{"artistName":"Hylo Brown","artistId":98755,"artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/94f/94f64ddfacef2d1853e80c05c7b5bb6b_xl.jpg","srcset":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/94f/94f64ddfacef2d1853e80c05c7b5bb6b_sm.jpg 50w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/94f/94f64ddfacef2d1853e80c05c7b5bb6b_md.jpg 80w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/94f/94f64ddfacef2d1853e80c05c7b5bb6b_lg.jpg 200w,https://artist99.cdn107.com/94f/94f64ddfacef2d1853e80c05c7b5bb6b_xl.jpg 340w","artistBio":"\u003cp\u003eHylo Brown (April 20, 1922 - January 17, 2003) was a bluegrass and country music singer, guitarist and bass player. \n Biography\nFrank \"Hylo\" Brown was born in River, Kentucky and began his career as a performer on radio station WCMI in Ashland, Kentucky in 1939. Soon, he moved to WLOG in Logan, West Virginia and their \"Saturday Jamboree\". Six months later, he moved with his family to Springfield, Ohio. He began composing songs and performing on local radio stations in Ohio. During an appearance at WFPB in Middletown, Ohio he received his nickname \"Hylo\" because Smoky Ward, who was on the show, couldn't remember his name and started calling him \"Hi-Lo\". That nickname was a humorous indication of Brown's presumed vocal range. In 1950, he recorded with Bradley Kincaid at WWSO studio in Springfield. Four years later, Brown wrote a song, Lost To A Stranger, that was sent to Ken Nelson, the A \u0026amp; R man of Capitol Records. The song was meant to be recorded by Kitty Wells but instead, Nelson offered Brown a recording contract if he recorded it himself. On November 7, 1954, he cut his first recordings for Capitol Records. Lost To A Stranger became his first hit. In early 1955, he formed the \"Buckskin Boys\" performing on the WWVA Jamboree in Wheeling, West Virginia. In 1957, he joined Flatt \u0026amp; Scruggs as a bass player on their \"Martha White Mills\" shows. He renamed the \"Buckskin Boys\" calling them \"The Timberliners\". The Timberliners consisted of Brown on guitar, Red Rector on mandolin, Jim Smoak on banjo, Clarence \"Tater\" Tate on fiddle and Joe \"Flap Jack\" Phillips on bass. After his Capitol contract had expired, Brown signed with Starday Records in 1961. He retired in 1991 and moved to Mechanicsburg, Ohio. \n Selected discography\nHylo Brown - Capitol (1959), \nBluegrass Balladeer - Starday Records (1962), \nBluegrass Goes To College - Starday Records (1963), \nSing Me A Bluegrass Song - Starday Records (1963), \nHylo Brown and The Timberliners - Rural Rhythm Records (1966), \nSings Folk Songs of Rural America - Rural Rhythm Records (1967), \nLegends \u0026amp; Tall Tales - Rural Rhythm Records (1967), \nSings Country Gospel Songs - Rural Rhythm Records (1967), \nHylo Brown and the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys - Rural Rhythm Records (1968), \nSings the Blues - Rural Rhythm Records (1968), \nAmerica's Favorite Balladeer - Rural Rhythm Records (1968), \nHylo Brown \u0026amp; The Timberliners, 1954-1960 - Bear Family Records (1992), \n20 Old-Time Favorites (Re-Issue of \"Hylo Brown and the Blue Ridge Mountain Boys\") - Rural Rhythm Records (1997)\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Hylo+Brown","playStationPath":"/stations/277091745/play","stationId":277091745,"bioPath":"/music/Hylo+Brown/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Blue+Highway","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/0f9/0f95010b9997c30343a9d5abc9c04381_md.jpg","artistName":"Blue Highway","artistId":10907,"station_id":113319323},{"musicPath":"/music/Dale+Ann+Bradley","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6d6/6d688a3afdac21c96b1fb7bb9d9b4c2a_md.jpg","artistName":"Dale Ann Bradley","artistId":98715,"station_id":277091649},{"musicPath":"/music/Dry+Branch+Fire+Squad","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/839/8391c3e8420ade4e3b69e4a1468d7ab1_md.jpg","artistName":"Dry Branch Fire Squad","artistId":99022,"station_id":277277167},{"musicPath":"/music/IIIrd+Tyme+Out","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/2c6/2c6ed2db975205a05157bd900d0440fd_md.jpg","artistName":"IIIrd Tyme Out","artistId":98773,"station_id":277432780},{"musicPath":"/music/Jimmy+Martin+The+Sunny+Mountain+Boys","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b21/b210df5ed712f831a4675c8fa6567c3b_md.jpg","artistName":"Jimmy Martin \u0026 The Sunny Mountain Boys","artistId":133416,"station_id":285651533},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Grascals","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/851/85177ae894a5b01fef3328ffd9770f1a_md.jpg","artistName":"The Grascals","artistId":12434,"station_id":113732333},{"musicPath":"/music/Joe+Maphis","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/6d8/6d8a76bb9aecdd9f92389a4c3eaf9363_md.jpg","artistName":"Joe Maphis","artistId":7431,"station_id":113713551},{"musicPath":"/music/Snuffy+Jenkins","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fe5/fe52334820bacedd5fdf4d3973348b57_md.jpg","artistName":"Snuffy Jenkins","artistId":98876,"station_id":277276573},{"musicPath":"/music/Don+Rigsby","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e2a/e2a092853aa0a6be931b783632ea4811_md.jpg","artistName":"Don Rigsby","artistId":98713,"station_id":277091647},{"musicPath":"/music/Ralph+Stanley+The+Clinch+Mountain+Boys","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/06e/06ebebc150984f0e24622384c374a2f2_md.jpg","artistName":"Ralph Stanley \u0026 The Clinch Mountain Boys","artistId":107072,"station_id":281862338},{"musicPath":"/music/Red+Allen","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e78/e78fb2597d7f1de8193d2a1893974eb8_md.jpg","artistName":"Red Allen","artistId":131480,"station_id":285397718},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Bluegrass+Album+Band","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/259/259947497ceda03350de96e2c34a686e_md.jpg","artistName":"The Bluegrass Album Band","artistId":98764,"station_id":277151067},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Johnson+Mountain+Boys","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/56a/56a2703ed072182707b1f07b51090f9f_md.jpg","artistName":"The Johnson Mountain Boys","artistId":98776,"station_id":277276537},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Kentucky+Colonels","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/72c/72c9bbb8f6bc213d7f8c7b2792e776ef_md.jpg","artistName":"The Kentucky Colonels","artistId":13307,"station_id":113343445},{"musicPath":"/music/Doyle+Lawson","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/e4d/e4ddeb517f7e6871264d602f41835c03_md.jpg","artistName":"Doyle Lawson","artistId":110583,"station_id":282142106},{"musicPath":"/music/Hot+Rize","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/dfc/dfccec889954d28320a35937eee4b15d_md.jpg","artistName":"Hot Rize","artistId":98759,"station_id":277091746},{"musicPath":"/music/J+D+Crowe+the+New+South","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/676/676b9906b3795c688899cd3f97495128_md.jpg","artistName":"J.D. 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