The Country Music Hall of Fame® & Museum Celebrates The Delmore Brothers With Live Music & Reflections

The Country Music Hall of Fame® & Museum Celebrates
The Delmore Brothers With Live Music & Reflections


December 2 Event Marks 90th Anniversary Of Duo’s 1926 Stage Debut


“The Delmore Brothers, God, I really loved them!  I think they’ve influenced every
harmony I’ve ever tried to sing!” – Bob Dylan

Nashville, TN (November 22, 2016) – The Country Music Hall of Fame® & Museum will celebrate the 90th
anniversary of the Delmore Brothers’ stage debut with a program on
Friday, December 2, from 12:30 – 1:30 p.m. in the Taylor Swift Education
Center. 
In his book, Truth Is Stranger Than Publicity,
Alton Delmore gives a personal account of the brothers’ career and
offers his insights into the early days of the Country music industry.
 Music journalist and author Barry Mazor will lead a discussion about
the book and the Delmore Brothers’ illustrious career, while
Alton Delmore’s youngest daughter, Debby, will share personal reflections.  In a live performance, The Farmer and Adele will entertain with Delmore Brothers’ hits “Blues Stay Away From Me” and “Blow Your Whistle Freight Train,” proving the continued relevance of Alton and Rabon’s music.  “The home of Country music is the perfect setting to share their personal stories and legendary songs,” says Sherry Bond, publisher of the Delmore catalog.  “It will be a compelling hour, and one their fans won’t want to miss.”
 

The Farmer and Adele  (Keenan Wade and Grace Adele)
Credit: Martha Moore

Lauded as one of the greatest brother duos of all time Alton (December 25, 1908 – June 8, 1964) and Rabon (December
3, 1916 – December 4, 1952) captured listeners with their
elegant harmonies, skillful songwriting and Blues-influenced sound. 
Their posthumous induction into the
Country Music Hall of Fame
in 2001 marked a career that began at a fiddling contest in 1926.  As
Alton explains in his book, each act needed a stage name to enter the
competition.  “The boy at the door said, ‘since you two are brothers,
why don’t you just call yourselves the Delmore Brothers?'”  Ninety years
later, the name still exemplifies the best in traditional Country music
and continues to resonate with fans old and new. 
Admission to the program is free with museum admission or a museum membership. For more information about the program, visit countrymusichalloffame.org.
ABOUT DELMORE BROTHERS
Alton
and Rabon were born in Elkmont, Alabama and a stone monument was
erected in their honor at the Elkmont Town Hall on November 12, 2016. 
The brothers enjoyed success from 1926-1952 and starred on the Grand Ole
Opry throughout the 1930s.  They were pioneers of the Country genre who
enjoyed enormous popularity and a string of hits that includes standbys: “There’s More Pretty Girls Than One,” “Beautiful Brown Eyes,” “Southern Moon,” “When It’s Time for the Whippoorwill to Sing,” and “Fifteen Miles to Birmingham.”
  


ABOUT CMHF     


The Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum
collects, preserves, and interprets country music and its history for
the education and entertainment of diverse audiences. In exhibits,
publications, and educational programs, the museum explores the cultural
importance and enduring beauty of the art form. The museum is operated
by the Country Music Foundation, a not-for-profit 501 (c)(3) educational
organization chartered by the state of Tennessee in 1964. The museum is
accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, and in 2015 welcomed
over one million patrons, placing it among the ten most-visited history
museums in the U.S. The Country Music Foundation operates Historic RCA
Studio BTM, Hatch Show Print
®
poster shop, CMF Records, the Frist Library and Archive, and CMF Press.
Museum programs are supported by Metropolitan Nashville Arts
Commission, Tennessee Arts Commission, and the National Endowment for
the Arts.
More information about the Country Music Hall of Fame® and Museum is available at www.countrymusichalloffame.org  or by calling (615) 416-2001.

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