILLIES) / Oh, Dem Golden Slipper (KANAWHA SINGERS (DALHART-ROB)) |
| 1927 | 78 t. VOCALION 5178 (US) | HILL BILLIES - Sweet Bunch Of Daisies / Daisies Won't Tell |
| 1927 | 78 t. VOCALION 5179 (US) | HILL BILLIES -
Cluck Old Hen
/ Black Eyed
Susie |
| 1927 | 78 t. VOCALION 5182 (US) | HILL BILLIES - Georgia Buck / Baby, Your Time Ain't Long |
| 1927 | 78 t. VOCALION 5183 (US) | HILLBILLIES - Oh Where Is My Little Dog Gone? / Wasn't She A Dandy |
| 1927 | 78 t. VOCALION 5186 (US) | Darling Nellie Gray (HILL BILLIES) / Sleep Baby Sleep (HILLBILLIES) |
| 1927 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 103 (US) | Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - East Tennessee Blues / Round Town Girls |
| 1927 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 104 (US) | Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - Bristol Tennessee Blues / Buck Eyed Rabbits |
| 1927 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 105 (US) | Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - Cinda / Sally Ann |
| 1927 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 106 (US) | Kitty Waltz (Chas BRONSON) / Governor Alf Taylor's Fox Chase (Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS) |
| 1927 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 174 (US) | Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - Sweet Bunch Of Daisies / The Daisies Won't Tell |
| 1927 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 175 (US) | Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - Cluck Old Hen / Black Eyed Susie |
| 1927 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 176 (US) | Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - When You Were Sweet 16 / Down The Meadow Lane |
| 1927 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 177 (US) | Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - C.C.& O Number 558 / Nine Pound Hammer |
| 1927 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 181 (US) | Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - She'll Be Coming 'round The Mountain / Hear Dem Bells |
| 1927 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 182 (US) | Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - Boatin' Up The Sandy / Bug In The Taters |
| 1927 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 183 (US) | Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - Baby Your Time Ain't Long / Georgia Buck |
| 1927 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 184 (US) | Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS -
Down To The
Club
/ Feller
That Looked Like Me |
| 1927 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 185 (US) | Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - Darling Nellie Gray / Sleep Baby Sleep |
| 1927 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 186 (US) | Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - Roll On The Ground / Ride That Mule |
| 1927 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 187 (US) | Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - Wasn't She A Dandy? / Where Has My Little Dog Gone |
| 1927 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 189 (US) | Hear Them Bells (Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS) / Them Golden Slippers (KANAWHA SINGERS) |
| 1928 | 78 t. VOCALION 5240 (US) | She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain ((HILL BILLIES) / Jerusalem Mourn (CAPLINGER CUMBERLAND MTN.ENT) |
| 1928 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 295 (US) | Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - Gideon's Band / Old Dan Tucker |
| 1929 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 300 (US) | Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - Blue Bell / Old Uncle Ned |
| 1929 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 318 (US) | Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - Carolina
Moonshiner /
West
Virginia Gals
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| 1929 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 321 (US) | Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - Polka Medley / Marsovia Waltz |
| 1929 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 335 (US) | Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - Medley Of Old Time Dance Tunes / Wild Hoss |
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Albums
| 1974 | LP 12" COUNTRY 405 (US) |
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WORLD FAMOUS HILL-BILLIES ARE COMING! - Johnson Boys / Cindy / Fisher's Hornpipe / Soldier's Joy Medley / Silly Bill / Black-Eyed Susie / Sally Ann / Bristol Tennessee Blues / Cluck Old Hen / C.C. & O. # 558 / Texas Gals / Round Town Gals |
| 12/1999 | CD DOCUMENT ? (UK) |
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THE HILL BILLIES / AL HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - 1925-1926 - VOL. 1 - Old Joe Clark(HILL BILLIES) / Silly Bill (HILL BILLIES) / Cripple Creek (HILL BILLIES) / Whoa Mule (HILL BILLIES) / Sally Ann (HILL BILLIES) / Old Time Cinda (HILL BILLIES) / Mountaineer's Love Song (HILL BILLIES) / Old Joe Clark (HILL BILLIES) / Silly Bill (HILL BILLIES) / Long-Eared Mule (HILL BILLIES) / Cripple Creek (HILL BILLIES) / Mississippi Sawyer (HILL BILLIES) / Hickman Rag (Charlie BOWMAN) / Possum Up A Gum Stomp, Cooney In The Hollow (Charlie BOWMAN) / Fisher's Hornpipe (HILL BILLIES) / Cackling Hen (HILL BILLIES) / East Tennessee Blues (HILL BILLIES + Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS) / Governer Alf Taylor's Fox Chase (HILL BILLIES) / Walking In The Parlor (HILL BILLIES) / Blue Eyed Girl (HILL BILLIES) / Cinda (HILL BILLIES + Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS) / Bristol Tennessee Blues (HILL BILLIES + Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS) / Round Town Girls (HILL BILLIES + Al HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS) |
| 07/2000 | CD DOCUMENT ? (UK) |
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THE HILL BILLIES / AL HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - 1926-1927 - VOL. 2 - Buck-Eyed Rabbits / Cumberland Gap / Sourwood Mountain / Ragged Annie / Texas Gals / Goin' Down The Road Feeling Bad / Sally Ann / Betsy Brown / Kitty Wells / Kitty Waltz / Donkey On The Railroad Track / Blue Ridge Mountain Blues / Sweet Bunch Of Daisies / Daisies Won't Tell / Down To The Club / Sleep Baby Sleep / Black Eyed Suzie / Cluck Old Hen / Nine Pound Hammer / Whoa, Mule / Echoes Of The Chimes / Boatin' Up Sandy / Johnson Boys |
| 07/2000 | CD DOCUMENT ? (UK) |
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HILL BILLIES / AL HOPKINS & BUCKLE BUSTERS - 1927-1928 - VOL. 3 - Hear Dem Bells / Georgie Buck / The Feller That Looked Like Me / C. C. & O. No. 558 / Darling Nellie Gray / She'll Be Comin' 'round The Mountain / Ride That Mule / Bug In The Taters / Baby Your Time Ain't Long / Oh Where Is My Little Dog Gone) / Wasn't She A Dandy / Roll On The Ground / When You Were Sweet Sixteen / Down The Old Meadow Lane / Gideon's Band / Old Dan Tucker / Old Uncle Ned / West Virginia Gals / Blue Bell / Carolina Moonshiner / Polka Medley / Marosovia Waltz / Wild Hoss / Medley Of Old Time Dance Tunes |
| 01/2005 | CD BACM 004 (UK) |
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TRAIL OF THE LONESOME PINE - The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine / Night Falls On The Prairie / The Range Beyond The Sky / The Sunset Trail / Ragtime Cowboy Joe / Twilight On The Trail / Ride Tenderfoot, Ride / Empty Saddles In The Old Corral / Cowboy / Covered Wagon Home / In Ole Oklahoma / Riding The Range In The Sky / Moonlight On The Prairie / Blazin' The Trail / Little Mountain Cabin / Memories Of An Old Cowhand / Ridin' Home / Paradise Trail / Underneath A Western Sky / Sing, You Cowboy |
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