The Vagabonds

Former Vagabonds bass player Alan Wood —77 now runs his own management agency and represents Paul Carrack. Kirk owns Hilltop Studios in Dronfield near Chesterfield. Platts is managing editor of the entertainment paper, Mercury Newspaper in Sheffield. He is currently working on a project entitled 'Rainbow Beach'.

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Retrieved from " https: He signed the group up, a move regarded as something of a turning point for the venue, with Opry George D. Hay apparently pitching a fit. The Vagabonds came with no obvious hillbilly persona, either visually or musically. While the heavy gospel content was sanctioned by the old-time and early bluegrass crowd, some of the group's material was more along the lines of Tin Pan Alley song structure, including ragtime, than the typical Appalachian fare. The group was also a vocal harmony ensemble rather than a string band, again upsetting Hay, who much preferred the latter.

Goodman , Upson , and Poulton were all trained musicians who read and arranged music, quite different than the by-ear players who made up the usual Opry cast.

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The Vagabonds and the similarly talented Delmore Brothers traveled to Chicago together to make their first Bluebird records for the RCA Victor label, beginning what some regard as a new era in country music, marked by professional musicianship. To some, it was the Vagabonds who brought pop music to the Opry in , meaning the disgusted sneer inspired by the countrypolitan crowd of Chet Atkins , Floyd Cramer , and others should really have been on someone's face decades earlier.

The Vagabonds strongly influenced the genre's merchandising concepts during its run of 78 releases and Opry appearances, printing the city's first souvenir songbook as well as opening the doors of Old Cabin Music, the first of what would be many, many Nashville country music song publishing companies. Best-remembered of the group's original song material is "When It's Lamp Lighting Time in the Valley," written by either Goodman alone or in conjunction with the others, but in either case a bundle for the publishing company.

The group proved so popular that it was slotted into the other programming on Chicago's WSM and began experimenting with some of the earliest amplified guitar sounds.

Davina and The Vagabonds

The Vagabonds remained a popular act for many years, although predictably the members had a tendency to wander off. First it was Goodman who left to front his own band, the Tennessee Valley Boys, with whom he established another strong Opry link. Poulton was the final holdout, eventually disassembling the group to become involved with promotional work.

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