My Favorite Delmore brothers songs are " I Ain't nothin but a tom cats kitten" and " I let the freight train carry me on" Hope somebody can post those 2 songs sometime.. They were from the Huntsville, Alabama area Where I lived a a kid and my great uncle knew both of them really well..
I graduated from High School in 1949, this song always brings back that summer, I loved it then and i still do. When I hear this, Lovesick Blues, or the music from South Pacific, I am 18 again.
The teenagers i knew did not scoff at this music, we were country kids. rock and roll really wasn't big yet, we liked swing (Big Band) boogie and blues, Pop and Country.
The Beatles vocals, which were so much of what they were , and other top brit musicians were all over this (Delmores) and the Louvin Bros and the Everlies all straight out of rural south. Well they appreciated the southern "gospel" harmonies far more than we did here in the U.S. and we needed JPGand R just to get back to our own roots. We were so afraid our own music wasnt high brow..IMHO
Listen to the actual harmonies in Ive Just Seen a Face, Good Day Sunshine etc
@jaymebaer I agree with everything you say.There was a time when the teenagers of the time would have scoffed at this song,not, realizing,how it influenced the 'rock' music they were listening to..
@jaymebaer Hi, I think you have hit the nail on the head . Why were the Delmore's not elected to the Hall of Fame before 2001? it took Nashville a long time to wake up to the treasure under their noses! Maybe they were miffed that the Delmores left the Opry. They were starving and needed to earn some money. 6 months later Bill Monroe joined the Opry and the Delmores faded there. They came back big in the 40's and early 50'sDESPITE not being on the Opry. Rabon died of cancer in 1952 so it ended
Thank you for this posting! Love it, and the Everlys version, too. Also thanks for the link to your website, which has some great Everly Brothers and Delmore Brothers videos.
@terrisonb You're right. I'm very sorry that the link to my site is not working. I’m having trouble with my web host. I think they're going under and my site is not up at the moment. I will find a new host and change the link. It might take me some time. Thanks for commenting.
I'm a rocker but buying an album by the Delmore brothers was one of the best things I've done. Alton and Rabon, 2 farm boys from Alabama. Rabon on 4 string tenor gtr and Alton on 6 string Spanish gtr and sang lead, sometimes they switched parts. Thanks for this posting.
I'm glad that so many people are enjoying this. I would have liked to have been able to upload a slide show for the Burnette version as well, but copyright prevented it. It seems a bit ironic to me, because I'm sure that many people, like myself, have discovered great music on youtube and have gone on to buy a CD or a track.
you're right, when I come across good music on youtube I always try to find it on itunes and buy it. some times greed will cause you to miss out on opportunities to make money lol
@kitsjuke ...and some of us have bought a LOT of CDs because of having a CHANCE to check out the songs and the many versions and, most important, the originals, on YouTube. Guess some people never have enough "profit".
Terrific! It's both, by the way...produced and co-written by a black man (the legendary Henry Glover) in tandem with the Delmores and harmonica master Wayne Raney, courtesy of King Records, America's first integrated record label.
I appreciate where you're coming from, but I disagree. If I were from the US, I'd be very proud of the spicy gumbo mix that was my popular musical heritage. However, I also hope that I would be critical of the racism which, unfortunately, has often featured in the history of American music. When you listen to the Delmore Brothers you can detect the influences (not only the European folk roots, but also the Blues and ragtime etc). Sometimes people seem to want to deny that there is this mix.
Dont think I ever heard the Burnette version but I did hear Wanda Jackson here on the tube and liked that very much as well. I guess with a song as good as this unless you sing and/or play out a tune you got a good chance at making people happy. If you get a hold of Burnette and The Bands versions (Garth's sax solo rocks) please post. Thanks for this one.
If you want to see something real cute go to jcpc1982 here on the tube. It's 3 kids a boy and 2 girls (sisters and brother). They do this song and they do it very well.
The first version I heard was by Johnny Burnette and his Rock'n'Roll Trio. It was more up tempo, electrified and had whoops of 'Oh Lawdy'. I think I'm a natural historian. I like to go back and listen to the original. Sometimes I prefer the original. Often I like both versions (they are just different).
Oh the black-blues influence here is totally undeniable. It is probably the single most important genre when it comes to most popular US music prior to the electronic music generation. It is a nation of immigrants (as most are) and the music is as rich and varied, so to have a pride in a consolidated and pure nationalism is just plain silly.
the blues for what reason is our steady companion.The meaning of these words and these incomparable presentation will stay forever
DolphinKarlheinz 1 month ago
WOW! Thanks!!!
headmahone 2 months ago
uh huh, oh yea...
ffredmiller 3 months ago
classic rockabillies +version gene vincent 1956.thanks
titi661966 4 months ago
Darn it did not stuck at top of mt favorites meaning it is somewhere down the line...grrr...
bellgardens53 4 months ago
I snatch this classic for my next lead song. Thanks posting it kitsjuke. ;-)
bellgardens53 4 months ago
Heard this on Siruis XM's Willie's Roadhouse. Now I'm hooked!
GreenGabber1 4 months ago
wow, i am just lovin' this! Albon Delmore was married to my grandmother's sister, how cool is that!
pariperenti 8 months ago
Wonderful song !!!!! I love it !!!
Thanks for sharing.
514570HP 9 months ago
My Favorite Delmore brothers songs are " I Ain't nothin but a tom cats kitten" and " I let the freight train carry me on" Hope somebody can post those 2 songs sometime.. They were from the Huntsville, Alabama area Where I lived a a kid and my great uncle knew both of them really well..
crocks2871 9 months ago
This is one of my all time favorites. I can just close my eyes and drift along with the music and especialy the harmonica part.
camden38 10 months ago
awesome
ringbolt9 11 months ago
I like it!
DenisKolomiets 1 year ago
I graduated from High School in 1949, this song always brings back that summer, I loved it then and i still do. When I hear this, Lovesick Blues, or the music from South Pacific, I am 18 again.
The teenagers i knew did not scoff at this music, we were country kids. rock and roll really wasn't big yet, we liked swing (Big Band) boogie and blues, Pop and Country.
1949waldo 1 year ago
Fantastic ! Thank you for this posting.
michaelgerarddejong 1 year ago
love the louvin sound...harmonies the best
mountainat85 1 year ago
The Popgroup "Normaal" has translated the text in Dutch... Fantastic song..
zoependoedewijwa 1 year ago
The Beatles vocals, which were so much of what they were , and other top brit musicians were all over this (Delmores) and the Louvin Bros and the Everlies all straight out of rural south. Well they appreciated the southern "gospel" harmonies far more than we did here in the U.S. and we needed JPGand R just to get back to our own roots. We were so afraid our own music wasnt high brow..IMHO
Listen to the actual harmonies in Ive Just Seen a Face, Good Day Sunshine etc
Delmores awesome
jaymebaer 1 year ago
@jaymebaer I agree with everything you say.There was a time when the teenagers of the time would have scoffed at this song,not, realizing,how it influenced the 'rock' music they were listening to..
estelle715 1 year ago
@jaymebaer Hi, I think you have hit the nail on the head . Why were the Delmore's not elected to the Hall of Fame before 2001? it took Nashville a long time to wake up to the treasure under their noses! Maybe they were miffed that the Delmores left the Opry. They were starving and needed to earn some money. 6 months later Bill Monroe joined the Opry and the Delmores faded there. They came back big in the 40's and early 50'sDESPITE not being on the Opry. Rabon died of cancer in 1952 so it ended
ratherknotty 9 months ago
too hayseedie hate hick music
pgholdie 1 year ago
@pgholdie Do you really think anybody gives a $hit what you hate or don't hate?
Arabian64 1 year ago
I can see the rockabilly players and later Beatles and Stones building songs around electric guitar riffs like this.
williamanesbitt 1 year ago
@williamanesbitt
You know, I'm pretty sure I've heard influences of this sorta thing in "Hey Jude" and "Yesterday".
sharkmanki 1 year ago
Thanks, I will check your site out this evening.
terrisonb 1 year ago
Superb post. Thank you so much for sharing. Much appreciated.
Corrie121 1 year ago
Thank you for this posting! Love it, and the Everlys version, too. Also thanks for the link to your website, which has some great Everly Brothers and Delmore Brothers videos.
justmusicandme 1 year ago
@justmusicandme, you can't beat fabulous harmony, Delmores or Everlys, terrific!
AGibsonJ 1 year ago
@justmusicandme Thanks for sharing this and the great links, Loretta!
lettermen1 1 year ago
@justmusicandme The blues need to let me be too. Thank you for sharing this sweet song with me.
----------Ellen
Shabannie 1 year ago
The link that you have in your description apparently does not work. Do you have an updated link?
terrisonb 1 year ago
@terrisonb You're right. I'm very sorry that the link to my site is not working. I’m having trouble with my web host. I think they're going under and my site is not up at the moment. I will find a new host and change the link. It might take me some time. Thanks for commenting.
kitsjuke 1 year ago
@terrisonb My website is up again. I don't know for how long, so visit soon. My current web host is free but unreliable.
kitsjuke 1 year ago
I thought I knew of every old country/blues song that ever existed....but aparently not. I can't imagine how I managed to miss it. This is great.
terrisonb 1 year ago
Is Lonnie Glosson playing harmony with a second harp ? And Henry Glover playing the electric lick I think. Great stuff !!!!!
hairnsap 1 year ago
@hairnsap I believe the guitarist is Zeke Turner.
PeterHackman 1 year ago
@PeterHackman You're correct, it's Zeke Turner, listen to "I'm so lonesome I could cry" by Hank Wiliams, you'll hear Zekes very distinct sound.
hankedful 1 year ago
A niece of the Delmore Brothers, Norma Jean Delmore Hammon, my aunt, passed away yesterday. :-( Blue today.
BeauEvil 1 year ago 2
I Like this song very much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
coolgranny09 1 year ago
Best version performed by The Frantic Flintstones
benkunben 1 year ago 2
Fantastico!!
solblues1 1 year ago 2
Gene Vincent does it great.
paul25343 1 year ago 2
wow
bamerongirl4ever 1 year ago
I'm a rocker but buying an album by the Delmore brothers was one of the best things I've done. Alton and Rabon, 2 farm boys from Alabama. Rabon on 4 string tenor gtr and Alton on 6 string Spanish gtr and sang lead, sometimes they switched parts. Thanks for this posting.
bellgardens53 1 year ago 2
The country of today is hardly country at all. This is real country.
IAmTheWoodenDoors 1 year ago 2
these are my great uncles!
Need2JustLove 2 years ago 2
My father was born in LA (Lower Alabama) in '32 and this is one of his favorites.......mine too.
aprilwino 2 years ago 2
My father was born in Wolf Bayou and grew up with Wayne Raney. Dad has passed on now, but he often spoke kindly of Wayne.
rogeliorulo 2 years ago 3
I'm proud to call the Delmore Brothers my kinfolks :). I just found out tonight how influential of a group they were; it makes me feel privileged.
synfulwil 2 years ago 3
If you're kin to them, you're my kin...hit me up!!!
shreveptech 2 years ago 3
Is there anybody who can tell me something about the harmonika? I mean....C?D? G? or F?
kornelius1954 2 years ago 2
@kornelius1954
They're playin' in E
:c)
ginmillsinger 2 years ago
Use a harmonica a fifth away from the key the guitar is in.
macvoutie 2 years ago 2
:):)
kornelius1954 2 years ago
I highly recommend checking out the Louvin Brother's Tribute To The Delmore Brothers album. It's great.
loverofcountry506070 2 years ago
Great song. Heard this countless time on the radio back when it first came out. Easy listening. Thanks for posting this.
damnliar 2 years ago 4
Check out the Notting Hillbillies version of this song. Its very good.
darrowby1972 2 years ago
I'm glad that so many people are enjoying this. I would have liked to have been able to upload a slide show for the Burnette version as well, but copyright prevented it. It seems a bit ironic to me, because I'm sure that many people, like myself, have discovered great music on youtube and have gone on to buy a CD or a track.
kitsjuke 2 years ago 2
you're right, when I come across good music on youtube I always try to find it on itunes and buy it. some times greed will cause you to miss out on opportunities to make money lol
clintonious 2 years ago
@kitsjuke ...and some of us have bought a LOT of CDs because of having a CHANCE to check out the songs and the many versions and, most important, the originals, on YouTube. Guess some people never have enough "profit".
michaelgerarddejong 1 year ago
A couple of people have now managed to post the Burnette version.
kitsjuke 1 year ago
For this London boy from the sixties,this music be it Black,white or from mars reach,s into my heart and soul.
ballybuniontom 2 years ago 9
@ballybuniontom
Terrific! It's both, by the way...produced and co-written by a black man (the legendary Henry Glover) in tandem with the Delmores and harmonica master Wayne Raney, courtesy of King Records, America's first integrated record label.
dogkelp 1 month ago
Beautiful.
HeinzHarz 2 years ago 3
yes - stay away please! ;)
VALG81 2 years ago
Great song by the Delmores--Listen to the Everly version, too.
justmusicandme 2 years ago
Didn't Wayne Rainey do "Baby Buggy Boogie" too?!
soundsfromnothing 2 years ago
I've read Alton's book. These guys were hard done by at both the Opry and the record companies. I just love 'em. Very unique, genuine sound.
Mick
UMIBL 2 years ago 3
Pure class...influenced a generation. DT
DTDexter 3 years ago 8
What a great American song!You can't get much better than this!Makes you proud to be from the good ole U.S.A.!thanks!
estelle715 3 years ago 3
Please don't ruin something as beautiful as music with something as ugly as nationalism or patriotism.
AnthemicPolemic 2 years ago 4
I appreciate where you're coming from, but I disagree. If I were from the US, I'd be very proud of the spicy gumbo mix that was my popular musical heritage. However, I also hope that I would be critical of the racism which, unfortunately, has often featured in the history of American music. When you listen to the Delmore Brothers you can detect the influences (not only the European folk roots, but also the Blues and ragtime etc). Sometimes people seem to want to deny that there is this mix.
kitsjuke 2 years ago
Sweet - check out Lorena done by John Hartford too.
greatmysticbushape 3 years ago
This record was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.
renew2day 3 years ago 3
Dont think I ever heard the Burnette version but I did hear Wanda Jackson here on the tube and liked that very much as well. I guess with a song as good as this unless you sing and/or play out a tune you got a good chance at making people happy. If you get a hold of Burnette and The Bands versions (Garth's sax solo rocks) please post. Thanks for this one.
macvoutie 3 years ago
your right i have a version by gene vincent sounds great .and a realy great version by jean shepard
neddysea 3 years ago
If you want to see something real cute go to jcpc1982 here on the tube. It's 3 kids a boy and 2 girls (sisters and brother). They do this song and they do it very well.
macvoutie 3 years ago
My heart's with The Bands version but these boys wrote it and so this is the definitve version and man it sounds great.
macvoutie 3 years ago 2
The first version I heard was by Johnny Burnette and his Rock'n'Roll Trio. It was more up tempo, electrified and had whoops of 'Oh Lawdy'. I think I'm a natural historian. I like to go back and listen to the original. Sometimes I prefer the original. Often I like both versions (they are just different).
kitsjuke 3 years ago
Oh the black-blues influence here is totally undeniable. It is probably the single most important genre when it comes to most popular US music prior to the electronic music generation. It is a nation of immigrants (as most are) and the music is as rich and varied, so to have a pride in a consolidated and pure nationalism is just plain silly.
AnthemicPolemic 2 years ago 5
@AnthemicPolemic
quoted to the core :)
bluetone 1 year ago
That's interesting, I have this version on an old 78 and it is the version I prefer. I guess that what you hear first sticks with you!
fetteclan 1 year ago
Great song. Great harmonica. Great singing.
Thanks for posting.
madmodpo 3 years ago 3