Country
United States
Tommy Doss
Tommy Dossについて
出身地
Weiser, ID, United States
誕生日
1920
ジャンル
Country
b. Lloyd Thomas Doss, 26 September 1920, Weiser, Idaho, USA. An important member of the Sons Of the Pioneers. The Doss family relocated to La Grande, Oregon, in 1922 where, together with his normal schooling, Doss developed an interest in the early country sounds of Jimmie Rodgers, no doubt greatly encouraged by his accordion- and organ-playing father. He began singing in public at the age of 11 and in 1939, together with his brother Beek and a friend, he formed the Sons Of Grande Ronde. This trio, with a repertoire that included some of the songs of the Sons Of The Pioneers, whom he greatly admired, proved popular on local radio. During World War II, he was involved with defence work before returning to LeGrande in 1946 and forming a new trio. In 1948, for a time, he replaced Tommy Duncan with Bob Wills’ Texas Playboys and appears on some of that band’s Tiffany transcriptions but not on their studio recordings. He then moved to Los Angeles as vocalist with Luke Wills’ band. He sang on some recordings including ‘Shut Up And Drink Your Beer’, until RCA Records’ producer said he sounded too much like another of their artists, Bob Nolan. In 1949, whilst singing with Ole Rasmussen’s band, he achieved a lifelong ambition, when he became a member of the Sons Of The Pioneers. Nolan had wanted to retire and he and Tim Spencer saw Doss as the ideal replacement. He toured extensively, recorded and made films with the group, until, like Nolan, he found that he could no longer handle the pressures and in 1963, he gave up full-time connections with the group. He retired to Imnaha, Oregon, where he opened a store. He continued to record with the Pioneers and was even persuaded, on occasions, to undertake short tours until December 1967. In 1972, he appeared at a special reunion concert in Los Angeles to celebrate the Pioneers’ 40th anniversary. Everyone was impressed with his performance and he was persuaded to make some solo recordings. They were planned as the first of a series of albums but Doss had no intention of giving up his peaceful retirement. He returned home immediately after completing the session and the recordings remained unissued until 1987. The 11 songs included ‘Rosa’, a song he had sung on his last session with the Pioneers, ‘The Memory’ and perhaps the even more appropriately titled ‘I Care No More’.
