Delmore Brothers: Blues Stays Away From Me 1931–1951

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1Lorena the Slave
recorded in:
New Orleans, Louisiana, United States (on 1935-01-22)
guitar and lead vocals:
Alton Delmore (on 1935-01-22)
tenor guitar and background vocals:
Rabon Delmore (on 1935-01-22)
recording of:
Lorena, The Slave (on 1935-01-22)
writer:
[traditional]
2:38
2Take Away This Lonesome Day
recorded in:
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States (on 1936-02-17)
guitar and lead vocals:
Alton Delmore (on 1936-02-17)
tenor guitar and background vocals:
Rabon Delmore (on 1936-02-17)
recording of:
Take Away This Lonesome Day (on 1936-02-17)
writer:
Alton Delmore
3:04
3It’s Takin’ Me Down
recorded in:
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States (on 1936-02-17)
guitar and lead vocals:
Alton Delmore (on 1936-02-17)
tenor guitar and background vocals:
Rabon Delmore (on 1936-02-17)
recording of:
It's Takin' Me Down (on 1936-02-17)
writer:
The Delmore Brothers
2:36
4Lonesome Yodel Blues #2
recorded in:
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States (on 1936-02-17)
guitar and lead vocals:
Alton Delmore (on 1936-02-17)
tenor guitar and background vocals:
Rabon Delmore (on 1936-02-17)
recording of:
Lonesome Yodel Blues (on 1936-02-17)
writer:
The Delmore Brothers
2:29
5Goodbye Booze
guitar and lead vocals:
Alton Delmore (on 1938-01-25)
tenor guitar and background vocals:
Rabon Delmore (on 1938-01-25)
recorded at:
Hotel Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States (on 1938-01-25)
cover recording of:
Goodbye Booze (on 1938-01-25)
writer:
Charlie Poole
2:37
6Careless Love
guitar and lead vocals:
Alton Delmore (on 1938-01-26)
tenor guitar and background vocals:
Rabon Delmore (on 1938-01-26)
recorded at:
Hotel Charlotte in Charlotte, North Carolina, United States (on 1938-01-26)
recording of:
Careless Love (on 1938-01-26)
writer:
[traditional]
2:26
7Over the Hills
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1940-02-06)
guitar and lead vocals:
Alton Delmore (on 1940-02-06)
tenor guitar and background vocals:
Rabon Delmore (on 1940-02-06)
recording of:
Over the Hills (on 1940-02-06)
writer:
Alton Delmore
2:44
8Rainin’ on the Moutain
2:35
9The Storms Are on the Ocean
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1940-02-06)
guitar and lead vocals:
Alton Delmore (on 1940-02-06)
tenor guitar and background vocals:
Rabon Delmore (on 1940-02-06)
cover recording of:
Storms Are on the Ocean (on 1940-02-06)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
Peer International Corporation
2:43
10See That Coon in a Hickory Tree
recorded in:
Atlanta, Georgia, United States (on 1940-02-06)
guitar and lead vocals:
Alton Delmore (on 1940-02-06)
tenor guitar and background vocals:
Rabon Delmore (on 1940-02-06)
recording of:
See That Coon in a Hickory Tree (on 1940-02-06)
writer:
The Delmore Brothers
2:38
11Midnight Train
double bass:
Roy Starkey (in 1946-01)
guitar:
Alton Delmore (in 1946-01) and Louis Innis (in 1946-01)
tenor guitar and background vocals:
Rabon Delmore (in 1946-01)
lead vocals:
Alton Delmore (in 1946-01)
vocals:
Alton Delmore (in 1946-01) and Rabon Delmore (in 1946-01)
recorded at:
King Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (in 1946-01)
recording of:
Midnight Train (First line: "I have been all around my old home town...") (in 1946-01)
lyricist and composer:
Alton Delmore
2:02
12I Won’t Be Worried Long
double bass:
Roy Starkey (in 1946-01)
guitar and lead vocals:
Alton Delmore (in 1946-01)
tenor guitar and background vocals:
Rabon Delmore (in 1946-01)
recorded at:
King Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (in 1946-01)
recording of:
I Won't Be Worried Long (in 1946-01)
writer:
Alton Delmore
2:39
13Mississipi Shore
2:54
14Going Back to the Blue Ridge Moutains
double bass:
Unknown, possibly Roy Starkey (in 1946-09)
guitar:
Alton Delmore (in 1946-09) and Unknown, possibly Jethro Burns (in 1946-09)
harmonica:
Wayne Raney (in 1946-09)
tenor guitar:
Rabon Delmore (in 1946-09)
vocals:
Alton Delmore (in 1946-09) and Rabon Delmore (in 1946-09)
recorded at:
E.T. Herzog Recording Company in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (in 1946-09)
recording of:
Going Back to the Blue Ridge Mountains (in 1946-09)
lyricist and composer:
Jim Scott
publisher:
Lois
2:50
15Long Journey Home
guitar and lead vocals:
Alton Delmore (on 1947-10-07)
tenor guitar and background vocals:
Rabon Delmore (on 1947-10-07)
recording of:
My Long Journey Home (on 1947-10-07)
writer:
[traditional]
2:44
16Blues Stay Away From Me
producer:
Henry Glover
double bass:
Louie Innis (on 1949-05-05)
electric guitar:
Zeke Turner (on 1949-05-05)
guitar:
Alton Delmore (on 1949-05-05)
harmonica:
Lonnie Glosson (on 1949-05-05) and Wayne Raney (on 1949-05-05)
tenor guitar:
Rabon Delmore (on 1949-05-05)
vocals:
Alton Delmore (on 1949-05-05), Rabon Delmore (on 1949-05-05) and Wayne Raney (on 1949-05-05)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Gusto Records, Inc. (in 1979)
recorded at:
King Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1949-05-05)
recording of:
Blues Stay Away From Me (on 1949-05-05)
lyricist:
Alton Delmore, Rabon Delmore and Wayne Raney
composer:
Henry Glover
publisher:
Fort Knox Music, Fort Knox Music Co, Lois, Lois Publishing and Trio Music
2:49
17Life’s Too Short
double bass:
Louie Innis (on 1950-05-05)
guitar and lead vocals:
Alton Delmore (on 1950-05-05)
harmonica:
Lonnie Glosson (on 1950-05-05) and Wayne Raney (on 1950-05-05)
tenor guitar and background vocals:
Rabon Delmore (on 1950-05-05)
recorded at:
King Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1950-05-05)
recording of:
Life's Too Short ("Here today and gone tomorrow, life's too short to borrow sorrow...") (on 1950-10-05)
writer:
Alton Delmore and Rabon Delmore
publisher:
Lois
3:01
18The Girl by the River
guitar and lead vocals:
Alton Delmore (on 1951-03-12)
harmonica:
Wayne Raney (on 1951-03-12)
tenor guitar:
Rabon Delmore (on 1951-03-12)
vocals:
Rabon Delmore (on 1951-03-12) and Wayne Raney (on 1951-03-12)
recorded at:
King Studios in Cincinnati, Ohio, United States (on 1951-03-12)
recording of:
The Girl by the River (on 1951-03-12)
writer:
Alton Delmore and Rabon Delmore
publisher:
Lois
3:05