Harley "Red" Allen
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Red Allen, born Harley Allen on February 12, 1930, in Pigeon Roost Hollow, Kentucky, was an American bluegrass singer and guitarist. After Marine service, he settled in Dayton, Ohio, in 1949, where he began performing professionally. He met mandolinist Frank Wakefield, who joined his first band, the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys. Allen first came to broader public attention in 1956 when he joined the Osborne Brothers, recording the song âOnce Moreâ, which reached number 13 on the charts. After leaving the group in 1958, he returned to Dayton. He later formed Red Allen and the Kentuckians, releasing the album Bluegrass (1964) on Folkways and subsequent albums including Bluegrass Country, Vol. 1 (1966). He worked with musicians such as Don Reno and J.D. Crowe, recording the album Bluegrass Holiday with Crowe. He also recorded for County and King Records, and toured through the 1980s. Posthumously, he was inducted into the Society for the Preservation of Bluegrass Music of America Hall of Fame in 1995 and the IBMA Bluegrass Hall of Fame in 2005. He died on April 3, 1993, in Dayton, Ohio.
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- Bluegrass Breakdown
- Muskrat Song
- Journey's End
- Catnip
- Those "Gone and Left Me" Blues
- Crying Heart Blues
- Little Birdie
- Is This My Destiny?
- Faded Memory
- Have You Come to Say Goodbye
- Ashes of Love
- I Don't Believe You'd Do Me Wrong
- Out on the Ocean
- Back Up and Push (Theme)
- We Live in Two Different Worlds
- There Must Be Another Way to Live
- Is It Too Late Now
- Bluegrass Blues
- She's No Angel
- I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
- Down in the Willow Garden
- Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone
- Turkey in the Straw
- Close By
