HILLBILLY-RESEARCHER: JIMMY WALTON

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Monday, 2 December 2013

JIMMY WALTON - FLAIR RECORDS

The Bihari Brothers FLAIR label, a subsidiary company of their much larger MODERN set up, is probably best known for its Rhythm & Blues recordings, many of which enjoyed chart success in the mid fifties. However, the label initially started out as a vehicle for Hillbilly material, representing a second stab at that market by the Bihari's, perhaps spurred on by growing popularity of the genre nationally. The first ten releases on FLAIR were all Hillbilly, featured here is Jimmy Walton's sole offering on the label. Walton, who appears to have been based on the West Coast, also had two releases on STARDAY.