Country music has always featured brother acts. The most prolific included the Delmore Brothers, the Blue Sky Boys and the Monroe Brothers. This collection focuses mainly on Austin and Lee Allen. The first three CD's are devoted to them and the fourth deals with their fraternal contemporaries. By the early 1920's, already professional musicians, they settled in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Chattanooga would feature in a number of their titles to the extent they were dubbed the Chattanooga Boys. In Chattanooga the Allen's got on radio once or twice a week - a bonus because radio was then the most effective form of publicity. The result was lucrative bookings as far afield as Georgia. They also performed for medicine shows - the musicians gathered a receptive audience for the show owner to exploit. The Allen's seem to have entered the recording studio fairly seamlessly and they had decent record sales. They recorded regularly - most years twice or more. Their sales were sufficient for them to continue to record well into the 1930's - many musicians were discarded because of the depression. Possibly their best-selling title was the slightly risquÃ© a New Salty Dog. Other good sellers were Jake Walk Blues and Reckless Night Blues. Inevitably new brother acts like the Shelton's, the Anglin's and the Crowder's overtook the Allen's, and a few of those are also included.

Tracklist:

Allen Brothers: Frisco Blues
Allen Brothers: Tiple Blues
Allen Brothers: Prisoner's Dream
Allen Brothers: I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
Allen Brothers: Free a Little Bird
Allen Brothers: Skipping and Flying
Allen Brothers: I've Got the Chain Store Blues
Allen Brothers: The Enforcement Blues
Allen Brothers: Jake Walk Blues 1
Allen Brothers: Reckless Night Blues 1
Allen Brothers: New Chattanooga Blues 1
Allen Brothers: Shanghai Rooster Blues 1
Allen Brothers: Price of Cotton Blues 1
Allen Brothers: I'm Always Whistling the Blues 1
Allen Brothers: Roll Down the Line 1
Allen Brothers: Old Black Crow in the Hickory Nut Tree 1
Allen Brothers: Baby When You Coming Back Home 1
Allen Brothers: Long Gone from Bowling Green 1
Allen Brothers: Red Pajama Sal 2
Allen Brothers: New Deal Blues 2
Allen Brothers: Mercy Mercy Blues 2
Allen Brothers: Padlock Key Blues 2
Allen Brothers: Daddy Park Your Car 2
Allen Brothers: Misbehavin Mama 2
Allen Brothers: Midnight Mama 2
Allen Brothers: Salty Dog Blues 2
Allen Brothers: Bow Wow Blues 2
Allen Brothers: Chattanooga Blues 2
Allen Brothers: Laughin and Cryin Blues 3
Allen Brothers: Ain't That Skippin and Flyin 3
Allen Brothers: Cheat Em 3
Allen Brothers: No Low Down Hanging Around 3
Allen Brothers: Maybe Next Week Sometime 3
Allen Brothers: A New Salty Dog 3
Allen Brothers: Preacher Blues 3
Allen Brothers: When You Leave, You'll Leave Me Sad 3
Allen Brothers: Chattanooga Mama 3
Allen Brothers: It S Too Bad for You 3
Allen Brothers: Slide Daddy Slide 4
Allen Brothers: Pile Drivin Papa 4
Allen Brothers: Shake It Ida Shake It 4
Allen Brothers: Roll It Down 4
Allen Brothers: Mother-In-Law Blues 4
Allen Brothers: Unlucky Man 4
Allen Brothers: Laughin and Cryin 4
Allen Brothers: Monkey Blues 4
Allen Brothers: Chattanooga Mama 4
Allen Brothers: Drunk and Nutty Blues 4
Allen Brothers: Salty Dog Hey Hey Hey 5
Allen Brothers: Hey Buddy Won't You Roll Down the Line 5
Allen Brothers: Allen Brothers Rag 5
Allen Brothers: Skippin and Flyin 5
Allen Brothers: When a Mans Got a Woman 5
Allen Brothers: Rough Neck Blues 5
Allen Brothers: Slipping Clutch Blues 5
Allen Brothers: Please Pay in Advance 5
Allen Brothers: Allen's Lying Blues 5
Allen Brothers: Midnight Mama 5
Allen Brothers: Glorious Night Blues 6
Allen Brothers: Inspiration 6
Allen Brothers: Crossfiring Blues 6
Allen Brothers: I LL Be Here a Long Long Time 6
Allen Brothers: It Can't Be Done 6
Allen Brothers: Windowshade Blues 6
Allen Brothers: Maybe Next Week Sometime - No. 2 6
Allen Brothers: Fruit Jar Blues 6
Allen Brothers: Lightning Bug Blues 6
Allen Brothers: Warm Knees Blues 6
Allen Brothers: Red Hot Rambling Dan 7
Allen Brothers: The Prisoner S Dream 7
Kessinger Brothers: Kanawha County Rag - Kessinger Brothers 7
Kessinger Brothers: West Virginia Special - Kessinger Brothers 7
Morris Brothers: Let Me Be Your Salty Dog - the Morris Brothers 7
Morris Brothers: Darling Think What You Have Done - the Morris Brothers 7
Shelton Brothers: Deep Elem Blues - the Shelton Brothers 7
Shelton Brothers: Four or Five Times - the Shelton Brothers 7
Oscar ; Doc Harper: Bitter Creek - Oscar ; Doc Harper 7
Oscar ; Doc Harper: Twinkle Little Star - Oscar ; Doc Harper 7
Woodie Brothers: Likes Likker Better Than Me - Woodie Brothers 8
Woodie Brothers: Chased Old Satan Through the Door - Woodie Brothers 8
Lewis Brothers: Bull at the Wagon - Lewis Brothers 8
Lewis Brothers: Sally Johnson - Lewis Brothers 8
McGee Brothers: C-H-I-C-K-E-N Spells Chicken - McGhee Brothers 8
McGee Brothers: Salty Dog Blues - McGhee Brothers 8
Stripling Brothers: Dance All Night with a Bottle in My Hand - Stripling Brothers 8
Stripling Brothers: Horse Shoe Bend - Stripling Brothers 8
Anglin Brothers: Southern Whoopee Song - the Anglin Brothers 8
Anglin Brothers: Just Inside the Pearly Gates - the Anglin Brothers 8
Crowder Brothers: Depot Blues - the Crowder Brothers 9
Crowder Brothers: I Don't Let the Girls Worry My Mind - the Crowder Brothers 9
Ray Brothers: Jake Leg Wobble - Ray Brothers 9
Ray Brothers: Friday Night Waltz - Ray Brothers 9
Hatton Brothers: Hook and Line - Hatton Brothers 9
Hatton Brothers: Wish I Had My Time Again - Hatton Brothers

UPC: 788065718220
Label: Jsp Records
Release Date: 2.17.15
Format: CD

Allen Brothers - Allen Brothers & Other Country Brother Acts (CD)