Nine Pound Hammer The Hill Billies (1926)

The original 1927 recording by Charlie Bowman, Al Hopkins, John Hopkins, and Tony Alderman...Better known as The Hill Billies. This is the first ever recording of the song Nine Pound Hammer, which was written and arranged for recording by Charlie Bowman...It is this version of the song that went on to be a standard, performed by many of todays(and yesterdays) country and bluegrass artists.

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Music

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• charlie bowman
• al hopkins
• the hillbillys
• cabinbowman
• fiddle classics
• nine pound hammer original
• early country music
• oldtime music

[cabinbowman]

Hey thanks tara! Great to see you and others discovering this music! Most of the good stuff came out in 1926-1927. I'm no music historian but it's good to document this stuff for future reference. Thanks again glad you enjoy the music/story~Scott

[cabinbowman]

Much appreciated, many thanks! ~The Bowman Family

[cabinbowman]

Thanks gruntle! Glad you like it, seems like more and more folks are starting to appreciate OldTime music. Coming soon "East Tennessee Blues", another CHarlie Bowman song.

[gfunkwillyfry]

wow, thanks for sharing!!!

[DAVESPOTNICK]

really good music i have a copy of take my boots off when i die by the hill billys but not sure how to down load it.

[stevenfd123]

Had no idea the song was this old. Closest I have heard to these original verses is the version done by Jim & Jesse.

[CARLMARK68]

you can't beat this old style , Carl ,, Ireland

[Doctorbluegrass]

Unreal stuff. I am loving the Hillbillies. THANKS so darn much!

Campbell Mercer

[anotherbowman]

Great job cousin. THIS IS THE ORIGINAL! I researched Nine-pound Hammer and everybody else is claiming ownership and many versions.

A lot of folks give Merle Travis credit for writing the song but he didn't record it until 1946,

These are the originals and my grandfather is hitting the spike on the record.