CCD 245 Karl & Harty - Memories Of The WLS National Barn Dance Days (26 tracks) = F

THE HOUSE WHERE WE WERE WED/SEVEN BEERS WITH THE WRONG WOMAN/DON'T MONKEY 'ROUND MY WIDDER/GOSPEL CANNONBALL/LET'S ALL HAVE ANOTHER BEER/SWEET MAMA, PUT HIM LOW/FIFTY-ONE BEERS/I HEARD THE WICKED PRAY/YOU DIDN'T WANT A SWEETHEART/ANGEL OF EAST TENNESSEE/TRAINING CAMP BLUES/SOME GIRLS DO AND SOME GIRLS DON'T/MERCY ON YOUR SOUL/MEAN, MEAN MAMA/WHEN THE ATOM BOMB FELL/THERE'S NOTHING IN THIS WORLD A MAN WON'T DO/WHY DO GIRLS WEAR BREECHES/DON'T LET THAT SWEET FACE FOOL YOU/I'M HERE TO GET MY BABY OUT OF JAIL/THE PRISONER'S DREAM/THE HYMNS MY MOTHER SANG/THEY ARE ALL GOING HOME BUT ONE/BLONDES, BRUNETTES AND RED HEADS/CHEATIN' WOMEN/RENO BOUND/I CAN'T WIN FOR LOSIN':

Karl & Harty were real mountain boys and this is reflected in their songs, often written by themselves.. Karl wrote a hymn about his homestate "Kentucky" under this same title plus other standards like "I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail" and "The Prisoner's Dream" along with Harty plus several more. Karl plays mandolin, Harty guitar, but you will hear fiddle as well on two tracks. Maybe it was played by Alan Crockett of "The Prairie Ramblers". Their string band was "The Cumberland Ridge Runners" formed by John Lair who was the founder of The Renfro Valley Barn Dance. Other members were Red Foley (bass), Linda Parker (guitar) and Slim Miller (fiddler). This CD spans their most successful recording period from 1934 to 1947 when they recorded for Columbia and related labels as well as for Capitol Records. Like the CD title tells you: The boys were a popular act on the WLS Barn Dance of Chicago, later also of WJJD Chicago.