Link repaired for An Evening With Archie & Phil Campbell LP

I just realized that the link to download the An Evening With Archie & Phil Campbell was bad. I repaired the link in the LP post. You can also download it by clicking below----

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Justin Wilson Christmas 45

Here`s a Christmas treat for you! The old Cajun comedy man and cook, Justin Wilson.
I remember and first became aquainted with him when I was a teenager on PBS tv with his Cajun cooking show. He was very funny on there. Then I just discovered 2 or 3 years ago that he had made several comedy LP`s. Then I recently found this 45 with "Cajun-ized" Christmas tunes on it. Merry Christmas everyone!!

Track list---
1. Randolph The Rouge Nosed Reindeer
2. Santa Claus Done Brought Himself To Town

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J.E. Mainer on Rural Rhythm - Vols. 19&20

Well folks---It`s been a while since I posted much of anything. I`m gonna try to get a little more regular again.
Here is the last two volumes of J.E. Mainer put out on the Rural Rhythm label. I`m sorry, but these 2 LP`s aren`t in very good condition, they are crackly and have some skips.
I still have some other J.E. Mainer items to post on other labels. When I get done with J.E.`s stuff I likely will start posting material of his brother, Wade, Who recently passed away at 103 years old!



Track list for Volume 19---
1. Donkey On The Track (an old tune that I believe originated with Al Hopkins in the 20`s)
2. Possum Up A Gum Stump (a common old time fiddle tune)
3. McNickles Break Down (I believe this is pretty much the same tune as Grayson & Whitter`s Lee Highway Blues)
4. Round Town Gals (this tune seems to be a cross between Ragtime Annie and something else)
5. Get In There Rabbit (an ancient tune that was first recorded by the first woman to record a country record named Samantha Bumgarner about 1924)
7. Shoot The Turkey Buzzard (an old fiddle tune that I believe originated in east Tennessee)
8. Ride Old Buck To Water (an old Skillet Lickers number)
9. Flop Eared Mule (another common old fiddle tune)
10. Old Dan Tucker (this version uses sort of a different, unique tune that the same old words are sung to)
11. Jolly Blacksmith (another old fiddle number that I think originated from east Tennessee)
12. Mainer`s Blues (this tune is sort of a different version of Lee Highway Blues)
13. Seven And One Half (I have no idea where this tune comes from)
14. Cacklin` Hen (the common old fiddle tune)
15. Blue Ridge Break Down (this is another tune I`ve never heard anyone else play, sounds related to I Don`t Love Nobody)
16. Polly Put The Kettle On (a common old fiddle tune, sometimes Polly is called Molly)
17. Bucking Mule (another common fiddle tune where the fiddle sort of imitates a mule bray with the fiddle)
18. Rabbit In A Log (the common old words sang to a unique tune)
19. Chicken Reel (an ancient old fiddle tune)
20. Run Mountain (this seems to be a Mainer original tune)

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Track list for Volume 20---
1. Diggin` Taters (an old fiddle tune from north Georgia called Liberty that had been recorded by about all of the north Georgia fiddlers, most people now call it Liberty, Off Of The Corn Licker Still, as the Skillet Lickers played it on one of their Corn Licker Still In Geoegia records)
2. Johnson Boys (an old number that I believe Al Hopkins may have rcorded first in the 1920`s)
3. Old And In The Way (an old tear-jerker first recorded by Fiddlin` John Carson)
4. Fill Me U A Bottle (I don`t know where this comes from, but there is a Skillet Licker tune very similar to the tune here)
5. Raise A Ruckus (an old tune that I believe originally came from pop music in the `teens or maybe even a little earlier)
6. Rim Street Brake Down (I believe this is a Mainer original)
7. Jimmy And Johnny (I don`t know anything about this one)
8. Granny Kickin` Up Her Heels (I don`t know anything about this one either)
9. Somebody Waiting For You (likely an old pop tune originally, Sam & Kirk McGee recorded it in the 1920`s)
10. Cripple Creek (one of the most common old numbers)
11.Dance Around Little Lou (this sounds related to Skip To My Lou)
12. Lost Indian (a fiddle tune that I believe was written by an early fiddler for Roy Acuff named Tommy Magness, who also adapted the tune Black Mountain Blues into the tune we now call Black Mountain Rag)
13. Johnny Get Your Gun (several early Georgia artists recorded this in the 1920`s, so I`d say it may originate from north Georgia)
14. Then I`ll Come Back To You (this was a pop tune that Charlie Poole recorded in the 1920`s)
15. Man In The Wood Pile (an old fiddle tune with several different names, such as Nigger In The Woodpile, Buck Creek Girls and a few more that I can`t recall at the moment)
16. Rock That Cradle Lucy (a tune that may have originated from the Skillet Lickers)
17. Jordan Am A Hard Road To Travel (an old minstrel show number that had been recorded pretty early in the country field by Riley Puckett)
18. Weary Miner Blues (I think this was an old honky tonk tune from the early 1940`s)
19. Johnson`s Old Grey Mule (an old tune that I believe was first recorded by Earl Johnson)
20. Jim Boy`s Break Down (this sounds a little related to the old Liberty tune mentioned above)

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A Visit With Tex Ritter & Roy Acuff

As many of you know, I`m a Roy Acuff fan. So when I saw this on ebay, I grabbed it. This disc is a typical 7 inch 45. It is a conversation between Roy Acuff (who was on the CMA board at the time) and Tex Ritter, who was president of the CMA. It`s just sort of a promotional disc, telling of the good things the CMA was working on and what they stand for. The CMA sounds like sort of a musicians union by what Roy and Tex talk about on the disc. If you listen to it, you will see what the CMA was originally trying to do for the industry.
Listen & enjoy!

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J.E. Mainer on the Rural Rhythm label, Vols. 17 & 18

Track list for Vol. 17---
1. Two Happy Hearts (sounds like 1950-60`s county)
2. Old Man Below (no idea of the origin of this song)
3. Rebuilding Bridges (another 1950-60`s-ish sounding tune)
4. Hoop It Up Liza (one of the many Liza Jane tunes)
5. Uncle Eph (from the catalog of Grandpa Jones)
6. Down At The Cider Mill (an old Skillet Licker tune)
7. Roll On Buddy (an old Tennessee tune, often performed by Sam & Kirk McGee on the Grand Ole Opry, also often performed by Bashful Brother Oswald)
8. I`ll Hate Myself Tomorrow (another 1950`s sounding number)
9. High Ball Gal Of Mine (usually titled That High Born Gal Of Mine, an old coon song often performed by Sam & Kirk McGee, also an Uncle Dave Macon & Bashful Brother Oswald tune)
10. Kansas City (a fairly common 1940-50`s blues number)
11. Tabby Let Your Hair Hang Down (likely taken from Bascom Lamar Lunsford as his tune Tempe Let Your Hair Hang Down)
12. Bring Me A Leaf From The Sea (possibly from the Carolina Tar Heels 78)
13. Cain`t Get You Off My Mind (yet another 1950`s sounding country tune)
14.Nobody`s Business (a common old time number)
15. Tax On A Hole In The Ground (J.E. announces he wrote this number)
16. Sold Down The River (still another 1950`s sounding tune)
17. Shout Lula (a very common old time banjo tune, possibly best known now as a tune Ralph Stanley plays clawhammer style)
18. If You Should See Your Sister (an old tear jerker from the early 1900`s)

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Track List For Vol. 18---
1. Keep On The Sunny Side (the old Carter Family song)
2. Where We`ll Never Grow Old (the old gospel standard)
3. Heavenly Airplane (no idea where this tune comes from, likely a 1930`s tune)
4. These Bones Gonna Rise (I think this is an old black spiritual tune)
5. Those Lonely Tombs (a tune originally recorded in the 1930`s by the Mainer`s)
6. Give Me That Old Time Religion (the old gospel standard we all used to learn as a child)
7. Where You Gonna Hide (I believe this is an old southern gospel number)
8. Job`s Coffin (no idea where this one comes from, sounds like it could have black spiritual roots)
9. An Unfriendly World (no idea where this one comes from)
10. Keep Inching Along (another one that sounds sort of like a black spiritual tune)
11. Coal Miner`s Grave (not really a gospel number, but an old coal miner lament type tune)
12. River Jordan (an old tune, I believe the Carter Family tune)
13. He`s Coming To Us Dead (the old Grayson & Whitter tune, again, not a gospel number)
14. Gambling On The Sabbath Day (I believe this may come from the old George Reneau 78)
15. Tell It On The Mountain (this possibly has black spiritual roots)
16. Wasn`t That A Mighty Storm (this also sounds like it may have black spiritual roots)
17. Log Cabin In The Lane (not a gospel tune, likely from the old Fiddlin` John Carson 78, the first country 78 issued with vocal on it)
18. The Gospel Way (possibly a southern gospel tune)

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A note on the Leslie Keith post

I have deleted the download ling on the Leslie Kieth post. The owner of the rights to the LP contacted me to take it down as the LP is actually still available from them. The company is Sierra Records and you can look at there site here---

www.sierrarecords.net

J.E. Mainer Vol. 16

As you all know, I had been posting these Rural Rhythm LP`s of J.E. Mainer two at a time. I do not have Volume 16. I`d appreciate it if some of you all have this if you`d send a file of the LP and a picture of the cover. If someone sends it, I`ll post it---Allen



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J.E. Mainer - Vol.15 with Morris Herbert

Here is Volume 15 in this series.

Track list---
1. Just A Standby (no idea where this tune comes from, sounds like 1950`s county)
2. Eatin` Goober Peas (an old time number supposedly from Civil War times)
3. Silver Threads Among The Gold (an old pop tear-jerker from the erly days of the recording industry)
4. Baby Keeps Stealing (sounds like 1950`s country)
5. You`re As Welcome As The Flowers In May (an old pop tune, the first country artist to record it was Hugh Cross)
6. Bonaparte`s Retreat (the old-time fiddle tune)
7. Bird In A Guilded Cage (another ancient old pop tune)
8. I Shall Not Be Moved (the old spiritual tune)
9. Wise Guy (another country tune, possibly from the 1950`s)
10. Tell It On The Mountain (another old spiritual type song)
11. 8th Of January (the old-time fiddle number)
12. What Does The Deep Sea Say (an old-time song)
13. Lost Indian (a great old-time fiddle number)
14. Sunny Home In Tennessee (an old Charlie Pool number he got from an old pop record)
15. Bar Fly (sounds like a 1940`s-50`s novelty type song)
16. Greenback When I`m Hard Up (another old time number)
17. Georgia Railroad (an old Georgia number originally recorded by Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett, the tune is the same as Peter Went `A Fishin`)
18. Turkish Lady (no idea where this comes from, the music sounds old-time-ish, I like the tune. Possibly English in origin?)
19. Old Rattler (this is of course the old Grandpa Jones tune)

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Blue Grass Special 45 with Jimmie Skinner & Rusty York

Here is a 45 I bought on ebay because it had Jimmie Skinner on it. For some reason I didn`t notice it wasn`t all Jimmie Skinner songs (I really like Jimmie Skinner). So... anyhow.... here`s still a good `un!



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Lake Howard - Radio And Record Star

Here is an artist that I don`t know anything about except what I can read on the cover and hear on the record. He is very Carter style influenced on guitar. I Can`t say much about this LP except that it`s a good `un!


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