 Mainer was in his brother J.E. ' s band for two years , until he left for more traditional work , which at the time was far more profitable than his musical career . Making only five dollars a week under sponsorship , Mainer found that he could earn up to three times as much working at a yarn mill , which he described as being " gold " for the era . After leaving his brother 's group in 1936 , he began to perform duet work with Zeke Morris , who was a band mate from The Mountaineers . After a time working on this project , Mainer left to form the short @-@ lived " Smilin ' Rangers " which later became " Sons of the Pioneers " . Zeke Morris then got together with his brother Wiley to form The Morris Brothers . 
