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- Date Released: October 5, 2004
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Traditional Country
- Label: JSP Records / The Orchard
Q: Why are there steel guitars in country music?
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: Naked ladies. A huge fad for Hawaiian music spread through the United States in the '20s, and Hawaiian bands — with scantily-clad hula dancers — were a big draw in vaudeville and tent shows. As a result, a lot of people started using slides on their guitars, and Cliff Carlisle was one of the first. His career was overshadowed by Jimmie Rodgers', but he was an important performer in his day, and this collection shows why: bluesy, semi-risqué songs alternate with sentimental and religious numbers — something, as they used to say, for the whole family!
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They Say...
These recordings show Cliff Carlisle to be more or less a contemporary of the great Jimmie Rodgers, albeit a far more obscure one. There are definite comparisons musically, however: Carlisle also used the yodel as part of his vocal repertoire, as well as bringing in lap steel -- more often than Rodgers, on the evidence presented, and playing it himself (a custom-built National Resophonic, for those who like exactitude). With 83 tracks recorded over a period of nine years, Carlisle was certainly prolific, and you have to wonder why he wasn't better known -- the man could certainly play and sing, even if some of the material wasn't always up to scratch. However, it's a set that reveals its joys, however mad they can be (listen to the falsetto chorus on "Shanghai Rooster Blues," for example). Like many country artists from this formative period, his music and lyrics easily straddle the amorphous border between country and blues, with Hawaiian touches coming in quite often (not surprising, given the fad for Hawaiian music at the time). It's an insight into one of country music lesser-known pioneers -- and one who deserves more credit.
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| 01. |  |
A Wild Cat Woman And A Tom Cat Man |
2:47 |
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| 02. | |
Memphis Yodel |
2:36 |
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| 03. | |
Desert Blues |
3:12 |
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| 04. | |
High Steppin' Mama |
2:56 |
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| 05. | |
Rambling Yodeler |
2:57 |
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| 06. | |
Dear Old Daddy |
2:48 |
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| 07. | |
Seven Years With The Wrong Woman |
2:56 |
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| 08. | |
Gamblin' Dan |
2:54 |
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| 09. | |
Handsome Blues |
2:37 |
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| 10. | |
When The Evening Sun Goes Down |
2:51 |
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| 11. | |
That Great Judgement Day |
2:51 |
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| 12. | |
Goodbye Old Pal |
2:22 |
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| 13. | |
I Want A Good Woman |
3:22 |
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| 14. | |
My Lovin' Kathleen |
2:48 |
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| 15. | |
You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone |
3:18 |
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| 16. | |
Nevada Johnny |
2:18 |
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| 17. | |
There Is No More That I Can Say |
3:00 |
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| 18. | |
Prepare Me O Lord |
2:59 |
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| 19. | |
Roll On, Roll On |
3:07 |
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| 20. | |
When It's Round Up Time In Heaven |
3:06 |
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| 21. | |
Home Of The Soul |
2:38 |
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21 Total Tracks, 60:23 Total Length
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| 01. | |
Ash Can Blues |
3:00 |
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| 02. | |
Mouse's Ear Blues |
3:11 |
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| 03. | |
That Nasty Swing |
3:24 |
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| 04. | |
Sal's Got A Meatskin |
2:53 |
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| 05. | |
Ring Tail Tom |
2:43 |
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| 06. | |
Onion Eating Mama |
2:55 |
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| 07. | |
It Takes An Old Hen To Deliver The Goods |
2:51 |
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| 08. | |
Shanghai Rooster Yodel |
2:48 |
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| 09. | |
Chicken Roost Blues |
2:33 |
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| 10. | |
Wigglin' Mama |
3:30 |
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| 11. | |
Sugar Cane Mama |
3:17 |
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| 12. | |
Tom Cat Blues |
2:50 |
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| 13. | |
No Daddy Blues |
2:32 |
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| 14. | |
My Rockin' Mama |
3:38 |
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| 15. | |
Rooster Blues |
3:04 |
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| 16. | |
Guitar Blues |
3:02 |
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| 17. | |
It Ain't No Fault Of Mine |
3:30 |
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| 18. | |
Shine Your Light For Others |
2:54 |
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| 19. | |
Two Eyes In Tennessee |
2:49 |
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| 20. | |
The Blind Child's Prayer |
2:36 |
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| 21. | |
When The Angels Carry Me Home |
2:43 |
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21 Total Tracks, 62:43 Total Length
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| 01. | |
Columbus Stockade Blues |
2:52 |
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| 02. | |
Shanghai Rooster No. 2 |
3:05 |
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| 03. | |
The Brakeman's Reply |
2:43 |
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| 04. | |
Waiting For A Ride |
2:14 |
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| 05. | |
Hobo's Fate |
2:22 |
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| 06. | |
Cowboy Johnny's Last Ride |
2:49 |
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| 07. | |
Get Her By The Tail On A Downhill Grade |
3:00 |
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| 08. | |
My Travellin' Night |
2:39 |
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| 09. | |
True And Trembling Brakeman |
2:32 |
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| 10. | |
Hobo Blues |
2:51 |
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| 11. | |
Pan American Man |
2:15 |
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| 12. | |
Pay Day Fight |
3:04 |
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| 13. | |
Far Beyond The Starry Sky |
3:14 |
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| 14. | |
I'm Saving Saturday Night For You |
2:33 |
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| 15. | |
Dang My Rowdy Soul |
3:01 |
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| 16. | |
My Rocky Mountain Sweetheart |
3:07 |
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| 17. | |
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad |
2:51 |
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| 18. | |
Georgia Moon |
2:55 |
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| 19. | |
I Don't Mind |
2:51 |
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| 20. | |
I'm Sorry Now |
2:55 |
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| 21. | |
Lonely Orphan Child |
2:56 |
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21 Total Tracks, 58:49 Total Length
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| 01. | |
Trouble Minded Blues |
2:40 |
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| 02. | |
A Mean Mama Don't Worry Me |
3:08 |
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| 03. | |
Why Did It Have To Be? |
3:03 |
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| 04. | |
When It's Round Up Time In Texas |
2:47 |
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| 05. | |
Shine On Me |
2:49 |
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| 06. | |
A Stretch Of 28 Years |
3:02 |
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| 07. | |
Footprints In The Snow |
2:43 |
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| 08. | |
Gonna Raise A Ruckus Tonight |
2:42 |
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| 09. | |
Going Down The Valley One By One |
3:12 |
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| 10. | |
Memories That Haunt Me |
3:08 |
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| 11. | |
Black Jack David |
3:02 |
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| 12. | |
Going Back To Alabama |
3:07 |
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| 13. | |
Lonesome For Caroline |
2:58 |
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| 14. | |
Uncloudy Day |
2:36 |
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| 15. | |
Broken Heart |
2:58 |
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| 16. | |
Shot The Innocent Man |
2:30 |
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| 17. | |
Girl In The Blue Velvet Band |
3:02 |
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| 18. | |
Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down |
2:59 |
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| 19. | |
Where My Memory Lies |
3:18 |
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| 20. | |
New Memories Of You That Haunt Me |
3:23 |
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| 21. | |
On The Banks Of The Rio Grande |
3:23 |
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21 Total Tracks, 62:30 Total Length
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