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The Allen Brothers
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1) The Allen Brothers (Austin Allen born February 7, 1901 - died January 5, 1959 and Lee Allen born June 1, 1906 - died February 24, 1981) were an American country music duo popular in the 1920s and 1930s. They were nicknamed "The Chattanooga Boys" since many of their songs mentioned Chattanooga. 2) Red Allen's sons Ronnie, Greg, Neal and Harley performed and recorded as the Allen Brothers, both with and without their father, throughout the 1970s and 1980s. In 2005, Red Allen was inducted into the IBMA Bluegrass Hall of Fame. 1) The brothers were born and raised in Sewanee, Tennessee and they both learned to sing and play musical instruments, Austin played the banjo while Lee concentrated on the guitar and kazoo.As they grew up they were influenced by local jazz and blues artists such as the guitarist and Mississippi river boat performer May Bell and the street singers the Two Poor Boys. By the early 1920s, they were performing in small coal-mining communities in the South doing medicine shows and Vaudeville onstage. They received a recording contract on Columbia Records and recorded for the first time on April 7, 1927. At this first session they recorded "Salty Dog Blues" which became their first hit selling around 18 000 copies. Columbia, by mistake, placed one of their recordings in the "race" series (reserved for black artists) instead of its "hillbilly" series. The brothers threatened to bring a lawsuit against Columbia but in the end they decided to move to Victor Rec
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Classic Southern Gospel From Smithsonian Folkways
Salty Dog Blues - 1920s Classics
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Good For What Ails You: Music Of The Medicine Shows 1926–1937
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TTRH Season 1 - 16 - Dogs
Are You Feeling It Too?
Chattanooga Boys
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Old Time Blues Recordings
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The History of Country & Western
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Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time, And End Time Music, 1923-1936
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Work Hard, Play Hard, Pray Hard: Hard Time, Good Time & End Time Music, 1923-1936
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Speakeasy Music of the 1920's