LP Capitol T-1449 (1960)
THE LOUVIN BROTHERS: A TRIBUTE TO THE DELMORE BROTHERS
Lonesome Blues (aka "Weary Lonesome Blues") | Brown’s Ferry Blues |
Midnight Special | When It’s Time for the Whippoorwill to Sing |
Blues Stay Away from Me | Freight Train Blues (aka "Freight Train Boogie") |
Sand Mountain Blues | Put Me on the Trail to Carolina |
Southern Moon | Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar |
Nashville Blues | The Last Old Shovel |
With Ira (tenor vocal, Rabon's tenor guitar), Charlie Louvin (baritone vocal, guitar), Jimmy Capps (guitar), Junior Huskey (bass).
Reissued later on LP by Golden Country and on CD by Capitol and Gusto.
LP Monument MLP-8041/ SLP-18041 (stereo) (1966)
GRANDPA JONES: GRANDPA JONES REMEMBERS THE BROWN’S FERRY FOUR
On the Jericho Road | Keep on the Firing Line |
I’ll Meet You in the Morning | Just Over in the Glory Land |
When I Get to the End of the Way | Old Camp Meetin’ Time |
No Tears in Heaven | Empty Mansion |
Gone Home | The Glory Land Way |
Turn Your Radio on |
With Grandpa Jones (baritone vocal, guitar or banjo), Merle Travis (bass vocal, guitar), Jerry Byrd (guitar), Red Rector (baritone vocal, mandolin), Ramona Jones (tenor vocal). Reissued later on LP Country Classics.
LP Sims LP-144 (1967)
THE MATTHEWS BROTHERS: HITS OF THE DELMORE BROTHERS
Maple on the Hill | Memphis Bound |
When It's Time for the Whippoorwill to Sing | Sinful to Flirt |
Blues Stay Away from Me | Going Back to Texas |
This Old White Mule of Mine | Lay Down My Old Guitar |
Southern Moon | Brown's Ferry Blues |
Good Times in Memphis | Carry Me Back to the Land of My Dream |
With Chuck and Lynn Matthews (vocals & guitars)
The last Sims LP until they came back in the early 1990s.
LP Rural Rhythm RB-196 (1968)
THE RITCHEY BROTHERS: A TRIBUTE TO THE DELMORE BROTHERS
Sand Mountain Blues | Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar |
Nashville Blues | Trailing Arbutus |
Blues Stay Away from Me | On the Mississippi Shore |
Blue Ridge Mountain Home | Kentucky |
Southern Moon | Weary Lonesome Blues |
Mountain Laurel | Fallen Leaf Waltz |
When It’s Time for the Whippoorwill to Sing | Code of the Mountains |
Alabama Lullaby | Sweet Bunch of Daisies |
Pretty Flowers | Sorry I Caused You to Cry |
God Put a Rainbow in the Clouds | Heavenly Light Is Shining on Me |
Down Yonder |
With Melvin and Galen Ritchey (vocals, guitar and tenor guitar), Smiley Sutter (harmonica), Peggy Peterson (dobro).
LP Capitol ST-249 (1969)
MERLE TRAVIS & JOHNNY BOND: GREAT SONGS OF THE DELMORE BROTHERS
Blues Stay Away from Me | Brown’s Ferry Blues |
Blue Railroad Train | Blow Yo’ Whistle, Freight Train |
There’s More Pretty Girls Than One | Beautiful Brown Eyes |
Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar | When It’s Time for the Whippoorwill to Sing |
Field Hand Man | The Weary Lonesome Blues |
With Merle Travis (vocal, guitar), Johnny Bond (vocal, rhythm guitar), Bob Moore (bass), Buddy Harman (drums), Charlie McCoy (harmonica), Bill Pursell (piano), unidentified (vocal chorus).
LP Old Homestead OHS-80007 (1975)
THE VIRGINIA DRIFTERS: A DELMORE BROTHERS TRIBUTE
Weary Lonesome Blues | When It’s Time for the Whippoorwill |
Southern Moon | Poplar Creek Ramble |
I‘m Leaving on That Train | Broken Hearted Lover |
Nashville Blues | Rounder’s Blues |
Hillbilly Boogie | Heart of Sorrow |
Lonely Moon | Somebody Else’s Darling |
The Last Old Shovel | No Drunkards Can Enter There |
The Frozen Girl |
With Claude Smith (guitar), Benton McClanahan (mandolin), Roger Boyd (banjo), Tony Stubbs (rhythm guitar), Danny McClanahan (electric bass), unidentified (vocals)
LP Davis Unlimited DU-33036 (1977)
THE ENGLAND BROTHERS: TWILIGHT IN ALABAMA
When It’s Time for the Whippoorwill to Sing | Twilight in Alabama |
Maple on the Hill | Southern Moon |
What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul | Eastbound Train |
Weary Lonesome Blues | I’m Leavin’ You |
Sinful to Flirt | I Need the Prayers |
Sand Mountain Blues | Leaving on That Train |
Springtime in the Rockies | Young Hearts |
Hillbilly Boogie |
With Otis and Orby England (vocals, tenor guitar & guitar)
LP Golden Country LP-2203 (circa 1980)
THE LOUVIN BROTHERS: SING THE SONGS OF THE DELMORES
Weary Lonesome Blues | Brown’s Ferry Blues |
Midnight Special | When It’s Time for the Whippoorwill to Sing |
Blues Stay Away from Me | Freight Train Blues (aka Freight Train Boogie) |
Sand Mountain Blues | Put Me on the Trail to Carolina |
Southern Moon | Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar |
Nashville Blues | The Last Old Shovel |
Same as Capitol T-1449 with a different cover
LP Kim-Pat KLP-1019 (circa 1980)
THE MATTHEWS BROTHERS: SING GOSPEL DELMORE BROTHERS STYLE
Where the Soul Never Dies | This Train to Glory |
A Light Guiding Me | Lonesome Valley |
Turn Your Radio on | No Drunkard Shall Enter There |
Prettiest Bed of Flowers | Old Camp Meeting Time |
Will the Circle Be Unbroken | Revelations 21 |
The Family That Prays |
With Chuck and Lynn Matthews (vocals & guitars)
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