The Mayfield Brothers

Born and raised on the Green Valley Ranch near Dawn Texas in 1926,
Thomas Edward "Edd" Mayfield and his brothers Herb and Smokey were |
among the first musicians on the plains of West Texas to embrace this
basically eastern mountain-born bluegrass music. Like many others in the
region, they gained a heightened awareness of the outside world with the
introduction of the radio.

In 1950, Edd received a message to call Bill Monroe. Monroe, remembering
Edd's singing and playing skills, had called to offer him a job in his band.
It was a terrible dilemma for the group, but after some discussion they decided
that Edd should not pass up this opportunity. This was to be the first of three
stints for Edd under Monroe's tutelage.

ABOUT THESE RECORDINGS:
Six of the songs on this CD were originally recorded at Norman Petty's studio in Clovis, New Mexico circa 1955-56 (Poison Love, The Old Hometown, Mother Was Called Away, Why You Go Don't Write to Me, Lonely Heart Blues, Pardon My Whiskers While I Kiss You Goodnight). The remaining material presented here was recorded on a reel-to-reel tape recorder in the living room of Lorena Curtis, sister of the Mayfield Brothers, between 1948 and 1956.