CD 9025 Johnny Barfield-Soulful Country Ballads = F

THE NEW "BOOGIE WOOGIE/GONNA RIDE TILL THE SUN GOES DOWN/IN THE HEART OF THE CITY/BOOGIE WOOGIE/HIGHWAY HOBO/DESERT LULLABY/OLD FIDDLER JOE/WHEN DADDY PLAYED THE OLD BANJO/DON'T CRY MY DARLIN'/WHY DON'T YOU GIVE ME MY MEMORIES?/LOVE ME ONLY/DON'T TAKE MY MEMORIES/YOU'LL WANT ME TO WANT YOU SOMEDAY/IN A SLEEPY COUNTRY TOWN/TRUE TO THE ONE I LOVE/IT'S A LONG LANE THAT DOESN'T HAVE A TURNING/SLEEP, DARLIN', SLEEP ON/HEARTACHES AND TEARS.

All recordings were made in 1939/40 in Atlanta, Georgia with guitar and several times also with fiddle accompaniment. It seems that the US citizen was far more popular in Australia than in his homeland. Many of his 78 RPMs were released in Australia back then, and an LP of these items was issued in Australia in 1986. His style could be almost described as a blend of the early Ernest Tubb & Wilf Carter. His voice is fantastic and so are the songs - many of them written by himself. The restored items on this Mono CD sound by far better than his Australian LP. They are a must for Country fans of 1930s and 40s material.