Hugh Cross

Two of the very most famous cowboy and nation quantities received their earliest recordings on initiatives involving this common vocalist, banjo picker, and songwriter. The 1st commercially available documenting of cowboy evergreen “Crimson River Valley” highlighted the duo of Hugh Combination and the renowned Riley Puckett, and of the very first three pre-Roy Acuff recordings of nation teach warhorse (or should we state war-engine) “Wabash Cannonball,” two of these were performed by Cross. Combination was also linked through radio broadcasts with well-known cowboy artists like the Young ladies of the Golden Western world as well as the Drifting Pioneers. But his credits being a journeyman musician included stints in lots of different string rings like the Cumberland Ridge Athletes, Smoky Hill Ramblers, & most important of most, the traditional lineup of Gid Tanner & the Skillet Lickers which also included fantastic players such as for example brother-in-law fiddlers Clayton McMichen and Bert Layne, in addition to Puckett. His duo with Puckett was occasionally released beneath the name from the Alabama Barnstormers, and their information included a edition of “IF YOU Wore a Tulip,” along with the top trip into the “Crimson River Valley.” Combination also caused Lowe Stokes, Ted Hawkins, Gordon Tanner, Linda Parker, and Hoke Grain. With Roy Acuff he co-wrote the well-known amount “Don’t Make Me Go to sleep and I’M GOING TO BE Great,” a melody which spoke for the dreams of younger generation for the longtime, a minimum of until Nirvana arrived. In 1983, Combination was posthumously honored among 50 etched bronze stars provided to classic nation artists with the Wheeling, WV, Jamboree.