DELMORE BROTHERS

DELMORE BROTHERS ( Alton , b. Elkmont, Ala., December 25, 1908–June 8, 1964 [gtr, voc], and Rabon , b. Elkmont, Ala., December 3, 1916–December 4, 1952 [tenor gtr, voc]) One of the greatest of the brother acts of the 1930s and 1940s, the Delmores combined a country-blues approach with innovative GUITAR work. Their 1930s recordings were fairly sparse in approach, but in the late 1940s and early 1950s they produced recordings that forecast the ROCKABILLY sound. The brothers were raised on a farm…