The McCormick Brothers – Tennessee Bluegrass for Home Folks

Twenty-seven tracks of classic bluegrass released by The McCormick Brothers between 1954 and 1962.

Apart from their self-penned numbers, other songs are from the pens of Ira and Charlie Louvin, Rusty and Doug Kershaw and Felice and Boudleaux Bryant.

The McCormick’s were one of the first acts signed to the Hickory label, owned by Nashville royalty Fred Rose and Roy Acuff.

Several of the tracks show off the intricate and high-class banjo playing of Haskel McCormick and the mandolin playing of Kelly McCormick.

This is the perfect introduction to one of the, almost forgotten, names that helped shape the sound of bluegrass music in the 1950s and is a rare release of The McCormick Brothers’ recordings that should be well received by their many existing fans.

The CD booklet contains all writer credits, recording dates and catalogue numbers as well as a biography of The McCormick’s and various label scans, press ads and other contemporary items.

1. RED HEN BOOGIE
2. BANJO TWIST
3. THE BILLY GOAT BOOGIE
4. C. N. R. SPECIAL (Rollin’ Down The Line)
5. THE MAD BANJO
6. CROSS MY HEART (And Hope To Die)
7. ARE YOU FEELING BLUE
8. BUGLE CALL RAG a/k/a BUGLE CALL BLUES
9. PINS AND NEEDLES (In My Heart)
10. SHUFFLE AND DEAL
11. HASKEL’S FIVE STRING
12. COFFEE, COFFEE, COFFEE
13. MAKE YOUR LAST KISS THE SWEETEST
14. DARLING, WHY CAN'T YOU BE TRUE
15. NO SUBSTITUTE WILL DO
16. THE BANJO STRUT
17. BIG EYES
18. BLUE BLUE MOOD
19. RUNNIN' ROUND ON ME
20. BANJO TROT
21. IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND
22. THE BANJO FLING
23. I'M HAPPY TO KNOW
24. MCCORMICK'S STRING PICNIC
25. THE DOBRO TWIST-INST.
26. BEFORE I MET YOU
27. LONESOME FOR YOU