#Delmore Brothers

[principiumindividuationis777]

Roots of Rock and Roll

You have probably seen this or that opinion on the "first" rock and roll record. The problem with most of those opinions is that they are describing the acknowledged era of rock and roll, the era in which Alan Freed and others were calling it by that name.

In reality, music that sounded little different goes back to the 1920's. The first song that might possibly be described as rock and roll comes from an unlikely source: A proto-country musician who goes back so far that his music is called "old time" rather than country, one "Uncle" Dave Macon.

While West African rhythms form the basis of most rock and roll, there were fast fiddle reels (County Donegal, Ireland comes to mind) that had similarly scorching rhythms, and in one song, "Sail Away Ladies" (1927), Macon, originally from Tennessee, released a song that not only had a rockabilly feel and tempo, but included the lyrics, "Don't she rock, daddio?"

"Minnie the Moocher" (1931) by Cab Calloway set the tone for Calloway's career, which, while generally placed in the jazz genre, had sharper syncopation and far edgier lyrics than any jazz in the mainstream, at least in his era.

Bob Wills was the chief innovator of Western swing, from which one Bill Haley later emerged. He grew up in Texas, and unlike most people in a tragically segregated era, was allowed to befriend other children regardless of race, and as such, heard boogie-woogie and similar "fast blues", which African-American musicians in Texas played at a faster tempo than their counterparts in the southeast.

Wills's most proto-rockabilly (or, arguably, rockabilly) song might be "Steel Guitar Rag" (1936). Wills famously said of rock and roll, "Why, man, that's the same kind of music we've been playin' since 1928!"

It may have been of Wills's music that Don Raye (not from Texas) was thinking in the song "Beat Me Daddy, Eight to the Bar" (1940), with the lyrics, "In a little honky tonky village in Texas". It is often cited as the first rock and roll record, and a case could be made to that effect.

World War II interrupted musical innovation to some extent, that being the least of a generation's concerns, so the final piece of what was rock and roll in everything but name was provided by Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup.

Crudup's "That's All Right (Mama)", released in his, the original 1946 version, was not only later covered by Elvis Presley, but contains the first recorded guitar "breaks", adding another, jolting layer of syncopation to the increasingly fast blues of the era. By this time, rock and roll was alive and well, by any name, and so was rockabilly, as a listen to "Freight Train Boogie" (1946) by The Delmore Brothers, demonstrates.

[bobdylan-n-jonimitchell]

Bob Dylan and Joan Baez singing The Delmore Brothers’ “Blues Stay Away From Me” Savoy Hotel, London, England, May 4, 1965.

[krispyweiss]

Song Review: Leftover Salmon feat. Billy Strings - “Blue Railroad Train”

As much as he can - and often should - dominate a recording, Billy Strings is just as solid in a supporting role.

And that’s what he plays on Leftover Salmon’s remake of the Delmore Brothers’ “Blue Railroad Train.” Sure, he takes a short, low-key acoustic-guitar solo, but Strings is more an honorary Salmon than a featured player on this shuffling second single - it follows “Simple Twist of Fate” - from Grass Roots, due May 19.

Dobro, banjo, mandolin, brushed drums are just as prominent as Strings’ six string, allowing the band to sink or swim on its own. And “Blue Railroad Train” is a gold-medal performance.

Grade card: Leftover Salmon feat. Billy Strings - “Blue Railroad Train” - A

4/24/23

[odk-2]

The Louvin Brothers - Freight Train Boogie (1960) (AKA: Freight Train Blues | Freight Train ) Alton Delmore / Rabon Delmore from: "Ira and Charlie Louvin:  A Tribute to The Delmore Brothers" (1996 Reissue)

Country | Acoustic Country | Delmore Brothers' Cover

JukehostUK (left click = play) (320kbps)

Personnel: Charlie Louvin: Vocals / Guitar Ira Louvin: Vocals / Tenor Guitar

Jimmy Capps: Guitar Junior Huskey: Bass

Produced by Ken Nelson

Recorded: @ The Bradley Film and Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee on May 16, 1960

LP Released: in 1960 CD Reissue Released: on July 7, 1996

Capitol Records

You could listen to music for 50 years and not hear harmonies as sweet or playing as nimble as what's on "A Tribute to the Delmore Brothers" - Bruce Eder (AllMusicCom)

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The Delmore Brothers

From Dust To Diamonds … Alton & Rabon …

#DelmoreBrothers

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Jay Bolotin

https://delmorerecordings.com

[misskattylashes]

Is it me or is there something Shakespearian about this whole drama. Maybe it is because I am a writer, but I see Alex like some naïve, foolish king who is surrounded by courtiers telling him things they want him to hear because they enjoy the lifestyle being associated with him brings. Miles is the sweet ordinary girl he is in love with and wants to marry, but to do so he would need to give up the throne. But his closest friend Matthew enjoys the money and fame King Alexander pretending to be straight brings him, so him and his shrill wife encourage him to be with the scheming French princess who wants nothing more than to be queen.

But Matthew is very clever, he plays the part of the jolly fool who everyone loves and doesn’t suspect him of anything. He seems like King Alexander’s best friend, and the person who has his back, and foolish King Alexander listens to him more than anything. He sees him so much like a brother, he even dedicates a song to his honorary ‘niece’. The same niece the shrill wife and French Princess use to garner sympathy points when the peasants start revolting.

So, what happens next? Does King Alexander listen to Matthew and carry on living a lie or does he realise he is being taken for a fool and leave the Kingdom for the sweet, ordinary girl?

Seriously….Matt is part of the PR machine and has proven this now. See how in the interview above, Alex is about to admit that Mr Schwartz is connected the poet Delmore Schwartz (a repressed homosexual man who was greatly admired by Lou Reed) and Matt interrupts, telling him it was a coincidence. Prompting Alex to stick to the script.

I’ve been saying this about Matt for ages and people called me stupid, well maybe they’ll start to realise I had a point.

[1264doghouse]

The Delmore Brothers

[azzydoesntexist]

Gautier week day 2! I couldnt choose between Mourning or Grief, so have both.

Mourning is Leni once again, in one of the last memories Mattias has of her

Grief is Delmore, Sylvain's twin brother who had a much more unfortuant fall into the well. (Dont worry he's still alive)

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Bones and All Soundtrack

JEAN SIBELIUS, SWAN OF TUONELA, LEMMINKÄINEN SUITE (Written by Jean Sibelius, performed by Taylor Russell)

EVERYTHING I NEED (Written by Colin James Hay, performed by Men At Work)

SAVE A PRAYER (Written and performed by Duran Duran)

BEAUTIFUL BROWN EYES (Written by Alton Delmore, performed by Mark Rylance)

YOU'RE SINGIN' MY SONG (Written and performed by Durwood Haddock)

LICK IT UP (Written by Vincent Cusano and Paul Stanley, performed by KISS)

DIVERTIMENTO NO. 10 (Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed by Petter Sundkvist and Svenska Kammarorkestern)

SERENADE NO. 10 IN B-FLAT MAJOR, K.361, GRAN PARTITA: III. ADAGIO (Written by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, performed by New York Philomusica Winds)

AMARILLO BY MORNING (Written by Paul Fraser and Terry Stafford, performed by George Strait)

ATMOSPHERE (Written and performed by Joy Division)

THE SUN ALWAYS SHINES ON T.V. (Written by Paul Waaktaar, performed by a-ha)

OBSESSION (Written by Holly Knight and Michael Des Barres, performed by Animotion)

CAROUSEL OF DREAMS (Written and performed by Andrew Patrick Oye)

ORGAN GRINDER (Written and performed by Andrew Patrick Oye)

ROUNDABOUT NOW (Written and performed by Harold Smart)

CAROUSEL (Written and performed by Nino Nardini)

CADILLAC ENCOUNTER (Written and performed by The Mears Brothers Band)

DRIFTER (Written and performed by Lloyd Conger)

MANUELO (Written by Al Hazan, performed by Eileen Barton)

YOUR SILENT FACE (Written and performed by New Order)

(YOU MADE IT FEEL LIKE) HOME (Written by Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross, performed by Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross and Maandig Reznor)

[krispyweiss]

Album Review: Leftover Salmon - Grass Roots

Grass Roots is ostensibly a bluegrass album by Leftover Salmon.

But in reality it is not strictly bluegrass. Nor is it strictly Salmon.

What it is, is a guest-heavy covers album that draws from the likes of Bob Dylan, the Grateful Dead, the Delmore Brothers, Link Wray and David Bromberg and features appearances from fiddler Darol Anger, guitarist Billy Strings and singer Oliver Wood.

While such band-only covers of Dylan’s “Simple Twist of Fate” and the Dead’s “Black Peter” are true to the group’s long-running rep, numbers like “Country Blues” (with Anger), “Blue Railroad Train” (Strings) and “Fire and Brimstone” (Wood) result in the supporting musicians becoming temporary, leading members of the main band.

This is Grass Roots’ strength and weakness. Title notwithstanding, the LP doesn’t have a unifying musical theme, giving it a mixtape feel during front-to-back listens and making it better suited for playlist pickings.

Grade card: Leftover Salmon - Grass Roots - C+

6/22/23

[noloveforned]

i love bandcamp fridays but they certainly distract from getting my radio show together! tune into wlur from 8pm-midnight to see what i end up playing!

we finished up our first theme of the year last week- all year long we've been starting the shows off with songs about 'work'. we heard songs from east river pipe, pernice brothers, the happy thoughts, the flaming lips, mammoth penguins, superchunk, dolly parton, elvis costello, the bangles, the replacements, ramones, the reds pinks & purples, devo, the clash, drive-by truckers, and harry belafonte.

no love for ned on wlur – april 28th, 2023 from 8-10pm

artist // track // album // label harry belafonte // day-o (the banana boat song) // very best of harry belafonte // rca frankie cosmos // fragments // clean weird prone (inner world peace deluxe) // sub pop the hidden cameras // breathe on it // the smell of our own (deluxe edition) // rough trade rob munk // the ghosts of san francisco // phased out // magic door brontez purnell // jaboukie // jaboukie 7" // sub pop display homes // at capacity // what if you're right and they're wrong? // esrte theke tontraeger sir bobby jukebox // don't say goodbye // in the organ loft at midnight // (self-released) cathedrale // an alibi // words / silence // howlin' banana rotary club // american tower // american tower 7" // iron lung the replacements // hangin' downtown (alternate version) // sorry ma, forgot to take out the trash (deluxe edition) // rhino oswald five-o // all night takeout // serenade // grinning idiot water machine // hot real estate // demo cassette // gold mold packs // smallest one // crispy crunchy nothing // fire talk elizaband // talking in tongues // lonesome celestial // (self-released) mope city // mirror puddle // wind locked me out cassingle // (self-released) bardo pond // destroying angel // peel sessions // fire body/head // tripping // come on 2x7" // three lobed jon collin and niklas anderstedt lindgren // 27:19 // dark country // akti elijah mclaughlin ensemble featuring katinka kleijn // parallax // iii // astral spirits fire! orchestra featuring joe mcphee // echoes: i see your eye, part 2 // echoes // rune grammofon benji b, raven bush, theon cross, nubya garcia, tom herbert, shabaka hutchings, nikolaj torp larsen, dave okumu, nick ramm, dan see, tom skinner and martin terefe // it’s one of these // london brew // concord jazz flora purim // light as a feather // butterfly dreams // milestone david ornette cherry // so and so and so and so // organic nation listening club (the continual) // spiritmuse dinner party featuring hi-tek // watts renaissance // enigmatic society // empire linqua franqa featuring ears // the whole bank // the whole bank digital single // ernest jenning cold beat // paper // mother // crime on the moon marlody // these doubts // i'm not sure at all // skep wax snowy // where am i? // lipreader cassette // (self-released) the ekphrastics // fogtown // special delivery // harriet wild carnation // dodger blue // tricycle (expanded edition) // delmore some velvet sidewalk // 20,000 leagues // appetite for extinction // communion

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John Anderson performing his 1983 hit “Swingin’” with some help on guitar from Marcus King and Dan Auerbach. ___________________ Swingin’ Songwriters: John Anderson and Lionel Delmore

There's a little girl in our neighbourhood Her name is Charlotte Johnson And she's really lookin' good I had to go and see her So I called her on the phone I walked over to her house And this was going on

Her brother was on the sofa Eatin' chocolate pie Her Mama was in the kitchen Cuttin' chicken up to fry Her Daddy was in the backyard Rollin' up a garden hose I was on the porch with Charlotte Feelin' love down to my toes And we were Swingin' Yes we were Swingin' Little Charlotte she's as pretty As the angels when they sing I can't believe I'm out here On her front porch in this swing Just-a-swingin

Yeah, and we'll be swingin Yes, we'll be swinging Little Charlotte she's as pretty As the angels when they sang I can't believe I'm out here On the front porch in the swang Just-a-swangin

Now Charlotte she's the darlin' She's the apple of my eye And when I'm on the swang with her It makes me almost high And Charlotte is my lover And she has been since the spraing I just can't believe it started On her front porch in this swang

Just a swangin Well just a swangin Little Charlotte she's as pretty As the angels when they sang I can't believe I'm out here On the front porch in the swang Just-a-swangin

I said, Little Charlotte she's as pretty As the angels when they sang I can't believe I'm out here On her front porch in the swang Just-a-swangin

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@librarywent  sent  :  “  drop.  your.  sword.  ”  Rickon  at  Arhen  ?  /  whoopsies  i  lost  the  prompt.

     “  DO  NOT  TELL  ME  WHAT  to  do,  boy.  ”  his  voice  was  uncharacteristically  sharp  and  rough,  like  a  piece  of  shattered  glass.  it  was  no  longer  lively,  but  instead  vicious.  any  fondness  he  held  for  rickon  was  abandoned.  it  was  almost  as  though  it  never  even  existed  with  how  cruel  his  voice  was.  though  he  wanted  to  soften  his  voice,  he  dared  not.  iren  was  the  gentler  force  in  the  boy’s  life  and  much  to  his  dismay,  arhen  supposed  he  had  to  be  the  rougher  one,  at  least  sometimes.

     “  ya  yelled  at  the  lady  iren,  ”  he  barked,  gesturing  with  his  blade  as  he  spoke.  he  did  not  think  he  would  truly  use  it  against  rickon.  it  was  more  so  a  tool  for  intimidation.  he  was  a  hulking  knight,  a  naturally  fearsome  man,  though  his  words  were  often  to  kind  for  that.  the  sword  had  to  pick  up  some  slack.  “  she’s  up  there  cryin’  with  that  damn  dog  of  hers.  ”

     perhaps  she  would  be  the  closest  thing  to  a  daughter  for  him.  he  had  once  considered  himself  a  companion  of  her  father,  but  gods  that  man  was  a  terrible  father.  delmor  paid  so  little  attention  to  the  girl,  arhen  sometimes  wondered  if  he  even  knew  he  had  a  third  child.  but  of  course  delmor  knew.  all  he  ever  did  was  complain  about  how  she  was  not  a  burly  boy  like  her  brothers,  all  the  man  whined  about  was  how  she  was  not  like  her  brothers  in  anyway.  after  seeing  the  monster  the  eldest  grew  into,  arhen  could  hardly  see  the  problem  in  that.  she  was  one  of  the  sweetest  ladies  in  the  kingdom  and  he  vowed  he  would  treat  her  with  respect.

     “  she  would  want  me  to  let  ya  in,  pretend  nothin’  happened  earlier,  ”  he  continued,  “  but  this  is  my  seat.  yer  behavior  earlier  ain’t  acceptable.  ”  once  again  he  pointed  at  the  boy  with  his  sword,  as  if  to  emphasize  his  point.  “  so  what  yer  gonna  do  is  clean  yerself  up.  i  can  smell  ya  from  over  here  ---  yer  like  flea  bottom  ---  and  go  apologize.  truly  apologize.  ”  the  sword  was  lowered  again.  “  if  ya  can’t  do  that,  then  yer  sleeping  out  here  in  the  mud.  yer  not  getting  back  in  until  ya  apologize  to  her.  ”

[planetoidsfun]

Listening to the Delmore Brothers. Delmores not pictured.