Mattie O’Neil and Salty Holmes - Shackles And Chains (1951).
PIC SHOWS Jean Chapel aka Mattie O’Neil and Salty Holmes
(Written by Salty Holmes).
Issued on King 1033 A.
Recorded 20 November 1951 King Recording Studio 1540 Brewster Ave., Cincinatti, OHIO -
Mattie O’Neil (vcl solo/vcl harmony), Salty Holmes (harmonica), Martha Carson (vcl harmony/rh gt), Minnie Woodruff (vcl harmony/fiddle), Jerry Byrd (steel gt), Tommy Jackson (fiddle).
MATTIE ( Born Opal Jean Amburgey in Neon, KY 1925 - 1995)
Started Performing with her Sisters Martha & Minnie as the Sunshine as The Amber Sisters
Recorded as
Matty O’Neil
Mattie O’Neil
Opal Jean
Salty & Mattie
Jean Chapel
Regular on the Grand Ole Opry
with Salty Holmes as Mattie and Salty
SALTY ( Born Floyd Holmes in Glasgow, KY (1909 - 1970)
Recorded 1935 to 1940 with the Praire Ramblers/Sweet Violet Boys
Regular on the Grand Ole Opry
with Jean Chapel as Mattie and Salty