CCD 253 The Carolina Playboys Sing And Play Country & Western Classics (25 tracks) = F

ALL I HAVE IS LOVE/BABY YOU GOTTA QUIT THAT NOISE/BE MY DARLIN'/DIVORCE ME C.O.D./DON'T CRY OVER ME WHEN I'M GONE/EACH MINUTE SEEMS A MILLION YEARS/FORGET AND FORGIVE ME/FORT WORTH JAIL/GOLD ON THE RAINBOW/HEADIN' HOME/I CAN'T BELIEVE IT'S TRUE/I LOVE YOU MARY LOU/I TRADED MY SOUL FOR A ROSE/I WANT TO LIVE AND LOVE/I'LL GET YOU BACK SOMEHOW/IS THERE SOMEBODY ELSE?/IT MAKES NO NEVER MIND/IT TAKES A LONG TALL BROWN SKIN GAL/LET'S BE SWEETHEARTS AGAIN/NOBODY'S LOVE IS LIKE MINE/PLANT SOME FLOWERS BY MY GRAVE/THE PRECIOUS JEWEL/SO LONG TO MY LITTLE OLE HOMESTEAD/THEN YOU'LL BE THE ONE TO CRY/THERE'S A NEW MOON OVER MY SHOULDER.

The Carolina Playboys are completely unknown nowadays. Even about the musicians themselves not everything is known anymore, but it is absolutely sure that most or all of them were members of the WBT Briarhoppers from Charlotte, North Carolina at one time or another. Central figures of the Playboys were the late Fred Kirby and Don White. The vocal parts on this album are executed by Whitey & Hogan plus a third voice, which makes a beautiful trio. The dominating instruments are guitar, steel guitar, string bass and accordion, sometimes also fiddle or trumpet. It's a very melodic mixture of popular C & W songs that were recorded in the mid 40s.