Performance

Buford Abner

Buford Abner is credited on 106 releases across 47 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1953–2024 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.

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106

Pressings credited

47

Albums

8

Decades active

145

In collections

Biography

James Buford Abner (November 10, 1917 – November 19, 2011) was an American songwriter, musician and singer who worked during the early days of country music, working in both secular and gospel country music genres. With his brother Merle Abner, his uncle Stacy Abner, George Hughes and Billy Carrier, he was a member of the Swanee River Boys. He was inducted into the Southern Gospel Music Association Hall of Fame in 2002 and the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame as a member of the Swanee River Boys. His song "Long White Lines" has been covered numerous times, including versions by Aaron Tippin and Sturgill Simpson.

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Credited work

106 releases · 47 albums · active 1953–2024

  • Performance · 124

Studios: RCA Victor Studios, Nashville · LCS Studios · Atlanta Sound Recording Studios Inc. · King Studios

Discography

Records they worked on — most-collected first.

Frequent collaborators

  • Swanee River Boys
  • Charlie Gore
  • Bonnie Lou
  • The Swanee River Boys
  • Jack Greene
  • Blackwood Brothers Quartet
  • The Blackwood Brothers Quartet
  • Various

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