Charlie Poole - The Essential Charlie Poole [Box] *

Artist:

Poole, Charlie

UPC:

805520021531

Description:

With 80 tracks spread over four CDs, this is a remarkable budget-priced collection, covering not only the tracks Charlie Poole recorded with his band, the North Carolina Ramblers, but also cuts that bandmembers laid down separately. The hits are all here, beginning with 1925`s "Don`t Let Your Deal Go Down Blues," which sold a staggering 100,000 copies. Poole himself was a superb banjo player, and takes delight in demonstrating it on tracks like "Leaving Home." But he was also a troubled soul, prone to prolonged bouts of drinking, which led bandmembers to record without him on tracks such as Roy Harvey`s "Dark Eyes" and Posey Rorer`s "As We Sat Beneath the Maple on the Hill." It`s all a lesson in the evolution of string band music -- roaring, emotional, and quite lovely -- the forerunner of bluegrass. Ineffably Southern, the music charms, but also astonishes with technical ability that has stood the test of time. A low price, and an absolute musical bargain. ~ Chris Nickson

Track Listing:

DISC 1: WHITE HOUSE BLUES:

1. Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee
2. I`m The Man Who Rode The Mule Around The World
3. Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister
4. Don`t Let Your Deal Go Down Blues
5. Flyin` Clouds
6. Wild Horse
7. Forks Of Sandy
8. Mountain Reel
9. Good-Bye Booze
10. Monkey On A String
11. Too Young To Marry
12. Ragtime Annie
13. Kiss Waltz, A
14. Leaving Home
15. Budded Rose
16. There`ll Come A Time
17. White House Blues
18. Highway Man, The
19. Hungry Hash House
20. If I Lose, I Don`t Care

DISC 2: OLD & ONLY IN THE WAY:

1. You Ain`t Talkin` To Me
2. Coon From Tennessee
3. Letter That Never Came, The
4. Take A Drink On Me
5. Falling By The Wayside
6. Sunset March
7. Don`t Let Your Deal Go Down Medley
8. Young Boy Left His Home One Day, A
9. My Wife Went Away And Left Me
10. Husband & Wife Were Angry One Night
11. Ramblin` Blues
12. Old And Only In The Way
13. Shootin` Creek
14. Baltimore Fire
15. Sweet Sunny South
16. He Rambled
17. Under The Double Eagle
18. Richmond Square
19. Flop Eared Mule
20. Lynchburg Town

DISC 3: A TRIP TO NEW YORK:

1. Brave Engineer
2. Dark Eyes
3. Willie, Poor Boy
4. When The Bees Are In The Hive
5. Daisies Won`t Tell
6. Wreck Of Virginian No. 3, The
7. I Cannot Call Her Mother
8. Pearl Bryant
9. Bill Mason
10. Kitty Blye
11. Bluefield Murder, The
12. I`ll Be There, Mary Dear
13. What Is Home Without Love
14. As We Sat Beneath The Maple On The Hill
15. San Antonio
16. What Is A Home Without Babies
17. Trip To New York [Part 1], A
18. Trip To New York [Part 2], A
19. Trip To New York [Part 3], A
20. Trip To New York [Part 4], A

DISC 4: IF THE RIVER WAS WHISKEY:

1. Just Pickin`
2. Beckley Rag
3. Underneath The Sugar Moon
4. Lonesome Weary Blues
5. Sweet Sixteen
6. My Gypsy Girl
7. Only Girl I Ever Loved, The
8. Write A Letter To My Mother
9. If The River Was Whiskey
10. It`s Moving Day
11. Southern Medley
12. Honeysuckle
13. Greasy Wagon
14. Mother`s Waltz
15. Back To The Blue Ridge
16. Goodbye Sweet Liza Jane
17. Look Before You Leap
18. Just Keep Waiting Till The Good Times Come
19. Mother`s Last Farewell Kiss
20. Where The Whippoorwill Is Whispering Good-Night

Album Information

Release Date:

08/24/2009

Type:

Boxed Set

Genre:

Blues

Label:

Proper Box (UK)

Catalog Number:

PROPERBOX 15

Original Release Year:

2009

# of Discs:

4

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

244 : 3

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