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To Us, That Would Have Been the Impossible: Columbia Records, 1949–1952 — The Music of the Stanley Brothers
- Key
- reid2015-stanley-brothers
- Authors
- Reid, Gary B.
- Issued
- 2015
- Type
- chapter
- Container
- The Music of the Stanley Brothers
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Publisher place
- Urbana
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Claims
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Conventional trios of the late 1940s had a lead, a tenor harmony above it and a baritone harmony below it. Starting in 1949 the Stanley Brothers reworked the trio by adding, alongside the lead and tenor, an even higher third part called the high baritone, sung on their early Columbia recordings by Pee Wee Lambert.
"Starting in 1949, they featured an innovative vocal trio that is considered by many to be a hallmark of their Columbia sound. Conventional trios of the day were composed of a regular lead vocal, with a tenor harmony above it, and baritone harmony below it. The Stanleys rewrote the structure of the trio into a stunning new form. In addition to the regular lead and tenor, an even higher third part, called a high baritone, was added. ... It was Pee Wee who added the essential high baritone part to the new trio sound."
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