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A Tribute To The Delmore Brothers

The Louvin Brothers

Album · 1960 · Capitol T 1449

A Tribute to the Delmore Brothers was recorded by the Louvin Brothers for Capitol Records on 12–16 May 1960 and released that year (Capitol T 1449). Ken Nelson produced it, and Merle Travis wrote the liner notes. Charlie Louvin sings and plays guitar and Ira Louvin sings and plays tenor guitar, with Jimmy Capps on guitar and Junior Huskey on bass.

The album has twelve songs, each written or appropriated by Alton and Rabon Delmore, the brother duo who were stars of the Grand Ole Opry in the 1930s. They include “Weary Lonesome Blues,” “Sand Mountain Blues,” “Southern Moon,” “Nashville Blues,” “Brown’s Ferry Blues,” “When It’s Time for the Whippoorwill to Sing” and “Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar.” “Blues Stay Away from Me” is credited to the Delmores with Wayne Raney and Henry Glover, and “Midnight Special” and “The Last Old Shovel” are credited as traditional.

All twelve tracks were included in Bear Family’s 1992 Close Harmony box set, and Capitol reissued the album on CD in 1996.

Tracklist

  1. 1 Weary Lonesome Blues 2:44
  2. 2 Midnight Special alt version 2:30
  3. 3 Blues Stay Away From Me alt version 2:54
  4. 4 Sand Mountain Blues 2:33
  5. 5 Southern Moon 2:42
  6. 6 Nashville Blues alt version 2:35
  7. 7 Brown’s Ferry Blues alt version 3:46
  8. 8 When It's Time For The Whippoorwill To Sing 2:18
  9. 9 Freight Train Boogie alt version 3:02
  10. 10 Put Me On The Trail To Carolina 3:12
  11. 11 Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar alt version 3:33
  12. 12 The Last Old Shovel 2:24

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