Debby Delmore
The Delmore Brothers were a musical duo that originated in Elkmont, Alabama. Coming from a musical family, the older brother Alton published his first song that he co-wrote with his mother Mollie at the age of 13. On a hitchhike trip to a nearby music store, Alton bought a rare four-string tenor guitar which the younger brother Rabon began to learn how to play. The brothers would enter local fiddle contests and begin to hone their craft. They eventually won a contest and the grand prize was the chance to record at a studio in Atlanta Georgia. Once the record was done they sent a letter to the Grand Ole’ Opry to audition for the popular show. They passed the audition and were a fixture on the show during the ’30s.
During their career, the Delmore Brothers would perform at major concert venues, festivals and radio shows. The country music duo crossed over into other genres such as: Gospel, Rockabilly, Rock and Roll and Bluegrass. Some of the performers they played or recorded with include: Uncle Dave Macon, Grandpa Jones, Merle Travis, Red Foley, Arthur Smith, and more. They were inducted in The Nashville Songwriters Hall of fame in 1971, The Alabama Music Hall of Fame in 1989 and The Country Music Hall of fame in 2001. They have been associated with The Rockabilly and Rock and Roll Hall of fame as well. I recently spoke with Debby Delmore, the youngest daughter of Alton, on the legacy of the Delmore Brothers.
R.V.B. – Hello Debby… how are you?
D.D. – Fine… how are you?
R.V.B. – I’m doing good. We have a nice sunny day around 50 degrees up her. How are things down by you?
D.D. – It’s wonderful here. The sun is shining and it’s really pretty… It’s 77 degrees. We’ve recently had pretty warm temperatures and a lot of rain. Today it’s going to be 80 and Friday it’s going to be 85.
R.V.B. – Sounds like summertime. Thank you for taking this time… I appreciate it. Obviously your family has a lot of rich history. Tell me a little bit about that history.
D.D. – They came from a musical family. Daddy and my grandmother wrote a song together when he was 13 years old called “Bound for the Shores.” It was a gospel song. It was published by a small company in the town where they lived… Athens, Alabama. So he started at a very young age. He and his brother Rabon started playing for friends and it kind of grew from there. The thing that really got them started was they would enter fiddle contests around the area. That’s where they won a prize that jump started their career. They won a fiddlers contest in Athens, Alabama and the grand prize was going to Atlanta Georgia to record a record. The record had Alabama Bound on one side and Kansas City Blues on the other. They wrote a letter to The Grand Ole’ Opry to try to get an audition. They got an audition and they went up there. They passed immediately. They had to go back and forth for a while from Athens to Nashville until they moved up there. So they started their career by winning the fiddlers contest. A song that really help them get started was Brown’s Ferry Blues. It was written about a road that they lived on in Athens. It was a comical song. That song helped them pass the audition. They started their career officially in 1926. We just celebrated their 90th anniversary in 2016. The 95th anniversary will be coming up in 2021. It won’t be long for their music to have been active for a hundred years. It is still being played all over the world. I’m always amazed when I get the royalty report, with the countries that play their music. I have a website, and I am constantly receiving letters, and notes, and information from people who still are their fans today. I’ve done interviews from Denmark, England and Germany. It’s so funny… I’ll hear the interviews and they’ll be speaking their language and then you’ll hear me with my strong southern accent… it’s very entertaining. I enjoy doing it. I’m the youngest member of the family… the only one left now. My brother was a songwriter. He co-wrote Just a Swinging with John Anderson. He died in 02… my older sister died in July of last year… and my other sister just recently passed away in February.
R.V.B. – I’m very sorry to hear that.
D.D. – Thanks… she lived a good full life. They all traveled with the family back when they started. That’s how they did things… the family went with them. They had four small children. They were on the road and Lionel came along. He wanted to be in the music business. He went to Nashville and concentrated on writing his music. He had several hits. It was kinda left up to me to guide the music and put it out there for everybody.
R.V.B. – That’s very nice of you to do that and I’m sure you’re honored to do so.
D.D. – Exactly!!! When I was just a small child, daddy would coach me. My uncle Rabon died in 1952. That was basically the end of The Delmore Brothers. So daddy stayed at home, and he moved the family to Huntsville Alabama. He stayed at home and wrote his book and gave guitar lessons.
R.V.B. – What was it like in Huntsville at that time? Was it a rural area?
D.D. – At the time it was. My daddy did not like living in town… he was used to the country. He moved us on the outskirts of Huntsville. We were close to a Military base here called “Redstone Arsenal.” During that time, his music friends would come to the house. People like Merle Travis, The Louvin Brothers, Vestal and Happy Goodman. It’s was just like normal people to me. Later on, when I grew up and realized I was in the midst of royalty entertainment, it was hard for me to believe because they were just regular people. Vestal and Happy Goodman came and told daddy “You’re gonna have to get a piano, that I can play when I’m down here.” So daddy did that! I met a lot of people… Grandpa Jones. Merle Travis was one who really fascinated me. He came to visit my daddy with his shiny suite. He had rings on all his fingers. Even at that young age, I remember standing right in front of him and watching him play the guitar. He was just amazing. I would watch his fingers and I knew that he was so talented. He accommodated me and I was so thrilled. His talent was very evident. When he left he was showing my daddy his hard top convertible. He would push a button and the top would go back. Then he’d push another button and it would close. He did that one time and I said “Will you do it again?” So he did… and I kept after him “Please do it again!” Finally daddy said “You’re gonna make him tear up that top if you don’t stop asking him to do that.”
R.V.B. – (Hahaha)
D.D. – He was enjoying my enthusiasm. I think in retrospect, that it kinda would have been better if he’s moved to Nashville. But at that time, he wanted to stay around the family. So he stayed in Huntsville and all of his music friends would visit him there. It was normal to me to grow up with music in the house. Daddy stayed at home with his music… taught guitar and wrote his book… during that period.
R.V.B. – What size town were you in? How many people were in your school?
D.D. – Huntsville has grown… as I said, we had the military base here. It’s pretty big now. We’ve have a rocket center here with a museum. There’s a shuttle there and it’s real interesting. It’s a big tourist attraction. During the time my daddy was here, he would tell me about his music. He was so afraid that it would die. I would say to him “Daddy… what do I do?” He would tell me “You need to listen to your thoughts.” At that time I really didn’t know what he was talking about, but as I grew older, I understood what he meant. I made my career in the newspaper business. I worked for the local paper here for over 33 years. During my time at the newspaper I learned a lot about publicity.
R.V.B. – What did you do there?
D.D. – I know all the aspects of the newspaper business but my niche was graphic arts… building ads and doing artwork. That was my love. By doing that and learning it, I’m able to do the promotion work for the Delmore Brothers. I reproduce pictures and do layouts. When the internet got really popular, I started collecting Delmore Brothers memorabilia. During their time, they didn’t save very much because they were traveling. They never thought to save things like pictures, newspaper articles, concert posters… anything. As time went on, people would request pictures and memorabilia but I didn’t have very much. So started collecting and have put public displays in several different places. The biggest collection is at the University of Athens… which is where they lived. They were born in Elkmont, Alabama which is a few miles north of Athens.
R.V.B. - Do you remember where the original house was? Have you visited the site recently?
D.D. – There’s one house that I remember… it’s in Athens. It’s on highway 72. The old place was eventually torn down and my uncle built a new home right behind it. That’s still there. I remember going there. They were musical as well. One of my uncles had a piano… two of them played fiddles. Of course my grandmother wrote music. Her and daddy wrote it together. Getting back to the beginning, Daddy found a tenor guitar on one of his trips to Birmingham. He used to hitchhike to Birmingham… which is south from Huntsville. He would go into the music stores and see the instruments. He found a tenor guitar and he loved it. He bought it and brought it back to Athens and taught my uncle Rabon how to play it. It just makes all the difference in the world. When I listen to their music, I can hear that tenor guitar and it’s just got a beautiful sound.
R.V.B. – It’s one of the things that makes their music unique.
D.D. – Yes… exactly. I remember the Louvin Brothers came down to visit daddy - they were going to do a tribute album of The Delmore Brothers songs - daddy went and got Rabon’s guitar out from under the bed. He took it in there and let them have it to do the album with it. As young as I was, I kind of got a little worried about it. I was saying “Daddy are you sure?” He said “Yes Debby.” They did the album and used Rabon’s tenor guitar to do it. It turned out to be a fabulous album. It’s just really wonderful. Later in life, after daddy had died, I would go and see Charlie. Every time I would get around Charlie, it would make me feel I was around my daddy… because they were so much alike. He was so gracious. I wish they had moved to Nashville because I have many friends that are children of people that my daddy was friends with. We’ve kept our connection. We have a common denominator… the music. It’s just a part of my life that has been there ever since I can remember. Now I’m doing what I can do. My main goal is to preserve it and reveal it to other people… and promote it. When I see how many people are still listening to their music, it amazes me. People love their music today, just as much as they ever did. Daddy and Uncle Rabon would be so happy and proud. He was worried. He thought that their music would die. It’s far from it. It’s alive and being recorded. I can go on Youtube and pull up their songs. I’ll put videos on Facebook. There are lots people who have re-recorded their songs.
R.V.B. – I’ve looked through them on Facebook as well as your website. It’s very well done.
D.D. – Bless your heart. I appreciate that.
R.V.B. – Did your sisters or any other family members ever tell you stories of any adventure on the road?
D.D. – Yeah… they did. Both of my sisters went to a lot of different schools. My older sister went to 18 different schools. She had 24 different addresses but she graduated valedictorian from high school. At the time, they were in Houston Texas… where I was born. She got a full scholarship from the state of Texas to go to any university she wanted to go to. But at that time, daddy and mother didn’t want to leave her. Families weren’t used to sending their daughters away from home. So she didn’t accept the scholarship at that time. But she got her Master’s degree later on her own. My other sister – the 2nd oldest child – she also went back to school and got her degree. Lionel was in the music business and I made my career in the newspaper business. Gail – my middle sister – remembered being on an outing with The Sons of the Pioneers, and one of them put her on a horse. She thought that was one of the most wonderful things, when she was a little girl. Our life was intertwined with all these different music people, till the day that daddy died. Music people were in and out of our house all the time. I’m sure there were people there that I can’t remember. One interesting thing that happened to me with daddy was, right before he died, is when the Beatles got very popular. I was one of the biggest Beatles fans you could ever meet. I had an album of the Beatles before daddy even knew what was going on. He told me “I’m going to have to listen to that album, before I can say that you can keep it.” He would listen to our music and if he didn’t like it, we couldn’t keep it. But he would let us go venture on our own. I had a record player when I was eight years old. He took me to the local 5 and 10¢ store – gave me money – and said “Go get yourself some records.” I was actually a little scared to without his guidance. He didn’t want that. He wanted me to go in and pick out what I liked. After we got home, he would decide if I could listen to it. So the first time I did that, I come home with ten 45” records. He liked every one of them that I got. Getting back to the Beatles story, I had the album and he told me he was going to listen to it.
One day I was over at a friend’s house and I got a call from daddy and he said “I’m coming to get yall’, and we’re going to go shopping.” I thought “That’s odd.” I didn’t know what to make of it. So he came and got us and took us to the local record store. He gave me a dollar bill and said “Go in there and buy one of them Beatle records.” I was thrilled to death and come to find out daddy was a good friend of the father of the Everly Brothers. He had found out that The Beatles had been influenced by The Everly Brothers. He had done his homework on them and of course he loved it. The Everly brothers were influenced by The Delmore Brothers. As a matter of fact, when The Delmore Brothers were inducted into The Country Music Hall of Fame, so were The Everly Brothers. There was like 11 different acts/ people inducted in 2001. Daddy had done his homework about The Beatles and I was so happy. He died in 64. When he died, I was devastated. The only thing I wanted to listen to during that period was the Beatle music. Every time I listened to daddy’s music it would make me cry. I had the Beatles music to kind of soften the blow. Daddy would have loved knowing that it helped me through a very difficult time in my life.
R.V.B. – That’s very touching. You’ve been to a couple of unveiling’s of nice tributes to your dad and your uncle. I saw that you went to Cincinnati for a ceremony.
D.D. – Yes… at the Herzog Studio. I got to unveil the historical marker. Cincinnati was a wonderful place for Daddy and Rabe. That’s where they created The Brown’s Ferry Four. It consisted of Grandpa Jones, Merle Travis, Red Foley and the Delmore Brothers. Red Foley and Merle Travis would switch… whichever one was available to record at the time. Red Turner appeared on some later sessions. It was a gospel group. They loved gospel music so much that during the radio shows, they would jam gospel music in the hallways. That music is just phenomenal. When my husband passed away, I listened to it more than I ever did before. I didn’t want to listen to anything sad… I wanted everything to be upbeat, happy and uplifting. I had a CD that had all The Brown’s Ferry Four on it and I played it during the visitation and viewing. It was so uplifting and everyone commented about it. I had never looked at it that way before. It was just really calming. It showed all of their talent and it was beautiful. Their music went beyond the country genre. We’re talking about rock and roll, blues, rockabilly, jazz, and some may consider rap. You can’t just say they were country. They were a lot more than just country.
R.V.B. - They were an amazing crossover act.
D.D. – Exactly! One thing that surprised me… they won The Most Distinguished Artist in bluegrass music. I went to Raleigh to accept the award and when I got there, I found out that bluegrass artists had over 100 hits from Delmore Brothers songs. I couldn’t believe it… I didn’t know??? While I was up there, I met some people… I thought I knew about bluegrass, but no, I didn’t. I found out my daddy and uncle knew a lot about it. The Bluegrass Museum - that’s in Owensboro, Kentucky - did a really wonderful display on them for a year. I furnished everything that went into the display and it was just beautiful. Now I have a display at Athens University, where they lived. We had a festival called “Delmore Days” for five years. During the first concert of them showcasing the Delmore brothers music, Athens University and The Old Time Fiddlers Convention formed a scholarship in the name of Alton and Rabon Delmore, at Athens University… which was really wonderful. The following week after the festival, I went over to Athens to visit some people who put it together. I went to the University to visit a guy named Rick Mould. I told him that since yall’ had done this, would you like some Delmore Brothers memorabilia? He was anxious and said “Yes… we’ll get in contact with you.” My logic was - they started in Athens Alabama - and it was a perfect place because it completed the circle. That was the perfect place to put a really big remembrance. The collection started in 2008 and has grown every year. We are located in a wonderful spot and everybody enjoys it so much. It’s open every year during the fiddler’s convention. It can be opened through the year by appointment. We have a lot of people come through there. This year I’m going to be unveiling a brand new award that I haven’t even gotten yet but it’s ready. It’s from the Country Music Hall of Fame and it’s a replica of the plaque that’s in the rotunda. It is simply gorgeous. When I go over to Athens, it’s just like being around my family. From being a regular person, to being the daughter of one of the Delmore Brothers, it’s really unreal… because I’m not used to that. I’ve really grown to appreciate how much my daddy and uncle’s music meant to everybody that knows it. It’s phenomenal and I’m still amazed. I’ve been contacted recently by a singer who wants to record one of their songs… Beautiful Brown Eyes. That song was also recorded by Rosemary Clooney. I have sheet music that says it was written by Alton Delmore and Arthur Smith. There’s other sheet music saying it’s written by somebody else. That song was essentially taken away from the Delmore brothers. Arthur Smith settled for $1,500. Daddy wouldn’t settle. He said he wrote the song – he knew he wrote it – and he wasn’t going to settle for anything… and he never did. The singer that’s trying to record it now went into full investigation mode. She’s trying to get down to the bottom of it because she really wants to record the song. Unfortunately, they lost a lot of their songs. One of them is The Midnight Special. The story to that song is, they were traveling on the road and they had a flat tire… in front of a prison. While they were changing the tire, the inmates came out and were excited who they were. They were talking to the Delmore Brothers and they were telling them about a train that would come once a week and bring their wives or girlfriends… for private visits.
Daddy wouldn’t tell that story in front of me… he would send me out of the room. I remember one time Grandpa Jones, Jimmy Martin, Tex Ritter and - Merle Kilgore who had wrote Wolverton Mountain - were playing a show in Huntsville Alabama… and daddy took me with him to visit his friends. He started telling that story and he sent me out of the dressing room. I wanted to go in there and hear that story. Merle Kilgore came to the door of the dressing room and I talked him into letting me back in. Daddy sent me right back out the door. The way I found out the story was Pee Wee King came to visit daddy… and he was telling Pee Wee the story. We lived in a house that had a long hall. At the end of the hall there was a recliner that daddy was sitting in. He sent me to bed when he started telling Pee Wee the story. I got out of bed and crawled down the hallway – I was just a young girl – and I got behind the recliner where nobody could see me and I heard him tell the story of The Midnight Special. I didn’t know exactly know what it meant but as I got older I kind of realized what he was talking about. I understood why he didn’t want me to hear the story. We used to get royalties for that song but it stopped. One of the guys at the prison that gave daddy the idea, spoke up and said “I’m the one that wrote the song.” There was a dispute over it. The thing about, it in my view… it’s not the money the music generates - it’s not the point - I don’t care about the money… my focus is their music. I want to push it as far as it will go, for as long as it can go. We still get royalties - and of course the money is fine - but that’s not my priority. My priority is making sure the music is heard and revealed to the younger generation. What thrills me is when the younger people contact me about their music. When I look on the website and I see the ages. I can’t tell you how many times Blues Stay Away From Me has been recorded by different artists. There’s videos of Carl Perkins, The Judds and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, doing it on my Facebook page. Doc Watson did a lot of Daddy and Rabon’s music. So did Grandpa Jones… he played That Good Old Mountain Dew.
I’ll never forget when Doc Watson recorded Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar. There’s a line in the song that said “I’m sick in a lonesome bed.” I heard the song – and being young – I asked daddy “What does that mean?” I thought Doc had said “I’m seeking a lonesome bed.” Daddy said “Where did you hear that?” I said “The song that Mr. Watson recorded.” He got to listening to it and he understood what I was saying. If you think about it, it does sound like that. Another thing about that song… they put Doc Watson as the author of the song… which daddy didn’t like. He and Doc were friends. So he called him up on the telephone and said “Why is your name on this song?” He said “It was very confusing and I really don’t know the reason.” He then told Doc “My little girl thinks you said “Seeking a Lonesome bed”.” He said “You didn’t sing that clear enough.”
R.V.B. – (Hahaha)
D.D. – I thought “Oh me… Mr. Watson is going to be so mad at me for this.” But that’s how particular daddy was about his music. He didn’t want lyrics like that in there. At the time they recorded their music, the censors really looked at things. You couldn’t use a lot of words that are used now-a-days… they wouldn’t allow it. They wouldn’t cut the song. It was forbidden.
R.V.B. – You’re doing a fantastic job promoting the music. It’s readily available. I got to see some things on you Facebook page. You’re making it easy for people to get the information. I guess being in the newspaper business helped you achieve this. I used to be a printer back in the day as well. Keep up the good work. Who are some of the people that you still keep in touch with that may be family members of your dad’s friends?
D.D. – Kathy Louvin… for example… Merlene Travis. Sherry Bond… Johnny Bonds daughter. He wrote Ten Little Bottles. He was also a movie actor. There’s Jim McBride… who lives here in Huntsville. He’s a songwriter who wrote Chattahoochee and other hits for Alabama and Alan Jackson. When I go to Nashville there’s a lot of different people I know for instance, Ralph Emery. He told me a wonderful story about Johnny and Jack. In their early career, they would tell people they were the Delmore Brothers to get people to listen to them.
R.V.B. – It must be fascinating to share stories like this with your friends in the business. It is a small music community and a small world after all.
D.D. – It is. We have something in common… that’s the music. Back in the early days of music, entertainers weren’t thought of as highly as they are now. You got the rich people at the top, and you got the middle class but the entertainment people were at the bottom. A lot of them had a bad reputation. At that time, if anybody saw you drink a beer, you were the worst thing ever. They considered you a drunkard or an alcoholic. But times have changed and people have grown to respect the music business a lot more than they used to. But I treasured the time I got to spend with my daddy. As I got older, I would visit the places where they had lived… like Cincinnati for example. I’ve got wonderful friends up there. I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of Bootsy Collins… he’s a funk artist that played with James Brown. I hadn’t heard of him, when I went to Cincinnati. I’ve been up there several times. The last time is when I helped them unveil the historical marker. Bootsy surprised me because when I got up there, I found out about him and I was very impressed. He was a very big fan of the Delmore Brothers. At that time, he had a restaurant up there and the front of it was like a mini-museum… and he had Delmore things included in it. I thought that it was so unique for Bootsy to have the Delmore Brothers in his display. I met him and he was a big fan. People of all genres love the Delmore Brothers music. When I go to events I meet them. I have a link on the Delmore Brothers page that says scrapbook. I’ve got a story about Bob Dylan. I’ve got a story about Garth Brooks.
R.V.B. – I read your Garth Brooks story. That was cute.
D.D. – I had a good time with that. Unfortunately he didn’t record the song I was pitching to him yet. It’s a very strong song and I understand. He did say he wanted it. I was really hoping he would record it. It was a song that my daddy and my brother had written and it’s called “Wild Streak.” It’s about an incident that happened in Huntsville. It’s about a 16 year old kid who had been drinking. He killed a man by running a stop sign. I’ll never forget, one day I got home from school and daddy was really sad… about the kid killing someone and how he just ruined his life. That night he and Lionel wrote the song. I had a dream about that song, that it was made to be recorded by Garth Brooks. It was a really strong song. It had lyrics like “I’m shunned and avoided. For me there’s too much room.” It had this really strong message about having a wild streak somewhere in your soul. “God almighty help me keep it under control.” There’s so many terrible things going on in the world today. I think a lot of people could relate to that song. There are instances where people can be ruined by an action that they don’t think can happen to you.
R.V.B. – And it can happen in a split second.
D.D. – Exactly! The song was calling out to God… to help him gain control over his life. It’s the only song that I know of that Lionel and my daddy ever wrote together. That song really affected me. I still think of that song and I don’t think I’ll ever forget it because of its message.
R.V.B. – I know that there is a lot of great songs in the Delmore Brothers repertoire. Are there any favorites of yours?
D.D. – I’ve been asked that question a lot. It’s like children… you love your children but you love them in different ways. The songs are that way too. I’ve done two CD’s. The first one I thought “I’m gonna do all my favorites.” That was a very hard thing to do because there was way more than I thought. So I picked out some of them. When we had the 90th anniversary, I made another CD with some of their other songs. The reason that came about was the first Delmore Days festival we had, the publisher Sherry Bond, was supposed to be there with Delmore Brothers CD’s to sell. She ended up in Athens, Georgia instead of Athens, Alabama. So we didn’t have any CD’s to sell. I told Sherry “What am I going to do? There’s people here who want their music.” She said “Tell them to just contact you at the website.” The next week I decided that I was going to do my own CD… songs that I wanted on it. I found an engineer that had a studio, here in Huntsville. He had been highly recommended to me by some of my friends. He said “Debby… why don’t you narrate the CD and tell some of those stories that you tell between songs?” I said “I can do that.” I come home and I wrote some stories, and I did it on both CD’s. I narrated them with stories and facts about the Delmore Brothers. Everybody loved the first one I did. They wanted me to do another one. I did another one for the 90th anniversary celebration. On that one, I concentrated a lot on daddy’s book Truth is Stranger Than Publicity. It’s no longer in print but it’s been in print two separate times. I have some copies but I’m hoping that someday they’ll republish it. Daddy wanted to write that book to tell his side of story. He didn’t want anybody making things up. Unfortunately he never finished the book. It’s still one of the earliest sources of country music, from the way it was in the beginning. That’s the source where I went to when I did the 90th anniversary of their music. It’s very important for me to share the story of the Delmore Brothers.
R.V.B. – I’m glad to have the opportunity to share the story also.
D.D. – When I was working, dealing with computers all the time, I told myself, I’m never going to have a computer at home. I found out that aint’ gonna happen. Right now, I’ve got three different computers. It’s the best connection tool you can get.
R.V.B. – Thank you for the work that you’re doing in keeping the music alive. I’ve learned a lot in these last few days. Freight Train Boogie is an amazing song.
D.D. – I love that song too. I love Hillbilly Boogie too. It’s named one of the top 500 songs to influence rock and Roll. That’s on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Some of their music is early rock and roll. There’s a Billboard ad, advertising Hillbilly Boogie… a 78 record and other memorabilia on display at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
R.V.B. – Just another example of genre bending from the Delmore Brothers. It’s fascinating. Debby thank you very much for your time… I appreciate it. You made my birthday a special day.
D.D. – Well thank you. My thoughts will be with you with what’s going on in New York right now. Please stay safe.
R.V.B. – Thank you. Have a great day.
interview conducted by Robert von Bernewitz
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Debby, that was an amazing interview! I do remember your daddy picking us up & taking us downtown to the record store! What memories my friend! Two Great Talents, Alton & Rabin DELMORE. Love, your childhood friend
Betty MOOREHEAD 🌹
Posted by: BETTY OLSEN | 07/05/2021 at 02:19 PM
I don’t see a date for this interview. 2020?
Posted by: Bobby Winstead | 08/16/2024 at 03:27 PM