This listing is for a factory sealed copy of the Del Wood And The First Nashville Jesus Band - "Rag Time Glory Special" LP.

 

Artist profile:

Polly Adelaide Hendricks Hazelwood (February 22, 1920 – October 3, 1989), known professionally as Del Wood, was an American .

Hendricks was born in . A lifetime resident of Nashville, she was surrounded by the influences of early country music and the remaining vestiges of , particularly through the guitar pickers. She took up piano at age five, and played , , and . Despite her parent's best efforts to encourage a direction towards , the environment in Nashville, plus the early local programming on radio, convinced her that she wanted to play piano in the style. Her dream goal was the , something she would realize in her early 30s.

Shortening her married name (Adelaide Hazelwood) to something easier to remember (and intentionally non-gender specific), Wood began playing in bands and honky-tonk joints in her 20s. After a decade of building repertoire and reputation, she spent some time as a staff pianist at in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It was there that she was heard playing "" among other pieces, which led to a gig with a recording group called Hugh `Baby' Jarrett and his Dixieliners. This led to the first of many recording sessions for the label starting in 1951. "Down Yonder" soon became a national hit in both the country and pop categories in , sold over one million copies, and was awarded a .She is probably the first female country solo instrumentalist to sell a million copies of a .

This success was turned into appearances on the Grand Ole Opry starting in 1952, which led to an eventual full-time gig there in 1953, fulfilling her long-time dream. Two years later her fame culminated with a contract from , where she would make some of the first country/honky-tonk stereo recordings in the late 1950s. While nothing else that she put out had the same success as "Down Yonder", her offerings over the next decade were frequent and consistent. Wood gained the title, Queen of the Ragtime Pianists, sometimes shared with junior fellow plunker . She was also divorced from her stage-namesake, Carson Hazelwood, during this period, but not before adopting a son they named Wesley.

During the , Wood was part of one of the Grand Ole Opry package tours that entertained troops overseas in 1968. Her recordings after the late 1960s were infrequent at best, but her appearances on the Opry continued until just before her death from a on October 3, 1989 at the age of 69.

 

This 1973 LP is on "Lamb & Lion" Records.

Record # LL-1009-STEREO

There is a hole punched in the corner of the cover.

 

Song list

Side 1

1. On The Jericho Road

2. There's A Big Wheel

3. Leaning On The Everlasting Arms

4. Old Camp Meetin' Time

5. Whispering Hope

6. Glory Special

 

Side 2

1. Power In The Blood

2. Give The World A Smile

3. This Ole House

4. Brighten The Corner Where You Are

5. Open Up Your Heart (And Let The Sunshine In)

6. Keep On The Firing Line

 

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