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Albert E. Brumley

by Tudy Brumley, January 8, 2009

A tall quiet man with shoulders bowed as if he carried a heavy load - which he did. Albert E. Brumley was one of the twice blessed; not only was he gifted as a writer of words, but as a creator of music. His was a gift that did not let him rest while he still had much to do.

As a man of vision, as a lover of his country and its people, he recognized, after many requests over the years, that much of our nations heritage of music and song was fast disappearing, and I am sure he must have wondered who would share with future generations the music and words their ancestors sang if not himself?

In 1970 Albert Brumley published his first small book of long forgotten folk songs, “Songs of the Pioneers # 1”. This man whose gospel music and sacred songs are known and loved throughout the entire world, gathered and published the history and songs the pioneer settlers took with them when they moved from the safe towns in the east to the wilderness across the Mississippi, and on to the farthest reaches of the land.

Born in October 1905 Albert Brumley lived the birth and spread of folk music for the Sunday afternoon sing-a-longs to the theater and entertainment houses of their day. He had first-hand knowledge of what the people craved in their free time away from the busyness of everyday life, and what he could not remember intense research filled the gaps. When he died in 1977 he had compiled and published 5 such books.