The Dixie Reelers
| The Dixie Reelers | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Old-time music |
| founding | 1935 |
| resolution | circa 1938 |
| Founding members | |
| Ollie Bunn | |
| Riley Shepard (1918-2009) | |
Guitar, vocals (?) |
Daddy John Love |
? |
Clarence Todd |
The Dixie Reelers were an American old-time group from South Carolina .
history
The musician Riley Shepard worked for WIS in Columbia , South Carolina in 1935 , where he met Daddy John Love , Ollie Bunn and Clarence Todd. Together with them he formed a band called the Dixie Reelers. The group could be heard on WIS every lunchtime and was very popular in the region.
In 1936 the Dixie Reelers held their first session for Bluebird Records . Among the recorded titles were, for example, Answer to Maple on the Hill # 2 or I've Got to Walk that Lonesome Valley . Overall, the song selection fell on gospel songs and religious songs, which the Dixie Reelers played less on their radio shows. The line-up corresponded to that of a traditional string band and conveyed a sound like from the 1920s.
The members more or less pursued solo careers and played in bands of Wade Mainer and JE Mainer , so that the group broke up. Riley Shepard later moved to Chicago and had an extensive career as a country musician. At the end of the 1940s there was a group of the same name that had nothing to do with the Dixie Reelers from South Carolina. Document Records released the Dixie Reelers recordings again on a Dixon Brothers CD .
Discography
Recordings have been released on Montgomery Ward and Bluebird Records.
| year | title | # | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montgomery Ward | |||
| 1936 | What a Friend We Have in Mother / My Broken Is Broken for You | M-5030 | |
| 1936 | I've Got to Walk that Lonesome Valley / Answer to Maple on the Hill # 2 | M-7099 | |
| Do You Want to See Mother Again? / I Shall Not Be Moved | M-7100 | ||
| Father, Dear Father / Walkin 'In My Sleep | M-7101 | ||