BLUE SKY BOYS (1950) green wax RCA Tears On Her Bridal
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BLUE SKY BOYS
1950 RCA single
In the '30s brother duets were common in country music, and when Bill and Earl Bolick, who in 1936 were ready to make their first recording, followed their producer's suggestion that they should be "different" by avoiding the word brother. From "Blue Ridge Mountains, Land of the Sky" they took two words and named their act the Blue Sky Boys.
But the Bolicks would have been different without the new name. Their intricate yet simple harmonies, their perfectly matching voices, and their unadorned mandolin and guitar instrumental backing set them off from the competition, so much so that two generations of subsequent duet singers echo them, some without realizing it. The Everly Brothers and the Louvin Brothers, themselves recognized as exceptional vocal duets, acknowledge the influence of the Blue Sky Boys.
Frustrated with the changes in country music, the Blue Sky Boys disbanded and retired from music in 1951. They would rather quit than forsake their love of old mountain ballads for the uptempo popularity of electric instruments, drums, and honky-tonk.
THIS SINGLE was a new item back in April of 1950, and was only available as a green vinyl single for a very short while, as they stopped the color vinyl very soon after this was issued. The topside is “Tears on Her Bridal Boquet.” On the flip is “The Unfinished Rug.”
LISTEN TO PART OF THIS RECORD HERE!
CONDITION: appears VG+ but plays with noise as you can hear. More like a VG-
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