Years active 1930s-1940s | ||
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Associated acts J. E. Mainer
Wade Mainer Past members Zeke Morris
Wiley Morris
George Morris Origin Old Fort, North Carolina, United States Members Zeke Morris, Wiley Morris, George Morris, Steven Morris, Robert Morris Albums One Less Dream, Bullybusters, Let's Unite the Nation Genres Old-time music, Country music Record labels Bluebird Records, RCA Records Similar Wade Mainer, J E Mainer, Earl Scruggs, JE Mainer's Mountaineers, Snuffy Jenkins | ||
Blue trail of sorrow by the morris brothers band at the music hall
The Morris Brothers (Zeke Morris, May 19, 1916 – August 21, 1999 and Wiley Morris, February 1, 1919 – September 22, 1990) were an American country music group particularly popular in the 1930s, although they continued to play together occasionally until the 1970s.
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Biography
The Morris Brothers were born in Old Fort, North Carolina. Originally, they began performing as a trio together with a third brother, George Morris. In 1933, Zeke moved to Concord and joined J. E. Mainer's Crazy Mountaineers He made his first recordings with the Mountaineers in August 1935 för Bluebird Records. Four years later, in 1937, Wiley and Zeke along with banjo player Wade Mainer did some radio work in the North Carolina towns of Asheville and Raleigh. In April 1938, The Morris Brothers, fiddler Homer Sherrill and banjo player Joel Martin, calling themselves the Smilin' Rangers, performed at radio station WBTM in Danville, Virginia. In September 1938, Zeke recorded with Charlie Monroe as a replacement for Bill Monroe just after the Monroe Brothers had disbanded. The same year, Zeke's musical career came to a halt when he went to work in a cotton mill in Gastonia. In 1939, the brothers moved to Asheville and WWNC radio, where they resumed their career. After World War II they retired and opened an auto repair business. Between 1938 and 1939, the Morris Brothers made 36 recordings for RCA Victor.
Well known musicians who have played with the Morris Brothers include: Hoke Jenkins, Red Rector, Red Smiley, Don Reno, Benny Sims and Earl Scruggs.
Songs
I Can Be a Superhero2011
Salty Dog BluesBlue Grass Breakdown - Vol 3 · 2008
Let's Unite the NationLet's Unite the Nation · 2010