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The Dixon Brothers Vol 3 1937 - 1938 £7.49

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Rambling Duet

Dorsey and Beatrice Dixon

Beatrice Dixon

Dixon Brothers

TRACK LIST

Dorsey and Beatrice Dixon 01 - Satisfied at last 02 - Shining city over the river Rambling Duet 03 - Honey it`s just because 04 - Back to my Wyoming home 05 - I can`t tell why I love you 06 - Under the old cherry tree Dorsey and Beatrice Dixon 07 - Anywhere is home 08 - Where shall I be? Rambling Duet 09 - Woman`s answer to what is home without love 10 - Hobo Jack the rambler 11 - More pretty girls than one - part 3 12 - There`s a place in my home for mother 13 - Bootlegger`s story 14 - Wonder who`s kissing her - part 2 15 - Prisoner`s plea 16 - Faithless husband Dixon Brothers 17 - down with the old canoe 18 - I didn`t hear nobody pray 19 - Glorious light is dawning 20 - Have courage to only say no 21 - A mother, a father, a baby 22 - A church at the foot of the hill

The third of four volumes, chronicling the recording career of one of country music’s most individualistic of the so-called “brother acts” which flourished in during the thirties. Dorsey and Howard Dixon hailed from South Carolina. Among their influences was Darby and Tarlton. Howard was awed by Jimmie’s skill in playing lap style slide on his National steel guitar. In turn the Dixon brother’s recordings influenced many others including Darby and Tarlton who recorded a cover of Weave Room Blues as The Weaver’s Blues. Their repertoire encompassed a mixture of blues, ballads, a handful of religious songs and even a few cowboy songs. This collection kicks off with Just Because a song which had been a hit for the Shelton Brothers and would later be recorded by Elvis Presley. Bootleggers Story sung to the tune made famous two years earlier by Roy Acuff is the first of two references to the singing cowboy star. I Didn’t Hear Anybody Pray is a moralising tale of drunken driving. Dorsey based it upon an incident that he witnessed himself when there was a wreck at the Trianlge Filling Station in Rockingham in 1936. It seems that Acuff heard the Dixon Brothers recording and, assuming the song was “traditional”, recorded it under the title Wreck On The Highway. Litigation followed and resulted in Dorsey’s favour. Though their recording career was short, spanning only two years, their records sold well. As these four volumes demonstrate, the Dixon brothers were one of the finest country vocal / guitar duets to record. Informative booklet notes by Keith Briggs and detailed discography.