Slim Rhodes

Slim Rhodes (born April 27, 1912 in Pocahontas , Arkansas as Ethmer Cletus Rhodes , † March 10, 1966 ) was an American country and rockabilly singer who had his own television show with his band, The Mountaineers .

Life

Slim Rhodes started his musical career with his brothers Dusty and Speck with the formation of their band Slim Rhodes and his Mountaineers in 1932. Formed as a high school band, they appeared regularly on the WMC radio station in Memphis , Tennessee in 1946 . In 1953, Rhodes and his band got their own TV show on KATV in Pine Bluff , Arkansas . Brad Suggs , who made records with Meteor Records and later with Phillips International himself, was also a member of the band . In early 1955 he signed a record deal with Sun Records in Memphis. His recordings there were a mix of country and rockabilly, which can be heard very well on Do What I Do. In late 1956, his contract with Sun Records ran out. Between 1955 and 1957, Rhodes frequently took part in Sun tours of the southern states , with which he traveled for months through the country.

Rhodes TV show was canceled in the mid-1960s, as were his radio shows.

Discography

year	title	Label #
1951	Save A Little Love For Me / Skunk Hollow Boogie	Gilt-Edge 5015
1951	Sixty Days / Memphis Bounce	Gilt-Edge 5026
1951	Time Marches On / Hot Foot Rag	Gilt-Edge 5034
1951	Red, White and Blue / Ozark Boogie	Gilt-Edge 5044
1955	Uncertain Love / Don't Believe	Sun 216
1955	Are You Ashamed Of Me / The House Of Sin	Sun 225
1956	Gonna Romp And Stomp / Bad Girl	Sun 238
1957	Do What I Do / Take And Give	Sun 256
Unpublished titles
1956	Do What I Do (old version) Take and Give (old version)	Sun

Web links

Slim Rhodes on Hillbilly-Music.com (English)
Biography of the Slim Rhodes' Mountaineers
Discography with audio samples

Individual evidence

↑ Ethmer Cletus “Slim” Rhodes (1913–1966). In: Find A Grave Memorial. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .
↑ For Rhodes 'time at Sun Records see: Colin Escott, Martin Hawkins: Good Rockin' Tonight. Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll . St. Martin's Press, New York City 1991, pp. 111 f.

personal data
SURNAME	Rhodes, Slim
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rhodes, Ethmer Cletus (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American country and rockabilly singer
DATE OF BIRTH	April 27, 1913
PLACE OF BIRTH	Pocahontas , Arkansas
DATE OF DEATH	March 10, 1966

[1] Ethmer Cletus “Slim” Rhodes (1913–1966). In: Find A Grave Memorial. Retrieved August 9, 2017 .

[2] For Rhodes 'time at Sun Records see: Colin Escott, Martin Hawkins: Good Rockin' Tonight. Sun Records and the Birth of Rock 'n' Roll . St. Martin's Press, New York City 1991, pp. 111 f.