Biography
Bearing a moniker suggestive of their humorous bent, the Geezinslaws fashioned a recording career around tavern-oriented spoofs of well-known country numbers. Originally billed as the Geezinslaw Brothers, the act comprised mandolinist and vocalist Sammy Allred alongside guitarist and vocalist Raymond "Son" Smith, high-school classmates from Austin, TX. Local performances preceded their 1961 breakthrough appearance on Arthur Godfrey's popular variety program, which secured a Columbia contract and yielded the 1963 debut The Kooky World of the Geezinslaw Brothers after the pair had settled permanently in New York. Four further albums followed on Capitol from 1966 to 1969, generating modest chart entries such as "Chubby (Please Take Your Love to Town)" and "You Wouldn't Put the Shuck on Me." Additional television spots included variety programs hosted by Johnny Carson, Ed Sullivan, and Jackie Gleason, while regular radio exposure came via Ralph Emery's Pop Goes the Country.
After largely vanishing from view throughout the 1970s, the duo resurfaced in 1986—now shortened to the Geezinslaws—on Emery's Nashville Now broadcast. Recording resumed with 1989's The Geezinslaws on Step One, which blended parodies and conventional country material. The similarly styled World Tour appeared in 1990, and 1992's Feelin' Good, Gittin' Up, Gittin' Down delivered their first charting single in more than twenty years, "Help, I'm White and I Can't Get Down." Early-nineties touring increased, culminating in the outright comedy album I Wish I Had a Job to Shove in 1994. Their last release, Blah...Blah...Blah, arrived in 1997.
After largely vanishing from view throughout the 1970s, the duo resurfaced in 1986—now shortened to the Geezinslaws—on Emery's Nashville Now broadcast. Recording resumed with 1989's The Geezinslaws on Step One, which blended parodies and conventional country material. The similarly styled World Tour appeared in 1990, and 1992's Feelin' Good, Gittin' Up, Gittin' Down delivered their first charting single in more than twenty years, "Help, I'm White and I Can't Get Down." Early-nineties touring increased, culminating in the outright comedy album I Wish I Had a Job to Shove in 1994. Their last release, Blah...Blah...Blah, arrived in 1997.
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