Chanteur Country US né Harley Allen, le 12 février 1930 à Perry County (Kentucky). Red Allen est décédé le 3 avril 1993.

With a high lonesome sound heavily influenced by Bill and Charlie Monroe, Red Allen quietly took his place as one of the most talented and underrated bluegrass artists of the post-World War II era. Born in Perry County, KY, he later made his mark not far from there, first landing in Dayton, OH, at the age of 19 in 1949 after a two-year stint in the Marines. In Ohio, he became acquainted with several other musicians whom he would later collaborate with, including Frank Wakefield, the Osborne Brothers and Noah Crase. In 1954, he made his recording debut on an independent Kentucky label. In March 1956, he began an incredibly fruitful partnership with the Osborne Brothers, shortly after they had signed on with the Wheeling Jamboree, a popular radio show broadcast from the Virginia Theater in Wheeling, WV. Four months after he joined the group, they made their first recording with MGM Records, and built their audience over the next year by a steady program of touring and recording. In the spring of 1958, their song, "Once More," hit number 13 on the country charts and helped earn the band a steady following. Allen left the Osborne Brothers at the end of 1958 and took a brief break from recording before moving to Washington, D.C., in 1959 and forming the Kentuckians with Wakefield. Their relationship was extremely fruitful creatively, but ultimately too tumultuous to sustain for long, and after producing a classic album in 1964 for Smithsonian Folkways simply titled Bluegrass, they parted ways.
In 1967, Allen moved to Nashville to relieve a temporarily ailing Lester Flatt in Flatt & Scruggs. The next year he and J.D. Crowe founded the Kentucky Mountain Boys. In 1969, Allen went back to Dayton and formed a band with his sons known as Red Allen & the Allen Brothers. With his boys, he found himself again on the Wheeling Jamboree, also recording for King Bluegrass and Lemco. The '70s brought international touring for Allen but little recording. In 1979, he issued another album for Smithsonian Folkways with the Kentuckians entitled Live and Let Live. In 1980, he issued a tribute to Lester Flatt titled In Memory of the Man, and followed that album with two more recordings for Folkways, 1981's Red Allen Family & Friends and 1983's The Red Allen Tradition. Throughout the rest of the '80s and early '90s, Allen typically stayed a little closer to home, playing clubs and festivals near Dayton until his death from cancer in 1993. In 2001, Folkways issued The Folkways Years: 1964-1983, which was essentially a reissue of the 1964 Bluegrass album, plus six previously unreleased songs and a number of tracks from Allen's four other Folkways albums. The collection helped highlight some of the high points in Allen's long career, and showcased his remarkable talent as a bluegrass vocalist and guitarist.

Talents : Singer, Guitar, Songwriter

Style musical : Bluegrass

Années en activité :

DISCOGRAPHIE

Singles

Albums

1959	LP 12" MGM X1645 (US)		COUNTRY PICKIN' AND HILLSIDE SINGIN', VOLUME 1 - (OSBORNE BROTHERS & RED ALLEN)
1959	LP 12" MGM X1646 (US)		COUNTRY PICKIN' AND HILLSIDE SINGIN', VOLUME 2 - (OSBORNE BROTHERS & RED ALLEN)
1959	LP 12" MGM X1647 (US)		COUNTRY PICKIN' AND HILLSIDE SINGIN', VOLUME 3 - (OSBORNE BROTHERS & RED ALLEN)
1960	LP 12" FOLKWAYS 2408 (US)		BLUEGRASS - (with Frank WAKEFIELD) - Little Maggie / Somebody Loves You / New Camptown Races / Are You Afraid To Die / Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong / Are You Washed In The Blood / Deep Elem Blues / Ground Hog / Little Girl, Catnip / I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail / Shake Hands With Mother Again
1965	LP 12" MELODEON 7325 (US)		SOLID BLUEGRASS SOUND - Froggie Went A Courtin' / Sad And Lonesome Day / Journey's End / Those Gone And Left Me Blues / No Blind Ones There / Family Who Prays / Worry My Life Away / Down Where The River Bends / Hello City Limits / Out On The Ocean / I Don't Know Why / Flowers By My Graveside
1965	LP 12" COUNTY 704 (US)		BLUEGRASS COUNTRY 1 - Summertime Is Past And Gone / Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On / Purple Heart / Are You Waiting Just For Me / Heaven / That's How I Can Count On You / My Baby's Gone / I Heard My Mother Call My Name In Prayer / I'm On My Way / What About You / Out On The Ocean
1966	LP 12" COUNTY 710 (US)		BLUEGRASS COUNTRY 2 - (with David GRISMAN) - We Live In Two Different Worlds / There Must Be Another Way / Maiden's Prayer / Send Me Your Address / Milk Cow Blues / Love Gone Cold / Lonesome And Blue / Have You Come To Say Goodbye / Bluegrass Blues / If That's The Way / I Wonder Where / No Mother
1972	LP 12" LEMCO 612 (US)		ALLENGRASS - Roust-A-Bout / O'Childish Love / House Of The Rising Sun / Walking And Humming / Story Of Two / Proud Mary / Reason To Believe / Hobo Joe / Singer / Willie Boy / Of The World We Live In / Evil Hearted Woman
1975	LP 12" KING BLUEGRASS 542 (US)		FAVORITES - Branded / My Destiny / You're Not That Easy To Forget / After Dark / Where Will I Shelter My Sheep / Parting / Devil's Little Angel / With These Teardrops In My Eyes / I Made Up My Mind / Two Lonely Heart
1979	LP 12" FOLKWAYS 31065 (US)		LIVE AND LET LIVE - Doin' My Time / It's Only The Wind / Are You Teasing Me / Angel Band / Trouble Around My Door / Billie In The Low Ground / Live And Let Live / BJ The DJ / I'm Confessin' / Christian Life / Home Sweet Home / I Don't Love Nobody
1980	LP 12" FOLKWAYS 31073 (US)		IN MEMORY OF THE MAN LESTER FLATT - I'll Take The Blame / What's Good For You / Over The Hill To The Poor House / Somehow Tonight / I'll Never Shed Another Tear / Give Mother My Crown / Shady Grove (Goin' Back To Harlan) / I'm Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darling / Why Don't You Tell Me So / My Darling's Last Goodbye / Your Love Is Like A Flower / Gone Home
1981	LP 12" FOLKWAYS 31088 (US)		FAMILY AND FRIENDS - She's Country / Dig A Hole In The Meadow / Stone Wall / Bill Cheatum / Troubles 'round My Door / Hello City Lights / Sweet Love Ain't Around / Gold Watch And Chain / Bad News / Fire On The Mountain
1983	LP 12" FOLKWAYS 31097 (US)		THE RED ALLEN TRADITION - Last Train To Clarksville / Victim To The Tomb / It's Never Too Late / Worry My Life Away / Wait A Little Longer Please Jesus / Lonesome Without You / Hippy Dippy Dan / Dreaming Just The Same / Down The Road / Nashville Skyline Rag
1984	LP 12" COLLEC. CLASSIC 21 (US)		CLASSIC RECORDINGS 1954-1969 - Don't Wake Me / Beautiful Blue Eyes / Paul And Silas / Bouquet In Heaven / Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes / Boat Of Love / We'll Meet Again Sweetheart / Little Birdie / Trouble Around My Door / Mansions For Me / Preachin' Prayin' Singin' / Will The Circle Be Unbroken / White Dove / Made Up My Mind
1994	CD ACOUSTIC 11 (US)		KITCHEN TAPES - (RED ALLEN - Frank WAKEFIELD) - I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail / Turkey In The Straw / Down In The Willow Garden / New Camptown Races / Summertime Is Past And Gone / Bluegrass Breakdown / Muskrat Song / Catnip / Crying Heart Blues / I Can't Forget Old What's Her Name / Are You Afraid To Die / Billy In The Lowground / Over The Hills To The Poorhouse / Bluegrass Stomp / I'm Blue I'm Lonesome / Roanoke / Nine Pound Hammer / Well Enough Alone / Paddy On The Turnpike / 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered / Swing Low Sweet Chariot / Hey Mr Mando / Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong / Talk To Your Heart / Raw Hide
2001	CD FOLKWAYS 40127 (US)		FOLKWAYS YEARS 1964-1983 - Little Maggie / Somebody Loves You Darling / New Camptown Races / Are You Afraid To Die / Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong / Are You Washed In The Blood / Deep Elem Blues / Ground Hog / Catnip / Little Girl And The Dreadful Snake / I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail / Shake Hands With Mother Again / All The Good Times Are Passed And Gone / When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again / Can You Forgive / Old Joe Clark / Knocking At Your Door / Green Apples / Hello City Limits / Victim To The Tomb / Are You Teasing Me / My Sweet Love Ain't Around / Dig A Hole In The Meadow / I'm Waiting To Hear You Call Me Darling / Stone Wall / Troubles Around My Door / I Guess I'll Go On Dreaming / Christian Life
2004	CD REBEL 1127 (US)		KEEP ON GOING - Don't Lie To Me / Lonesome Weary Heart / Sad And Lonesome Day / I Don't Believe You'de Do Me Wrong / Little Birdie / Faded Memory / Froggy Went A Courtin' / Sad And Lonesome Day / Journey's End / Those Gone And Left Me Blues / No Blind Ones There / Family Who Prays / If That's The Way You Feel / Worry My Life Away / Down Where The River Bends / Hello City Limits / Out On The Ocean / I Don't Know Why / Plant Some Flowers By My Graveside / Close By, Froggy Went A Courtin' / Purple Heart / Keep On Going
2004	CD REBEL 1128 (US)		LONESOME AND BLUE - Are You Waiting Just For Me / Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On / My Baby's Gone / Heaven / Summertime Is Past And Gone / That's How I Can Count On You / Purple Heart / I Heard My Mother Call My Name / Seven Year Blues / I'm On My Way Back To The Old Home / What About You / Out On The Ocean / We Live In Two Different Worlds / There Must Be Another Way To Live / Have You Come To Say Goodbye / Bluegrass Blues / Send Me Your Address From Heaven / Milk Cow Blues / Branded Whereever I Go / I'm Lonesome And Blue / If That's The Way They Feel / Maiden's Prayer / Love Gone Cold / I Wonder Where You Are Tonight / No Mother Or Dad

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