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Cat. No. VV 1423: AL TERRY ~ GOOD DEAL, LUCILLE. BEAR FAMILY BFX 15107.
Cat. No. VV 1423: AL TERRY ~ GOOD DEAL, LUCILLE. BEAR FAMILY BFX 15107.

Cat. No. VV 1423: AL TERRY ~ GOOD DEAL, LUCILLE. BEAR FAMILY BFX 15107.

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AL TERRY (BORN ALLISON JOSEPH THERIOT IN 1922 NEAR KAPLAN IN SOUTH LOUISIANA) GREW UP IN A FAMILY IN WHICH MANY ON HIS MOTHER'S SIDE WERE MUSICIANS. AL GREW UP LISTENING TO RECORDS BY JIMMIE RODGERS, JIMMIE DAVIS AND GENE AUTRY ALONG WITH MANY OTHERS. HE OBTAINED HIS FIRST GUITAR VIA A COUSIN AND AL WITH HIS BROTHERS AND ANOTHER FRIEND FORMED THE DRIFTING COWBOYS LONG BEFORE HANK WILLIAMS FORMED HIS BAND OF THE SAME NAME. AL AND THE BOYS HAD THEIR FIRST GIG AROUND 1932-1933 AT A COUNTRY DANCE HALL, LE MAIRE'S HALL SOUTHEAST OF KAPLAN

IN 1935 RADIO STATION KVOL, BEGAN TO BEAM FROM LAFAYETTE, 30 MILES TO THE NORTH AND TO THE BAND'S SURPRISE AN ENQUIRY FOR AN AUDITION BROUGHT A REGULAR SPOT EVERY SATURDAY. AL QUICKLY BECAME INTERESTED IN RADIO ANNOUNCING AND THIS LED HIM TO TAKING A FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION EXAM FOR A BROADCAST LICENCE INITIALLY WITH KRIC IN TEXAS AND LATER RETURNING TO LAFAYETTE TO WORK ON KVOL. BY THIS TIME ALLISON HAD A NEW NAME, AL TERRY, ALL THE TIME HE CONTINUED TO PERFORM WITH VARIOUS BANDS.

AL AND HIS BROTHER, BOBBY, FORMED A NEW BAND CALL THE SOUTHERNERS AND RECORDED 10 DISCS FOR A FLEDGLING RECORD LABEL, FEATURE, FORMED BY THE LEGENDARY J. D. MILLER AND THEY SCORED A REGIONAL HIT WITH "IT'S BETTER LATE THAN NEVER" WHICH HE LATER RECUT FOR HICKORY. AL RECORDED TEN SESSIONS FOR HICKORY BETWEEN DECEMBER 1953 AND SEPTEMBER 1958 AND THE TITLES CHOSEN FOR THIS ALBUM CONCENTRATE ON THE SECOND HALF OF AL'S TENURE WITH HICKORY AND FEATURE SOME GREAT HILLBILLY ALONG WITH ROCKABILLY BOPPERS SUCH AS "WATCHDOG". THE SLEEVE IS IN EXCELLENT CONDITION WITH ONLY VERY MINOR SIGNS OF WEAR. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS NEAR MINT.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Good Deal Lucille / Roughneck Blues / Coconut Girl / Bring Me Some Rain / Follow Me / It's Better Late Than Never / Because I'm Yours (But You're Not Mine) / Am I Seeing Things. Side 2 - Watchdog / My Baby Knows / What A Fool I Was To Fall (For You) / Late Date / It's What You Are To Me / Passing The Blues Around / Your Sweet Lies / The Lesson Of Love.

12" VINYL RECORD 

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