NEWSLETTER #147
BRITISH ARCHIVE OF COUNTRY MUSIC
Texas Jim Lewis ->
Patsy Montana
TEXAS JIM LEWIS |
B.A.C.M. 062 |
Rose Of The Border |
● CD $13.98 |
23 tracks
recorded between 1940 and 1951 by this western flavored artist with his
group. In addition to his own vocals there are vocals by Cindy Walker, Pete
Wray, Jimmy Wakely and others.
TEXAS JIM LEWIS: Beaver Creek/ Covered Wagon Rolled Right
Along/ Hitch Old Dobbin To The Shay Again/ I Didn‘t Raise My Boy To Be A
Billy/ If It Hadn‘t Been For You/ Just A While/ Molly Darling/ My Little
Prairie Flower/ New San Antone Rose/ Pliney Jane/ Rock & Rye Polka/ Rose Of
Broken Heart Lane/ Rose Of The Border/ Seven Beers With The Wrong Man/ Ten
More Miles/ They Always Pick On Me/ Too Late To Worry Too Blue To Cry/ White
Cross On Okinawa/ Wine Women And Song/ You Can‘t Break My Heart/ You Gotta
Go/ You‘ve Got Me Wrapped Around Your Finger/ ’leven Miles From Leavenworth
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THE LIGHT CRUST DOUGHBOYS |
B.A.C.M. 094 |
Guitar Jump |
● CD $13.98 |
25 tracks from
1947 commercial recordings and previously unissued 1948 radio
transcriptions. A mix of hot western swing, novelty songs and pop flavored
numbers with Mel Cox & Carroll Hubbard/ fiddles, Lefty Perkins /lead & steel
guitar, Marvin Montgomery/ tenor banjo & rhythm guitar, Knocky Fodwin/
accordion and others.
THE LIGHT CRUST DOUGHBOYS: A Tear For A Tear/ Billy Goat
Rag/ Don‘t Make Me Cry/ Ezra‘s Waltz/ Fisherman‘s Polka/ Get Away Little Gal
Get Away/ Guitar Jump/ Honolulu Lou/ I Cried And Cried And Cried/ I Never
Done That Before/ It‘s A Dirty Shame/ It‘s Cold In Here/ I‘m Gonna Be Gone,
Gone, Gone/ Jean From Abilene/ Move On Gal/ New Sow Song/ No Suh/ Oklahoma
Waltz/ One Time Too Many/ Pappy‘s Banjo Boogie/ Smokey Joe From El Paso/
Starlight Waltz/ The Waltz That Broke My Heart/ There Ain‘t No More/ Truck
Driver‘s Boogie
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LONZO & OSCAR |
B.A.C.M. 198 |
There's A Hole In The Bottom Of The Sea |
● CD $13.98 |
24 tracks from
this popular novelty duo recorded between 1947 and 1954 including their big
hit version of I'm My Own Granpaw which became their theme songs and
has been covered by many other artists. Although the mood is lighthearted
they are fine singers and musicians accompanying themselves on guitar and
mandolin with excellent accompanying musicians. Also includes Charming
Betsy/ Take Them Cold Feet Off My Back/ My Adobe Hacienda/ Girls Don't Nag
Your Husbands/ Sheepskin Corn/ Crazy 'Bout You Baby/ Tell Me Was It Worth
It/ Jezabel/ Mona LIsa, etc.
LONZO & OSCAR: Charming Betsy/ Cornbread And Lasses And
Sassafras Tea/ Crazy 'Bout You Baby/ Frosty The De-Frosted Snowman/ Girls
Don't Nag Your Husbands/ Got It On My Mind/ I'm Movin' On No. 2/ I'm My Own
Grandpa/ Jangle Bells/ Jezabel/ Knock Kneed Suzy/ Let Me Be The One/ Let's
Live A Little/ Mona Lisa/ My Adobe Hacienda/ Near You/ Ole Buttermilk Sky/
One Love For Me/ Sheepskin Corn/ Strange Little Girl/ Take Them Cold Feet
Out Of My Back/ Tell Me Was It Worth It/ There's A Hole In The Bottom Of The
Sea/ Watching The Girls Go By/ You Blacked My Blue Eyes Once Too Often/ You
Won't Do It No More
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BONNIE LOU |
B.A.C.M. 130 |
Danger! Heartbreak Ahead |
● CD $13.98 $10.98 |
Similar to the
now out of print Westside CD this set presents 24 tracks recorded for King
between 1953 and 1955 by this pop flavored country singer. It includes her
two big hits Seven Lonely Days/ Tennessee Wig Walk plus a mix of
hillbilly, novelty songs, and R&B covers.
BONNIE LOU: A Rusty Old Halo/ Blue Tennessee Rain/ Danger!
Heartbreak Ahead/ Darling Why/ Finger Of Suspicion Points At You/ Hand Me
Down Heart/ Huckleberry Pie/ Just Out Of Reach/ Miss The Love I‘ve Been
Dreaming Of/ No Heart At All/ No One/ Old Faithful And True Love/ Please
Don‘t Laugh When I Cry/ Scrap Of Paper/ Seven Lonely Days/ Since You Said
Goodbye/ Tell The World/ Tennessee Wig Walk/ Texas Polka/ Train Whistle
Blues/ Tweedle Dee/ Two Step Side Step/ Wait For Me Darling/ Welcome Mat
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FRANK LUTHER |
B.A.C.M. 007 |
Will The Angels Play Their Harps For Me |
● CD $13.98 |
20 tracks from
the 20s and 30s by this popular and prolific performer including the six
part Home On The Range - a collection of cowboys songs with
narration.
FRANK LUTHER: A Gay Caballero/ Can I Sleep In Your Barn
Tonight Mister?/ Crime Does Not Pay/ Eleven Cent Cotton/ Home On The Range
Parts 1-6/ Old River Valley/ Outlaw John Dillinger/ Peg Leg Jack/ The Bum
Song/ The Ladies Man/ The Return Of Barnacle Bill/ When The Work's All Done
This Fall/ Who Broke The Lock On The Hen House Door/ Will The Angels Play
Their Harps For Me/ You'll Never Miss Your Mother Until She's Gone
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FRANK LUTHER |
B.A.C.M. 103 |
An Old Man's Story & Other Classic Songs & Ballads |
● CD $13.98 |
Complementing
B.A.C.M. 007 this is another collection of songs by this popular and very
prolific performer featuring 22 tracks recorded between 1928 and 1934.
FRANK LUTHER: A Mother's Plea/ An Old Man's Story/
Climbing Up The Golden Stairs/ Fate Of The Fleagle Gang/ Grandmother's
Bible/ Hallelujah I'm A Bum/ He Was Once Some Mother's Boy/ Hello Young
Lindy/ How To Make Love/ I Don't Work For A Living/ In The Baggage Coach
Ahead/ Lonesome Melody/ Nobody To Love/ Oh Dem Golden Slippers/ Oh That Dumb
Bell/ Popeye The Sailor Man/ Reformatory Blues/ Since My Mother's Gone/
Wanderer's Warning/ When The Bloom Is On The Sage/ When The White Azaleas
Start Blooming/ Wonder Valley
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MAC & BOB |
B.A.C.M. 067 |
Songs For Country Home Folks, Vol. 1 |
● CD $13.98 |
26 tracks
recorded between 1926 and 1930 by Lester McFarland and Robert Gardner - one
of the first old time country vocal duos who accompanied themselves on
guitar and mandolin. Ballads, sentimental songs, religious songs and novelty
numbers.
MAC & BOB: Asleep At The Switch/ Beautiful Isle Of
Somewhere/ Don‘t Grieve Your Mother/ Down Where The Roses Go To Sleep/
Gentle Anna/ He Left The One Who Loved Him For Another/ Home Sweet Home In
Tennessee/ If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again/ I‘m Forever Blowing
Bubbles/ Just Plain Folks/ Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane/ On The Road To
Happiness/ Put My Little Shoes Away/ Sarah Jane/ She‘s The Tie That Binds/
Sweet Allalee/ The Two Orphans/ Three Leaves Of Shamrock/ What A Friend We
Have In Mother/ When The Harvest Days Are Over/ Where Is My Mama/ You‘re
Going To Leave The Old Home Jim
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MAC & BOB |
B.A.C.M. 116 |
Songs For Country Home Folks, Vol. 2 |
● CD $13.98 |
22 tracks, 64
minutes, highly recommended
A beloved, highly successful close-harmony duet of the '20s and '30s, Lester
McFarland and Robert Gardner recorded dozens of sides for Brunswick and ARC
that have long eluded reissue. Accompanying themselves on guitar, mandolin
and sometimes harmonica, this Knoxville (later Chicago-based) duo favored
sentimental, sacred and morality tales of yesteryear, appealing to older
listeners who had little tolerance for the hotcha music of the Jazz Age. Mac
and Bob weren't reluctant to take on novelties like Women's Suffrage,
and their takes on familiar songs like The Girl I Loved in Sunny
Tennessee are often startlingly different. Their most immediate
disciples were Karl & Harty, Doc Hopkins, Gene Autry & Jimmie Long, and the
Blue Sky Boys. Mac Wiseman later drew upon their repertoire for his early
Dot sessions. Listening from a modern perspective, the duo opens a window to
country music's genesis in popular 19th century parlor music. A worthy
successor to B.A.C.M's first Mac and Bob set, ("Songs for Country Home
Folks, Vol. 1," B.A.C.M. 067, $13.98). Generally excellent sound; brief
notes by Brian Golbey. (DS)
MAC & BOB: A Picture No Artist Can Paint/ Birmingham Jail/
Bright Sherman Valley/ Go And Leave Me If You Wish To/ I Heard My Mother
Call My Name In Prayer/ I Love You Best Of All/ I Wish I Had Died In My
Cradle/ I've Nothing To Live For Now/ Just A Kerosene Lamp/ Keep A Light In
Your Window Tonight/ Out In This Cold World/ Paint A Rose On The Garden
Wall/ Please Let Me Broadcast To Heaven/ Rocky Mountain Rose/ Songs My
Mother Used To Sing/ Sunny Tennessee/ Take Up Thy Cross And Follow Me/ The
Orphan Boy/ Under The Old Sierra Moon/ Under The Old Umbrella/ When The
Candle Lights Are Gleaming/ Woman Suffrage
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ROSE MADDOX & THE MADDOX
BROTHERS |
B.A.C.M. 189 |
When The Sun Goes Down |
● CD $13.98 |
24 tracks, 63
mins, highly recommended
24 tracks from "the most colorful hillbilly band in America." 17 are from
their classic recordings made for Four Star from the late 40s and early 50s.
As far as I can tell these have not been not on CD before and there are some
great performances including some great gospel performances which show,
that, in spite of their general zaniness they could perform songs like
Flowers From A Master's Bouquet/ Gonna lay My Burden Down/ Unclouded Day
and others. There is also a stunning version of Tramp On Your Street
plus other great performances like Sweet Little You/ I'll Still Write
Your Name In The Sand/ Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die and a riotous
rendition of Bring It Down To My House Honey with great rockin'
mandolin. The remaining seven tracks are from the groups early/ mid 50s
Columbia recordings which are available in their entirety on Bear Family
(BCD 15850 - The Most Colorful Hillbilly Band - 4 CDS - $84.98) and are
enjoyable but pretty tame compared to the Four Star sides. The rest of the
groups Four Star sides are available on Arhoolie 391 and Arhoolie 437
($12.98 each) and are also indisoensible releases. (FS)
ROSE MADDOX & THE MADDOX BROTHERS: Baby You Should Live So
Long/ Bring It On Down To My House Honey/ Cowboy Bugle Boy/ Don't Let Your
Sweet Love Die/ Flowers From The Master's Bouquet/ Gonna Lay My Burden Down/
Hasty Baby/ Hummingbird/ I'd Rather Die Young/ I'd Rather Have Jesus/ I'll
Be No Stranger There/ I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand/ In A Land
Where We Never Grow Old/ Just When I Needed You/ Old Pal Of Yesterdays/
Rosalie By The Rio/ Sweet Little You/ The Nightingale Song/ There's No Right
Way To Do Me Wrong/ Tramp On The Street/ Unclouded Day/ Waltz Of The Pines/
Wedding Blues/ When The Sun Goes Down
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J.E. MAINER'S MOUNTAINEERS |
B.A.C.M. 122 |
1935-1939 |
● CD $13.98 |
23 tracks, 66
mins, highly recommended
Wonderful collection of energetic old time mountain music by this North
Carolina string band led by singer & fiddler J.E. Mainer who had a lengthy
career from the late 20s to the late 60s. The group's instrumental
techniques and line up using fiddle, banjo, mandolin and guitar and string
bass were an important precursor to the bluegrass style and some of the
songs J.E. and his group popularized have become bluegrass staples. The
personnell of the group changed over the years with the earliest recordings
here featuring J.E.'s brother Wade on banjo and harmony vocal as well as
taking vocal lead on a couple of later number. The material is a mix of
original songs, traditional songs, sacred songs, old time favorites and more
and includes Seven And A Half/ The Longest Train/ Going Back West In The
Fall/ Fatal Wreck Of The Bus/ Satisfied (a particularly fine version of
this religious song with great harmonies)/ Johnson's Old Grey Mule/ Going
Down To The River Of Jordan/ Don't Go Out/ Country Blues and others.
Sound quality is fine and there are brief notes by Brian Golbey. (FS)
J.E. MAINER'S MOUNTAINEERS: City On The Hill/ Concord Rag
(Instr)/ Country Blues (instr.)/ Don’t Get Trouble In Your Mind/ Don’t Go
Out/ Drunkard’s Hiccups/ Fatal Wreck Of The Bus/ Going Back West In The
Fall/ Going Down To The River Of Jordan/ John Henry Was A Little Boy/
Johnson’s Old Grey Mule/ Let Her Go God Bless Her/ Lights In The Valley/ New
Lost Train Blues/ Number 111/ On A Cold Winter’s Night/ Satisfied/ Seven And
A Half/ The Longest Train/ Watermelon On The Vine/ Why Do You Bob Your Hair
Girls/ Won’t Be Worried Long/ Write A Letter To Mother
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BOB MALLIN |
B.A.C.M. 120 |
Sings With His Guitar |
● CD $13.98 |
Another British
country singer from the 30s.
BOB MALLIN: A Cowboy’s Wedding Day/ Across The Great
Divide (1st Version)/ Across The Great Divide (2nd Version)/ Blue Skies Are
Around The Corner/ Cowboy/ Gee Gee/ Knick Knacks On The Mantel/ Lost And
Found/ My Little Buckaroo/ Nobody’s Darlin’ But Mine/ On The Trail Where The
Sun Hangs Low/ Prairie Romeo/ Saddle Your Blues To A Wild Mustang/ Silver On
The Sage/ The First Time I Saw You/ There’s A Gold Mine In The Sky/ There’s
A Ranch In The Rockies/ There’s Only Five Bullets In My Old Six Shooter/
When The Organ Played ”O Promise Me”/ When The Sun Says Goodnight To The
Mountains/ With My Little Horse And Wagon
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JUDY MARTIN |
B.A.C.M. 096 |
Straight Shootin' Cowgirl |
● CD $13.98 |
25 tracks
recorded for radio transcriptions in the mid 40s, often with a Western
flavor, by Eva Overstake aka Judy Martin accompanied by The Mountain Rangers
which included her husband Red Foley.
JUDY MARTIN: Down In My Cabin Home/ East Bound Train/ God
Bless You Sweetheart/ Hand In Hand We'll Walk Together Again/ I Hate To Say
Goodbye To The Prairie/ I Want To Be A Real Cowboy Girl/ I'll Never Be The
Same Again/ I'll Never Cry Again Over You/ I'll Never Love Again/ I'm
Getting A Moon's Eye View Of The World/ Keep A Little Sunshine In Your
Smile/ Letter Sealed With A Kiss/ Little Rag Doll/ Love That Wasn't Meant To
Be/ Me And My Cowboy Sweetheart/ My Little One/ Put Me Sleep With A Western
Lullaby/ Sandy Headed Lad/ She Buckaroo/ She's Somebody's Old Fashioned
Sweetheart/ Shine On My Boots/ Straight Shootin' Cowgirl/ Texas Plains/
There's A Wreath On The Door/ When The Sun Goes Down In Laredo
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DUDE MARTIN & HIS NEVADA
NIGHT HERE |
B.A.C.M. 194 |
RS: Cowboy's Nightmare |
● CD $13.98 |
Excellent
collection of Western songs by this excellent group from San Francisco
recorded as radio transcriptions in 1935 and '36. Martin didn't record
commercially until the mid 40s when he performed in a smooth western swing
flavored style but these earlier sides are a straight ahead collection of
cowboy songs and tunes with Martin's vocals accompanied by a small group
with fiddles, guitar and accordion. Some vocals are solo, some feature fine
harmonies from the group members. Includes a mic of old favorites,
traditional songs and some originals. Includes Strawberry Roan/ Home On
the Range/ Roundup Time Is Over/ Jim Crack Corn/ There's A Blue Sky Way Out
Yonder/ Ridin' Home/ Sourwood Mountain/ The Little Shirt That Mother Made
For Me, etc. Sound quality is generally excellent and there are the
usual high quality notes from Kevin Coffey.
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ERNEST MARTIN & HIS
GOSPEL MELODY MAK |
B.A.C.M. 152 |
Hillbilly Gospel From The Blue Grass Hills |
● CD $13.98 |
27 tracks, 76
mins, highly recommended
Excellent collection of old time country gospel from the early 50s by this
fine but little known artist from Kentucky recorded for his own Martin
label. Martin was a fine and powerful singer with an emotion charged vocal
style who accompanies himself on blugrass style banjo on some of the cuts.
He is accompanied by acoustic and electric guitars and string bass and the
electric guitarist provides some brief hot Travis flavored licks. All but
two of the songs are Martin originals and there some fine compositions here
and, hopefully, this CD will them greater recognition. (FS)
ERNEST MARTIN AND HIS GOSPEL MELODY MAKERS: Faded Flowers/
Gabriel Blow Your Silver Trumpet/ Heaven Bound Excursion/ Heaven's Highway
66/ I Want To Live Humble/ I'll Be Shouting Over On The Other Side/ Let It
Shine On Me/ Let's Be Friends/ My Long Journey Home/ My Vine Covered Cabin
On The Hill/ Revelations 1:18/ River Of Time/ Rose Among The Thorns/ Scarlet
Cord/ Shine On/ Sugar Coated Religion/ Swing Wide The Golden Gates/ The
Golden Crown/ The Golden Rule/ The Little Graveyard/ The Valley Of Death/
They Were Leading My Lord From The Garden Of Prayer/ When The Flowers Of God
Shall Bloom/ When The Wrath Of God Comes Down/ White Dove Of Peace/ White
Winged Angel/ Who Was That Man
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GRADY MARTIN & HIS SLEW FOOT
FIVE |
B.A.C.M. 222 |
Cornstalk Hop |
● CD $13.98 |
A nice companion
to the recent Rev-Ola release with 25 tracks featuring this great guitarist
- this time, mostly instrumentals issued under his own name with his group
The Slefoot Five or as his Winging strings. Includes a handful of vocals
from Red Foley, Buddy Hall and Dick Todd.
GRADY MARTIN & HIS SLEWFOOT FIVE: A Pretty Girl Is Like A
Melody/ Allegheny Moon/ Anniversary Song/ Beer Barrel Polka/ Bimbo/ Bully Of
The Town/ Chicago/ Columbus Stockade Blues/ Cornstalk Hop/ Don't Take Your
Love From Me/ Hot Lips/ Just Because/ Mexicali Rose/ My Window Faces The
South/ Night And Day/ Oklahoma Hayseed/ Pork Chop Stomp/ Remember This/
September Song/ Singing The Blues Till My Daddy Comes Home/ Sioux City Sue/
Slip In And Slip Out/ Somebody Stole My Gal/ Star Dust/ Sweethearts Or
Strangers/ The Velvet Glove/ When My Dreamboat Comes Home/ Wooly Boogie
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FRANKIE MARVIN |
B.A.C.M. 003 |
Early Recordings By Gene Autry's #1 Sideman |
● CD $13.98 |
Excellent
collection of 20 sides recorded between 1929 and 1932 by this fine singer
and steel guitarist who worked extensively with Gene Autry. The material
here is diverse mixture ranging from solo sides with just guitar to jazz
band accompaniments which are a bit reminiscent of the work of Emmett
Miller. Several cuts feature fine yodeling by Marvin. Tracks include Slu
Foot Lou/ Dust Pan Blues/ Cowboy's Sweetheart/ In The Jailhouse Now/
Mammmy's Yodel Song/ Mother's Song Of Love/ Our Old Family Album/ T.B. Blues
and more. Several tracks show the pervasive influence of the great Jimmie
Rodgers.No duplication with Cattle 239.
FRANKIE MARVIN: Big Rock Candy Mountain/ Blue Yodel No 1/
Blue Yodel No 9/ Cowboy's Sweetheart/ Dust Pan Blues/ I'm Gonna Yodel My Way
To Heaven/ In The Jailhouse Now/ Lazy Texas Longhorns/ Mammy's Yodel Song/
Miss Moonshine/ Mother's Song Of Love/ Old Man Duff/ Our Old Family Album/
Slu Foot Lou/ Swanee Blue Jay/ T.B. Blues/ There's Gold In Them Thar Hills/
They Cut Down The Old PineTree/ Way Out On The Mountain/ Yodeling Ramblin'
Cowboy
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JOHNNY MARVIN |
B.A.C.M. 075 |
I'm The Man Who's Been Forgotten |
● CD $13.98 |
22 tracks from
the late 20s and the 30s by singer/ guitarist who was the brother of Frankie
Marvin (featured on BACM 003). Bothe Marvin brothers
worked with Gene Autry - Frankie as a musician and Johnny as a songwriter
and producer of Gene's "Melody Ranch" radio program. This collection
features several songs that were later recorded by Autry including
Goodbye Pinto/ Old November Moon and Rhythm Of the Hoofbeats.
JOHNNY MARVIN: Atlanta Bound/ Goodbye Pinto/ Hello Swanee
Hello/ Home On The Range/ I’d Rather Be On The Outside/ I’m Beginning To
Care/ I’m Ridin’ A Trail/ I’m The Man That’s Been Forgotten Pt. 1/ I’m The
Man That’s Been Forgotten Pt. 2/ Jailhouse Blues/ Little Sweetheart Of The
Prairie/ Ma & Pa Send Their Sweetest Love/ Mad Magician/ Old November Moon/
Our Old Grey Mare/ Rhythm Of The Hoofbeats/ Seven Come Eleven/ Somewhere In
The Rockies/ The Man With The Big Black Mustache/ Watermelon Smiling On The
Vine/ When I Kissed That Gal Goodbye/ When You Hear Me Call
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LOUISE MASSEY & THE WESTERNERS |
B.A.C.M. 173 |
Ridin' High, 1933-1941 |
● CD $13.98 |
22 tracks
recorded between 1933 and 1941 by this fine Western flavored family group.
LOUISE MASSEY & THE WESTERNERS: Beautiful Texas/ Bunkhouse
Jamboree/ Dixie Medley/ Going Down To Santa Fe Town/ Gol Darn Wheel/ If
Jesse James Rode Again/ Mary Had A Little Lamb/ New River Train/ Out On Loco
Range/ Play Me That Single Time Jazz/ Polly Wolly Doodle/ Pop Goes The
Weasel/ Pretty Boy Floyd/ Raggin' The Blues At The Old Piano/ Ridin' High/
Rounded Up In Glory/ Sweet Mama Tree Top Tall/ The Santa Fe Trail/ There's
An Empty Cot In The Bunkhouse Tonight/ Tug Boat & Piney Woods/ Twinkle
Twinkle Little Star/ Whatcha Gonna Do When The Rent Comes ' Round
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DICKIE MCBRIDE |
B.A.C.M. 144 |
I Still Care For You |
● CD $13.98 |
23 tracks
featuring Western Swing vocalist McBride recorded between 1939 and 1952
including sides with The Texas Wanderers and The Village Boys. Musicians
include Bob Dunn, Floyd Tillman, Buddy Ray, J.D. Standlee, Clyde Brewer,
herb Remington and others.
DICKIE MCBRIDE: Black Sea Blues/ Gee But I Feel Blue/ Give
Me Those Old Fashioned Days/ Heartless/ I Found You/ I Hope I Never Fall In
Love Again/ I Love You Boogie/ I Still Care For You/ I Wonder/ Is This A
Dream/ I‘d Be A Fool/ I‘m Grieving For Believing In A Lie/ I‘m Tired Of
Living A Lie/ Just A Fool In Love/ Lies/ Nothing Matters To Me/ Out Where
West Winds Blow/ Smile And Drive Your Blues Away/ So I Lost Again/ Tho It
May Be A Long Long Time/ Waiting Just For You/ What Else I Can Say/ You‘re
That To Me
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HARRY MCCLINTOCK |
B.A.C.M. 082 |
The Great American Bum |
● CD $13.98 |
22 tracks, 66
mins, highly recommended
22 tracks recorded between 1928 and 1931 by this fascinating performer whose
classic recording of In The Big Rock Candy Mountain from 1928
(featured here) was included in "Oh Brother Where Art Thou". McClintock was
a world traveler who settled in San Francisco in the 1917 where he landed a
radio spot on KFRC in 1925. McClintock, who was involved in the labor
movement, performed a mix of hobo, vaudeville and cowboy songs including
another song that has become a standard Hallelujah, I'm A Bum. Half
the songs feature just Mac and his guitar - most of the rest feature a small
group ("The Haywire Orchestra") and one song features fiddler Virgil Ward.
(FS)
HARRY MCCLINTOCK: Bald Top Mountain/ Billy Venero/ Can I
Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister/ Circus Days/ Fifty Years From Now/
Fireman Save My Child/ Get Along Little Dogies/ Hallelujah I’m A Bum/ Hobo
Spring Song/ Homespun Gal/ If I Had My Druthers/ In The Big Rock Candy
Mountains/ Jerry Go ‘ile That Car/ My Dad’s Dinner Pail/ My Last Old Dollar/
Old Chisholm Trail/ Roamin’/ The Bum Song/ The Bum Song #2/ The Man On The
Flying Trapeze/ The Trusty Lariat/ Trail To Mexico
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JAMES & FRANK MCCRAVY |
B.A.C.M. 085 |
Old Time Harmony Singing |
● CD $13.98 |
Although they
were prolific and popular in the late 20s and early 30s and recorded more
than 200 sides this is the first CD reissue of this duo. Their performances
sound very and they are backed by small studio groups which sometimes
includes Carson Robison or Roy Smeck.
FRANK & JAMES MCCRAVY: Down Where The Cotton Blossoms
Grow/ Leave It There/ Let Me Hear The Songs My Mother Used To Sing/ No
Hiding Place Down There (sister Lucy)/ Old Fashioned Photograph Of Mother/
Ring Them Heavenly Bells/ She Was Bred In Old Kentucky/ Six Feet Of Earth/
Stand By Me/ Sweet Genevieve/ Sweet Marie/ Swinging On The Golden Gate/ The
Vacant Chair/ These Bones Gwine Rise Again/ Till The End Of The Waltz/ Trail
Of The Lonesome Pine/ Trundle Bed/ When I Wore My Daddy‘s Brown Derby/ When
The Rest Of The Crowd Go Home/ When They Ring The Golden Bells/ When You And
I Were Young Maggie
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SKEETS MCDONALD |
B.A.C.M. 072 |
Wheel Of Fortune |
● CD $13.98 |
24 tracks, 62
mins, highly recommended
A superb collection of sides recorded between 1951 by this outstanding honky
tonk singer whose comparitive lack of success is puzzling - he was superb
singer, excellent songwriter and was accompanied by top West Coast musicians
like Joe Maphis, Jimmy Bryant, Speedy West and others. His only hit in the
50s was his great cover of Slim Willet's Don't Let The Stars Get In Your
Eyes which is featured here along with lots of other great songs, often
with a bluesy flavor, including Scoot Git And Begone/ The Love That Hurts
Me So/ Please Come Back/ Curtain Of Tears/ Ridin' Wit The Blues/ Be My
Life's Companion/ Let Me Know/ I've Got To Win Your Love Again/ Lookin' At
The Moon And Wishing On A Star/ Baby I'm Countin' and others - most of
them originals. This set also includes one side of his debut recording for
Fortune of Detroit in the 1951 - the great Tattooed Lady which was
considered a bit risqué for its time. Excellent sound and brief notes from
Brian Golbey. (FS)
SKEETS MCDONALD: Baby I‘m Countin‘/ Baby I‘m Lost Without
You/ Be My Life‘s Companion/ Big Family Trouble/ Bless Your Little Old Heart
You‘re Mine/ Curtain Of Tears/ Don‘t Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes/ Hi
Diddle Diddle (my My)/ I Can‘t Last Long/ I Need Your Love/ It‘s Your Life/
I‘m Hurtin‘/ I‘m Sorry To Say I‘m Sorry/ I‘ve Got To Win Your Love Again/
Let Me Know/ Lookin‘ At The Moon And Wishing On A Star/ Please Come Back/
Ridin‘ With The Blues/ Scoot Git And Begone/ Tattooed Lady/ The Love That
Hurts Me So/ Today I‘m Movin‘ Out/ Wheel Of Fortune/ Worried Mind
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CLAYTON MCMICHEN |
B.A.C.M. 081 |
The Legendary Fiddler |
● CD $13.98 |
24 tracks,
recommended
Until the end of his life, the great fiddler Clayton McMichen was at odds
between the music his audiences wanted to hear and the music he loved to
play. During the late '20s, McMichen had few peers as a breakdown fiddler;
he was the driving force and de facto leader of Gid Tanner and the Skillet
Lickers. But he really wanted to play smart, swinging pop tunes with a tight
rhythm ensemble, just like his fellow Atlantian Perry Bechtel was doing. In
1931 he broke with the Skillet Lickers set to form the Georgia Wildcats. His
guitarist, Slim Bryant, was a Bechtel disciple who could play closed chords
or mimic Riley Puckett's powerful bass runs. Though this reissue includes a
half-dozen '20s tracks with Puckett and Skillet Lickers spin-offs, it
emphasizes McMichen's '30s output. The Wildcats' sound is reminiscent of the
Prairie Ramblers, although the band's recording debut predates the Ramblers'
first sessions by two years. McMichen was never truly a swing fiddler; Ken
Newton actually plays the hot second break on Frankie & Johnny; Gene
Autry's longbow fiddler Carl Cotner participated in later Wildcat sessions.
The set - and McMichen's recording career - concludes with five of the six
superb breakdown medleys he recorded for Decca in June 1939. As with other
B.A.C.M. issues, the sound quality is dull in spots, but generally good.
Brian Golbey provides brief notes. (DS)
CLAYTON MCMICHEN: Arkansas Traveller/ Bummin' On The I. C.
Line/ Cumberland Valley Waltz/ Devil's Dream/Rickett'Hornpipe/Fisher's
Hornpipe/ Fire On The Mountain/Ida Red/Sally Goodin/ Frankie & Johnny/
Georgia Wildcat Breakdown/ Honolulu Moon/ I Don't Love Nobody/ Little
Darling I'll Be Yours/ Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane/ McMichen's Reel/
Mississippi Sawyer/ Missouri Waltz/ My Carolina Home/ Please Don't Sell My
Pappy No More Rum/ Rose Of Shenandoah Valley/ Smoky Mountain Home/ Soldier's
Joy/Arkansas Traveller/ Sourwood Mnt./Peter went a-fishin'/Sugar In The
Gourd/ Sweet Bunch Of Daisies/ The Dying Hobo/ Turkey In The Straw/Hen
Cackle/Dance All Night/ WildCat Rag/ Yum Yum Blues
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CLAYTON MCMICHEN |
B.A.C.M. 142 |
The Legendary Fiddler, Vol. 2 |
● CD $13.98 |
Another
collection featuring this brilliant fiddler including early old time string
band sides, sentimental songs and later jazzy swing items.
CLAYTON MCMICHEN: Ain't She Sweet/ Alexander's Ragtime
Band/ Darling Nellie Gray/ Done Gone/ Fiddlin‘ Medley (old Time Fiddlers‘
Medley)/ Fifty Years Ago/ I Gotta Ketch Up With My Settin'/ I'm A-gonna
Learn To Swing/ In The Pines/ Is There Still Room For Me/ Just An Old
Chimney Stack/ Just Tell Them That You Saw Me/ Killing Of Tom Slaughter/
Only A Faded Rose/ Rye Straw/ The Blind Child's Prayer Pt. 1/ The Blind
Child's Prayer Pt. 2/ Wabash Blues/ When The Bloom Is On The Sage/
Whispering
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EDDIE MILLER & HIS OKLAHOMANS |
B.A.C.M. 219 |
Release Me |
● CD $13.98 |
27 tracks,
highly recommended
Fine collection of sides by this fairly obscure but important artist from
Oklahoma. Miller was co-composer of several songs that have become country
standards like Release Me/ There She Goes/ Thanks A Lot and others.
he was also an important figure on the Nashville scene having founded the
Acadamy Of Country Music and co-founded the Nashville Songwriters
Association International. The material here, recorded here between 1947 and
1956 is a mix of western swing and honky tonk with engaging vocals from
Miller plus occasional vocal contributions from Tiny Colbert, Bob Gene and
Jimmy McGraw and fine instrumental work from a varied assortment of
musicians. It includes his original 1949 recording of Release Me
along with its slightly risque flip Motel Time plus I Love You
Honey/ Nothin' To Lose But the Blues/ Cab DRiver's Blues/Knowin' You Don't
Care/ Those Tantalising Blues/ I Like What You've Got/ Married Man's Lies/
Patty Cake Man/Ghost Town, etc. The last four sides from 1956 are pretty
much straight rock 'n' roll. Exvellent sound and fine notes from Kevin
Coffey. (FS)
EDDIE MILLER & HIS OKLAHOMANS: Annie, The She Buckaroo/
Baby Boy's Prayer/ Behind Closed Doors/ Bus Station Stomp (instr.)/ Cab
Driver's Blues/ Don't Break My Heart Anymore/ Ghost Town/ Hidin' Out/ Honey
Baby (I Was Wrong)/ I Like What You've Got/ I Love You Honey/ Knowin' You
Don't Care/ Lo And Behold/ Married Man's Lies/ Motel Time/ No Stars In My
Heaven/ Nothin' (instr.)/ Nothin' To Lose But The Blues/ Nothing But
Troubles/ Patty Cake Man/ Please Don't Laugh/ Pull Down The Night Shades/
Release Me (And Let Me Love Again)/ Slow Down Baby/ Those Tantalising Blues/
Unwanted/ You Walked Away
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PATSY MONTANA |
B.A.C.M. 174 |
I'm Heading West To Texas |
● CD $13.98 |
26 tracks, 72
mins, highly recommended
26 fine sides by the original "cowboy's sweetheart" herself ranging from her
1933 recording Homesick For My Old Cabin from one of her first
sessions when she was recording under her real name of Rubye Blevins to her
1948 recording of Slap 'Er Down Again, Paw. The material her features
both commercial recordings and radio transcriptions - the former feature top
notch accompaniments from The Pairie Ramblers, The Sons Of The Pioneers or
The Light Crust Doughboys. Sidemen on the 1945 transcriptions are unknown
but do a fine job.
PATSY MONTANA: A Cowboy Honeymoon/ A Rip Snortin' Two Gun
Gal/ Big Moon/ Blanket Me With Western Skies/ Blazin' The Trail/ Deep In The
Heart Of Texas/ Dream On Little Cowboy/ Give Me A Home In Montana/ Goodbye
Little Pinto/ Homesick For My Old Cabin/ I Don't Want Anyone But You/ I
Found My Cowboy Sweetheart/ I'll Be Waiting For You Darlin'/ I'll Keep On
Wishing For You/ I'll Wait For You/ I'm A Ridin' Up Old Kentucky Mountain/
I'm Goin' West To Texas/ I'm Gonna Have A Cowboy Wedding/ Old Black Mountain
Trail/ Ridin' Old Paint/ Slap 'Er Down Again Paw/ Sunny San Antone/ That's
Where The West Begins/ When I Found You In Montana/ Yellow Moon Keep
Shining/ Your Own Sweet Darling Wife
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