Hooker Family Legends Music Series. Another group of descendants from
John & Mandy Hooker.
The Boyd Brothers are Jim, John & Garland the children of Sam Boyd & wife Josie Hooker-Boyd who was daughter of John & Mandy Hooker.
The Boyd Brothers were based out of Rural Hall, NC. They started their careers in music playing with their uncle Millard Hooker and the Full Gospel Singers. They played at church services and revivals on a regular basis as well as played on radio shows in the area over WHEO in Stuart Virginia and WKTE in King North Carolina. The Boyds quickly became local heroes and started getting the attention of concert and festival promoters and record label executives. They traveled throughout the entire southeast performing at major bluegrass festivals, auditoriums & churches. They were crowd favorites and regulars at Jekyll Island Bluegrass Festival in Georgia and Lester Flatt's Mount Pilot Bluegrass Festival in Pinnacle, NC.
The Boyd Brothers were 1 of only 2 artist who played the Mount Pilot festival all 7 years of its existence. How's that for crowd favorites! They recorded many albums over the years ,some regionally and several released nationally on noted bluegrass music labels including Bluegrass Caravan of Nashvlle & Atteiram Records out of Marietta Georgia. Oldest brother Jim passed away in 2003 & middle brother John in 2013.
These days, youngest brother Garland pastors a church and still breaks out the guitar and makes an appearance occasionally and sings some Boyd Brothers songs at family reunions, church singings and revivals.
Artist: The Boyd Brothers
Title: Life's Railway To Heaven
Label: Bluegrass Caravan
Cat#: BCR-8-80-101
Year: 1980
Genre: Bluegrass Gospel
Source: Vinyl
Song Listing:
1. Life's Railway To Heaven
2. Let Me Walk By Your Side
3. He Was A Friend of Mine
4. Little Church Back Home
5. Fallen Leaves
6. White Dove
7. It's Mighty Dark To Travel
8. Trouble In The Amen Corner
9. Keep On Trucking
10. Wayward Sinner
Production credits:
Garland Boyd - Guitar, Lead & Harmony Vocals
John Boyd - Guitar, Tenor Vocal
Jim Boyd - Mandolin, Baritone Vocals, Lead Vocal on 6
Donald Beasley - Lead Guitar, Harmony Vocals
Alvin Tolley - Banjo
Lewis Nelson - Bass
Produced by Chuck Webster
Recorded at MKB studio, Tobaccoville, NC by W.H. Butner, Jr.
PLEASE NOTE: This record is 37 years old and has been played a lot and there are pops & scratches that can be heard as well as a couple places where the record skips. Please keep this in mind and try to
