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Also known as
  
The Geezinslaws

Years active
  
1963–2005

Genre
  
Country music

Genres
  
Country

Active until
  
2005

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Past members
  
Sammy AllredDeWayne Smith/Dr. Ron Teofan/Jody "Slick" MeredithBill "Wichita" Wise

Origin
  
Austin, Texas, United States (1963)

Albums
  
Eclectic Horsemen, Feelin' Good, Gittin' Up, Gittin' Down

Record labels
  
Similar
  
Kelly Willis, Jack Ingram, Cory Morrow, Robert Earl Keen, Guy Clark

The Geezinslaw Brothers, also known as The Geezinslaws, is an Austin, Texas-based country music comedy duo consisting of Sammy Allred and Dewayne "Son" Smith. They have been performing for more than 50 years and released numerous recordings over a 40+ year span from 1963 to 2005.

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The group started as The Geezinslaw Brothers in the 1950s. They once opened for Elvis Presley and were regulars on the Louisiana Hayride radio show.

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In 1961, Arthur Godfrey invited them on his show, giving the duo their big break. They landed a record deal with Columbia Records and released their debut album The Kooky World of the Geezinslaw Brothers in 1963. They moved to New York City and changed record labels to Capitol Records, where they recorded four more albums between 1966 and 1969. The duo made the country Top 100 three times during their stint with Capitol, but never cracked the Top 40.

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The Geezinslaw Brothers made guest appearances on The Ed Sullivan Show and Jackie Gleason Show and toured with Roger Miller and Perry Como. They became regulars on Ralph Emery's radio program Pop! Goes the Country. In 1986, they appeared on Nashville Now, another show hosted by Ralph Emery.

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The Geezinslaw Brothers released only one album each decade in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1979, they released an album for Willie Nelson's Short Lived Lone Star Label titled "If You Think I'm Crazy Now..." In 1989, the band, now calling themselves just The Geezinslaws, released a self-titled album on the Step One label.

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In 1993, the group received the National Association of Record Merchandisers "Indie Best Seller Award" for their recording, Feelin' Good, Gittin' Up, Gittin' Down. This album also gave them their first chart single in over two decades with "Help, I"m White and I Can't Get Down."

The group has appeared on Austin City Limits three times. The Austin Music Awards inducted The Geezinslaws into its Hall of Fame for 2005.

The Geezinslaws latest release, Eclectic Horsemen (2005), has guest performances by Willie Nelson, Kinky Friedman and Kelly Willis.

Sammy Allred also worked in radio on and off for over forty years, much of the time as a radio personality on KVET in Austin. He is a member of the Texas Radio Hall of Fame and won the Country Music Association Personality of the Year Award in 2006 and 2007 and the Billboard Personality of the Year Award in 1971 and 1997.

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Songs

Help - I'm White And I Can't Get Down1992
I Kissed The BusWorld Tour · 1990
You Wouldn't Put the Shuck On MeI Wish I Had A Job To Shove · 1994

References

The Geezinslaw Brothers Wikipedia


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