Old Homestead Records was a record label based in Michigan specializing in preserving and reissuing recordings of traditional country and bluegrass artists.
| Old Homestead Records | |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1971 |
| Founder | John W. Morris |
| Defunct | 2014 |
| Genre | Country, bluegrass |
| Country of origin | U.S. |
| Location | Howell, Michigan |
History edit
John W. Morris launched Old Homestead Record company in 1971 to release new and archival recordings by country singer and banjoist Wade Mainer.[1]
Sublabels included Broadway Intermission, Collectors Series, and Rutabaga Records.
On Broadway Intermission, Morris released Bing Crosby's 1945 "Seventh Air Force Tribute"[2] to vinyl from transcripts of a World War II Armed Forces Radio broadcast. Broadway Intermission also released music by Tommy Dorsey, Bix Beiderbecke, The Mills Brothers, and others.[3]
Artists (selective) edit
- Lee Allen and the Dew Mountain Boys
- The Anglin Brothers
- Emry Arthur
- Bobby Atkins, Frank Poindexter, and Tony Rice
- The Bailes Brothers (Johnnie & Homer)
- Charlie Bailey and The Happy Valley Boys with The Osborne Brothers
- Billy Baker
- The Barrier Brothers
- Lulu Belle and Scotty
- Blue Denim
- Blue Grass Roy
- Chris Bouchillon
- The Carolina Tar Heels
- The Carter Family
- Helen Carter
- Lew Childre
- The Coon Creek Girls
- Vernon Dalhart
- The Delmore Brothers
- The Dixie Gentlemen and Tut Taylor
- The Dixon Brothers
- The Girls of the Golden West
- Lonnie Glosson
- Bill Grant and Delia Bell
- G. B. Grayson and Henry Whitter
- Sid Harkreader
- Roy Harvey
- The Hilltoppers
- Clint Howard
- Joe Isaacs, Frank Wakefield, and Richard Greene
- Jewell Mountain Grass
- Bradley Kincaid
- The Jake Landers Family
- Mike Lilly and Wendy Miller
- McGee Brothers (Sam and Kirk)
- Uncle Dave Macon
- Wade Mainer
- Patsy Montana
- Charlie Moore and the Dixie Partners with Bill Napier
- The Marksmen
- Joe Meadows
- Charlie Monroe's Boys
- Clyde Moody
- Molly O'Day
- Original Lonesome Pine Fiddlers
- The Potomac Valley Boys
- Riley Puckett
- Eugene "Red" Rector
- Carson J. Robison
- Ramblin' Tommy Scott and Curly Seckler
- Red Smiley and the Bluegrass Cut-Ups
- Emma Smith
- The Southern Showboys
- Larry Sparks
- Spider Bridge
- The Stanley Brothers
- Ernest Stoneman
- Don Stover and the White Oak Mountain Boys
- Carl Story and the Rambling Mountaineers with The Brewster Brothers
- The Sunrise Bluegrass Boys
- The Sunnysiders
- The Tobacco Tags
- Frank Welling and John McGhee
- Whitey & Hogan with The Briarhoppers
- Rual Yarbrough and The Dixiemen
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Kennedy, Rick (1999). Jelly Roll, Bix, and Hoagy: Gennett Studios and the Birth of Recorded Jazz (1 ed.). ISBN 0253213150. Retrieved August 15, 2017.
- ^ Gilliland, John. (197X). "Pop Chronicles 1940s Program #19 - All Tracks UNT Digital Library". Digital.library.unt.edu. Retrieved 2021-03-01.
- ^ Scearce, Phil (2011). Finish Forty and Home: The Untold World War II Story of B-24s in the Pacific (1 ed.). ISBN 9781574413168. Retrieved August 15, 2017.