Hylo Brown
Hylo Brown (April 20, 1922 – January 17, 2003) was a bluegrass and country music singer, guitarist and bass player.
Biography
Frank "Hylo" Brown, Jr. was born in River, Johnson County, Kentucky and began his career as a performer on radio station WCMI in Ashland, Kentucky in 1939. Soon, he moved to WLOG in Logan, West Virginia and their "Saturday Jamboree". Six months later, he moved with his family to Springfield, Ohio. He began composing songs and performing on local radio stations in Ohio. During an appearance at WPFB in Middletown, Ohio he received his nickname "Hylo" because Smoky Ward, who was on the show, couldn't remember his name and started calling him "Hi-Lo". That nickname was a humorous indication of Brown's presumed vocal range. In 1950, he recorded with Bradley Kincaid at WWSO studio in Springfield. Four years later, Brown wrote a song, Lost To A Stranger, that was sent to Ken Nelson, the A & R man of Capitol Records. The song was meant to be recorded by Kitty Wells but instead, Nelson offered Brown a recording contract if he recorded it himself. On November 7, 1954, he cut his first recordings for Capitol Records. Lost To A Stranger became his first hit. In early 1955, he formed the "Buckskin Boys" performing on the WWVA Jamboree in Wheeling, West Virginia. In 1957, he joined Flatt & Scruggs on their "Martha White Mills" shows, and he was regularly featured in solo performances as well as with the Foggy Mountain Boys. He renamed the "Buckskin Boys" calling them "The Timberliners". The Timberliners consisted of Brown on guitar, Red Rector on mandolin, Jim Smoak on banjo, Clarence "Tater" Tate on fiddle and Joe "Flap Jack" Phillips on bass. After his Capitol contract had expired, Brown signed with Starday Records in 1961. He retired in 1991 and moved to Mechanicsburg, Ohio. Hylo Brown died on January 17, 2003. He is interred in Rose Hill Burial Park, Springfield, Clark County, Ohio.
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ALBUMS
- Sound Traditions: The Best of Bluegrass Volume 1 released: 2006
- Thirty Years of Bluegrass released: 2006
- Smoky Mountain Bluegrass - 24 Traditional Favorites - Vintage 60's released: 2003
- The Country Music Jamboree, Volume 1 released: 1989
- Christmas Jamboree: 20 Songs released: 1988
- 16 greatest truck driver hits released: 1987
- The Bluegrass Hall of Fame released: 1987
- Thirty Years of Bluegrass: 30 Bluegrass Hits released: 1986
- Bluegrass Country Christmas released: 1978
- Best of the Truck Driver Songs released: 1975
- 30 Essential Bluegrass Hits released:
- Down Home Gospel: 24 Bluegrass Gospel Favorites released:
- Rural Rhythm Bluegrass: 20 Traditional Favorites released:
Sound Traditions: The Best of Bluegrass Volume 1
Released 2006- Gotta Travel On
- Roll On Buddy
- Lonesome Road Blues
- Little Maggie
- Worried Man Blues
- Columbus Rag
- Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
- The Prisoner Song
- Cripple Creek
- Nine Pound Hammer
- Little Glass Of Wine (Album Version)
- Black Mountain Rag
- Walking Cane
- Pretty Polly
- Nobody's Business
- Shady Grove
- Little John Henry
- Lee Highway Blues
- Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
- Whitehouse Blues
- Rock About My Sara Jane
- Girl In The Blue Velvet Band
- Katie Kline
- I'm Getting Ready To Go
- Sally Goodin'
Thirty Years of Bluegrass
Released 2006- How Mountain Girls can love
- Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
- Pardon Me
- Orange Blossom Special
- Blue Eyed Darling
- I Know You're Married
- Poor Rambler
- Cotton Eyed Joe
- Paul & Silas
- Dreaming
- Bending The Strings
- Log Cabin in the Lane
- Willow Garden
- Lonesome Fiddle Blues
- Wreak of Number Nine
- I Wouldn't Change You If I Could
- Beautiful Blue Eyes
- I Still Write Your Name in the Sand
- Old Rattler
- Cripple Creek
- Rank Strangers
- Banjo Whiz
- She's Just a Cute Thing
- Eatin' out of your hand
- The Girl in the Blue Velvet Band
- Me and the Juke Box
- Truk Driver's Queen
- Talking Fiddle Blues
- Barn Yard Banjo Pickin'
- New Freedom Bell
Smoky Mountain Bluegrass - 24 Traditional Favorites - Vintage 60's
Released 2003- Im A Man Of Constant Sorrow
- Lonesome Road Blues
- 900 Miles
- Orange Blossom Special
- Long Journey Home
- The Coo Coo Bird
- Wandering Boy
- Under The Double Eagle
- Take This Hammer
- Salty Dog Rag
- Lost To A Stranger
- Katy Hill
- Whitehouse Blues
- Little Maggie
- Go Along Mule
- Raymond's Repeating Banjo
- Worried Man Blues
- Fly Around My Pretty Little Miss
- New River Train
- Old Clem
- Brown's Ferry Blues
- Rabbit In The Log
- Berry Pickin Time
- She'll Be Coming Around The Mountain
The Country Music Jamboree, Volume 1
Released 1989- San Antonio Rose
- Detour
- If You Ain't Lovin'
- Until I Met You
- Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes
- I Love You Mama Mia
- Divorce Me C.O.D.
- Steel Guitar Rag
- Wabash Cannonball
- Great Speckled Bird
- Dixie Cannonball
- Indian Polka
- Air Mail Special
- Are You Missing Me
- Lovesick and Sorrow
- Your Crazy Heart
- Love Love Love
- Wait a Little Longer Please Jesus
- Walkin' & Hummin'
- Homesick
- Loose Talk
- Waltz of the Angel
- Keeper of the Keys
- Childish Love
- Cash on the Barrel Head
Christmas Jamboree: 20 Songs
Released 1988- Christmas Reunion
- Christmas Time's a Coming
- Old Fashioned Christmas
- Christmas in the Hills
- White Christmas
- Hang Up the Baby's Stocking
- Christmas Doll
- Frosty the Snowman
- Droopy Little Christmas Tree
- Christmas Is Everywhere but in My Heart
- Beautiful Star of Bethlehem
- To Mother at Christmas
- I Can Hear the Angels Singing
- Christmas Time Is Near
- Jingle Bells
- It Won't Seem Like Christmas
- It Came Upon a Midnight Clear
- Santa Claus Is From the South
- The Empty Christmas Stocking
- Christmas in My Hometown
16 greatest truck driver hits
Released 1987- How Fast Them Trucks Can Go
- Give Me Forty Acres
- Woman Behind the Man Behind the Wheel
- Gear Shiftin'
- Widow Maker
- Rollin' on Rubber Wheels
- Tombstone Every Mile
- Truck Drivin' Man
- Girl on the Billboard
- Remington Ride
- That's Truck Drivin'
- Diesel Smoke & Dangerous Curves
- Truck Driver's Queen
- Radar Blues
- Big Footed Dan
- Convoy
Thirty Years of Bluegrass: 30 Bluegrass Hits
Released 1986- How Mountian Girls Can Love
- Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms
- Salty Dog
- I Know You're Married
- I Wouldn't Change You If I Could
- Freedom Bell
- The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band
- Blue Eyed Darling
- Rank Strangers
- Talking Fiddle Blues
- Orange Blossom Special
- Cotton Eyed Joe
- Pardon Me
- Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
- I Still Write Your Name In The Sand
- Banjo Whiz
- Bending The Strings
- She's Just A Cute Thing
- Beautiful Blue Eyes
- Lonesome Fiddle Blues
- Dreaming
- Old Rattler
- Eatin' Out Of Your Hand
- Log Cabin In The Lane
- Barnyard Banjo Pickin'
- Wreck Of Number Nine
- Willow Garden
- Truck Driver's Queen
- Me And The Juke Box
- Paul & Silas
Down Home Gospel: 24 Bluegrass Gospel Favorites
- Keep on the Sunny Side
- Prayer Bells of Heaven
- Wait for the Light to Shine
- Lonesome Valley
- Just Over in the Gloryland
- I Saw the Light
- Jacob's Ladder
- Railway to Heaven
- Great Speckled Bird
- The Old Gospel Ship
- An Unfriendly Word
- Just a Closer Walk With Thee
- Take Me in Your Lifeboat
- I Like to Hear Them Preach It
- When They Ring Those Golden Bells
- Uncloudy Day
- Let the Church Roll On
- Wings of a Dove
- Working on a Building
- The Old Rugged Cross
- Take Your Shoes Off Moses
- Voice of Our Savior
- When Our Lord Shall Come Again
- The Gospel Way
Rural Rhythm Bluegrass: 20 Traditional Favorites
- Little Maggie
- Sunny Tennessee
- My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains
- Cripple Creek
- Greenback Dollar
- It Felt So Good
- Pallet on the Floor (feat. Morris Herbert)
- Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
- Prisoner Song
- Old Joe Clark
- Little Pal
- Rolling In My Sweet Baby's Arms
- Ain't Gonna Do It No More
- Lost To a Stranger
- Deep Elm Blues
- My Window Faces South
- Here To Get My Baby Out of Jail
- Lonesome Road Blues
- Ties That Bind
- Pat's Train Special
Born: 1922-04-20
Died: 2003-01-17
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Holly Brown
by: DionHolly Brown, Holly Brown,
Tell me, is the world really round?
Holly Brown, Holly Brown,
Is the world really round?
Every time you kiss me baby,
I come ten feet off the ground.
Holly Brown, Holly Brown,
Tell me why do bluebirds really fly?
Holly Brown, Holly Brown,
Do bluebirds really fly?
Every time you look at me baby,
I want to lay right down and die.
You know I want one thing baby
You gotta understand.
I want to get close to you
Anyway I can.
Holly Brown, little girl,
Lips as soft as summer breeze.
When God made you
He was really pleased.
[Instrumental break]
Little girl, Holly Brown,
You know the D train goes downtown.
Holly Brown, Holly Brown,
You know the D train runs downtown.
You got a hold on me baby
Even when you're not around.
[Instrumental break]
Holly Brown, Holly Brown,
Do the bluebirds really fly?
Holly Brown, Holly Brown,
Tell me the bluebird really flies.
Every time you look at me baby,
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