A Tribute to the Delmore Brothers is an album by American

United States

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 country music

Country music

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 duo The Louvin Brothers, released in 1960.

The Delmore Brothers

The Delmore Brothers

Alton Delmore and Rabon Delmore , billed as The Delmore Brothers, were country music pioneers and stars of the Grand Ole Opry in the 1930s...

 were country music pioneers and stars of the Grand Ole Opry

Grand Ole Opry

The Grand Ole Opry is a weekly country music stage concert in Nashville, Tennessee, that has presented the biggest stars of that genre since 1925. It is also among the longest-running broadcasts in history since its beginnings as a one-hour radio "barn dance" on WSM-AM...

 in the 1930s.

Reception

In his Allmusic review, Bruce Eder stated: "You could listen to music for 50 years and not hear harmonies as sweet or playing as nimble as what's on A Tribute to the Delmore Brothers. The album was one top-flight brother harmony duo paying tribute to the first great brother harmony duo in recording history."

Music critic Bob Yates of No Depression wrote, "...the great songs of the Delmores sung by country music’s finest brother duet... rightly ranks as one of the music’s best tribute albums."

Reissues

• In 1992, all of the tracks from A Tribute to the Delmore Brothers were included in the Close Harmony
  Close Harmony (Louvin Brothers album)
  Close Harmony is a box set of The Louvin Brothers recordings. It is an eight-CD box set and was released in 1992.-History:Close Harmony contains 219 songs from the duo's years with Capitol, Decca, MGM, and Apollo, presented in chronological order along with session notes.The recordings include such...
  
  8-CD box set issued by Bear Family Records
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• A Tribute to the Delmore Brothers was reissued on CD by Capitol in 1996.
• A Tribute to the Delmore Brothers was reissued on CD by Capitol in 1999 with Country Love Ballads
  Country Love Ballads
  Country Love Ballads is an album by American country music duo The Louvin Brothers, released in 1958.Producer Ken Nelson set up recording sessions in August 1958 to record enough tracks for two albums. The first was to become Country Love Ballads, the second the gospel music for Satan Is Real...
  
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• A Tribute to the Delmore Brothers was reissued on CD by Capitol Nashville in 2007.

Track listing

All songs by Alton Delmore and Rabon Delmore unless otherwise noted.

1. "Weary Lonesome Blues" – 2:42
2. "Midnight Special
   Midnight Special (song)
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   " (Traditional) – 2:40
3. "Blues Stay Away from Me" (A. Delmore, R. Delmore, Wayne Raney
   Wayne Raney
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   , Henry Glover) – 3:21
4. "Sand Mountain Blues" – 2:28
5. "Southern Moon" – 2:38
6. "Nashville Blues" – 2:53
7. "Brown's Ferry Blues" – 2:53
8. "When It's Time for the Whippoorwill to Sing" – 2:09
9. "Freight Train Boogie" – 3:01
10. "Put Me on the Train to Carolina" – 3:10
11. "Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar" – 2:45
12. "The Last Old Shovel" (Traditional) – 2:20

Personnel

• Charlie Louvin
  Charlie Louvin
  Charles Elzer Loudermilk , known professionally as Charlie Louvin, was an American country music singer and songwriter. He is best known as one of the Louvin Brothers, and was a member of the Grand Ole Opry since 1955.-Biography:Born in Henagar, Alabama, Louvin was one of 7 children...
  
   – vocals, guitar
• Ira Louvin
  Ira Louvin
  Ira Lonnie Loudermilk , known professionally as Ira Louvin, was an American country music singer, mandolinist and songwriter. He was a cousin of songwriter John D. Loudermilk.-Biography:...
  
   – vocals, mandolin
• Jimmy Capps – guitar

Production notes:

• Ken Nelson
  Ken Nelson (United States record producer)
  Kenneth F. Nelson was a American record producer and A & R man for Capitol Records.-Early life:Born in Caledonia, Minnesota, at the age of 14, Nelson made his radio single debut as a singer in 1925...
  
   – producer