Who in the world are the Delmore Brothers? There is help for those of us who don't have a clue and are curious about who the Delmore Brothers were. Hill Spirit has pulled together general information to share.
Born in Elkmont in the early decades of the 1900s, Alton and Rabon Delmore were the sons of tenant farmers. They grew up amid a rich tradition of gospel and Appalachian folk music. Their mother, Mollie Delmore, wrote and sang gospel songs for their church.
The brothers blended gospel-style harmonies with the quicker guitar work of traditional folk music and the blues to help create the still-emerging genre of country. Billed as The Delmore Brothers, they were country music pioneers and stars of the Grand Ole Opry in the 1930s. Over the course of their careers, the Delmores wrote more than one thousand songs. Some of the most popular were "Brown's Ferry Blues," "Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar" and "Fifteen Miles from Birmingham.
The Delmore Brothers had a profound impact on the history of country music and American popular music .They were inducted into the Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2001.
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