The Blue Sky Boys

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Forty years after their first recordings, Bill and Earl Bolick were persuaded out of retirement for the second time, this time by Ken Irwin and Rounder Records. Recorded in 1976, these 14 magical tracks (often played but never before recorded by the brothers) form a worthy coda to their all-too-limited body of recorded work and are in fact as valuable as the duo's original sides. With two (mildly) upbeat exceptions, the songs included here are gloomy and tragic; they speak of suffering, desperation, disappointment, death, and redemption. Bill (unearthly high tenor) and Earl (bedrock baritone) were interlacing harmonies as children in church, so imagine how effortless it sounds 50 years later. Supported by only Bill's supremely gentle mandolin runs and Earl's acoustic guitar foundation, the Bolicks sing not with overwrought emotion and intense passion, but with a sense of resignation and understanding that is all the more painful. --Marc Greilsamer

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ASIN: B000L21F92
Release Date: 2007-02-05

Tracks:

  1. I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail
  2. Sunny Side Of Life
  3. There'll Come A Time
  4. Where The Soul Never Dies
  5. Midnight On The Stormy Sea
  6. Take Up Thy Cross
  7. Row Us Over The Tide
  8. Down On The Banks Of The Ohio
  9. I'm Troubled, I'm Troubled
  10. The Dying Boy's Prayer
  11. No One To Welcome Me Home
  12. Didn't They Crucify My Lord
  13. Only Let Me Walk With Thee
  14. Can't You Hear That Night Bird Crying
  15. An Old Account Was Settled
  16. Sweet Allalee
  17. You Give Me Your Love
  18. I Believe It
  19. When The Ransomed Get Home
  20. Fair Eyed Ellen
  21. Somebody Makes Me Think Of You
  22. Sweet Evalina
  23. No Home
  24. What Have You Done

Tracks:

  1. Sing A Song For The Blind
  2. Within The Circle
  3. They're All Home But One
  4. Hymns My Mother Sang
  5. Have No Desire To Roam
  6. No Disappointment In Heaven
  7. Story Of The Knoxville Girl
  8. On The Old Plantation
  9. In My Little Home In Tennessee
  10. Beautiful, Beautiful Brown Eyes
  11. The Prisoner's Dream
  12. The Answer To The Prisoner's Dream
  13. When The Stars Begin To Fall
  14. We Buried Her
  15. Heaven Holds All For Me
  16. Little Bessie
  17. I Need The Prayers
  18. Old Fashioned Meeting
  19. Katie Dear
  20. Who Wouldn't Be Lonely
  21. Life Line
  22. When The Valley Moon Was Low
  23. My Last Letter
  24. Mother Went Her Holiness Way

Tracks:

  1. Hang Out The Front Door Key
  2. This Is Like Heaven To Me
  3. I've Found A Friend
  4. Asleep In The Briny Deep
  5. Last Night While Standing By My Window
  6. There Was A Time
  7. Bring Back My Wandering Boy
  8. When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland
  9. Are You From Dixie
  10. Give Me My Roses Now
  11. The House Where We Were Wed
  12. There's No Other Love For Me
  13. God Sent My Little Girl
  14. Someone's Last Day
  15. She'll Be There
  16. The Lightning Express
  17. The Royal Telephone
  18. The Convict And The Rose
  19. Father, Dear Father, Come Home
  20. We Parted By The Riverside
  21. Only One Step More
  22. The East Bound Train
  23. The Last Mile Of The Way
  24. She's Somebody's Darling Once More

Tracks:

  1. I'm S-A-V-E-D
  2. Whispering Hope
  3. The Butcher's Boy
  4. This Evening Light
  5. Mary Of The Wild Moor
  6. Why Not Confess
  7. Turn Your Radio On
  8. Since The Angels Took My Mother Far Away
  9. In The Hills Of Roane County
  10. Kneel At The Cross
  11. Brown Eyes
  12. Short Life Of Trouble
  13. A Picture On The Wall
  14. Pictures From Life's Other Side
  15. Don't Say Goodbye If You Love Me
  16. Speak To Me Little Darling
  17. Have You Seen My Daddy Here?
  18. I Love Her More Now Mother's Old
  19. Dust On The Bible
  20. Kentucky
  21. I'm Glad (I'm Glad He's Gone And Left You)
  22. The Chapel In The Hills
  23. Sold Down The River
  24. I'm Going To Write To Heaven(For I Know My Daddy's There)

Album Details

The First Time this Stunning Material Has Been Properly Re-issued in Chronological Order. 121 Sides Remastered from 78's in the Legendary Joe Bussard Collection.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Beautiful Harmonies - All The Same.......2007-04-01

The singing is incredible. Wonderful close haromonies. However this multi-disc suffers from the songs sounding too much the same. You hear some good mandolin in the background - and you just want a break from the singing to let the instruments shine for some variety.
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ASIN: B0000005IF
Release Date: 1997-09-23

Tracks:

  1. The Sunny Side Of Life
  2. As Long As I Live
  3. Nine Pound Hammer
  4. The Longest Train I Ever Saw
  5. Golden Slippers (Inst.)
  6. Mary Of The Wild Moor
  7. I Have Found A Way
  8. Tugboat (Inst.)
  9. Get Along Home
  10. The Last Letter
  11. Black Mountian Blues (Inst.)
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  13. There's Been A Change
  14. Row Us Over The Tide
  15. Dust On The Bible
  16. Turn Your Radio On

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The best Blue Sky Boys CD ?.......2002-01-31

If you are only thinking about buying one CD from this geat duo then this is probably the one.

A great mixture of light and dark, religious and secular giving an excellent cross-section of the Blue Sky Boys recorded output including tracks not currently available elsewhere.

A classic collection worth the purchase price for "Mary of the Wild Moor".

Very traditional and exceptionally well done by two great exponents of the genre.
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    4. Comedy With Uncle Josh
    5. Soldier's Joy
    6. Just One Way to the Gate
    7. Yellow Rose of Texas
    8. Advertisement
    9. Fire on the Mountain
    10. Request for Cards and Letters
    11. Heaven Holds All to Me
    12. Little Gal, I Trusted You to Long
    13. Comedy With Uncle Josh
    14. Cacklin' Hen
    15. On the Sunny Side of Life
    16. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold
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    18. Turkey in the Straw
    19. I Have Found the Way
    20. Anser to the Prisoner's Dream
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    22. Devil's Dream
    23. Let the Lower Lights Be Burning
    24. Request for Showdates
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    27. Death Is Only a Dream
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    30. Danced All Night With a Bottle in My Hand
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    Release Date: 1996-04-16

    Tracks:

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    2. Green Grow The Lilacs
    3. The Lawson Family Tragedy
    4. You Could Be A Millionaire
    5. Curley Headed Baby
    6. If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
    7. Tramp On The Street
    8. Searching For A Soldier's Grave
    9. Just A Strand From A Yellow Curl
    10. Unloved And Unclaimed
    11. Let Me Be Your Salty Dog
    12. My Main Trial
    13. What Does The Deep Sea Say?
    14. When I Take My Vacation In Heaven

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    Forty years after their first recordings, Bill and Earl Bolick were persuaded out of retirement for the second time, this time by Ken Irwin and Rounder Records. Recorded in 1976, these 14 magical tracks (often played but never before recorded by the brothers) form a worthy coda to their all-too-limited body of recorded work and are in fact as valuable as the duo's original sides. With two (mildly) upbeat exceptions, the songs included here are gloomy and tragic; they speak of suffering, desperation, disappointment, death, and redemption. Bill (unearthly high tenor) and Earl (bedrock baritone) were interlacing harmonies as children in church, so imagine how effortless it sounds 50 years later. Supported by only Bill's supremely gentle mandolin runs and Earl's acoustic guitar foundation, the Bolicks sing not with overwrought emotion and intense passion, but with a sense of resignation and understanding that is all the more painful. --Marc Greilsamer

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars A Gentle Late Career Portrait of the Boys.......2002-01-25

    It's hard to be completely satisfied with this collection from the Blue Sky Boys. Sure, the performances are immaculate, with that unmistakable rich vocal harmonies, the tint of melancholy in the subtle interplay between the voices, the steady acoustic flatpick guitar, and the near perfect mandolin phrases. But, alas, these performances were recorded in the 1960s, long after the Bollick brothers had retired from regular performances. The collection here, then, is a product of the 60s folk revival, which in the end, remains a tiny fraction of the original act.

    And, as such, the body of work from the 1930s that made the BSBs the hidden legends of old time music has yet to be released in CD format (with the exception of the 1936 recording "Down on the Banks of the Ohio" in Harry Smith's posthumously anthologized, "Anthology of Am. Folk Music, Volume 4" on Revenant Records). There we find the haunting, gentle beauty of the BSBs: notably the whispy harmonies by the brothers and Bill Bolick's incredible mandolin playing, which mimics the sweeping currents of the Ohio River. It's a stunning performance.

    But to return to this collection, the BSBs late in their career was still a formidable act. The choice of songs on this album display the range of emotions and genres that the Boys incorporated into their distinctive art: from gospel tunes (You Could Be a Millionaire), to lyrical love songs (Green Grow the Lilacs), to old time ballads (The Lawson Family Tragedy).

    The music of the Blue Sky Boys remains timeless. It is beauty that is seeped in tragic tales, the haunting of salvation, and, sometimes, just sheer irreverence.

    5 out of 5 stars A spot of Good Old America.......2000-09-17

    I felt a great sense of lyrics and poetry in this CD you rarely experience today. I liked best The Main Trial, in which I felt stronger an ancient religious spirit, simple and pure. This is the first time I listen to a Blue Sky Boys album, but I couldn't help to be very involved in their music so arcaic and essential. It touches the strings of your heart and makes them vibrate deeply, bringing you to the Good Old America of the good feelings. Please forgive me for my poor English, and I hope to make understand my sensations.
    Blue Sky Boys on Radio, Vol. 1
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      Release Date: 1996-01-30

      Tracks:

      1. Opening & Theme
      2. Blood of Jesus
      3. Just a Strand from a Yellow Curl
      4. Comedy
      5. Will You Meet Me over Yonder?
      6. Katy Hill
      7. Will My Mother Know Me There?
      8. Take Me Back to Renfro Valley
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      13. When I Reach That City on the Hill
      14. Trail to Mexico
      15. Comedy
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      17. Ida Red
      18. That Beautiful Home
      19. Longest Train I Ever Saw
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      22. What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul
      23. Old Joe Clark
      24. Row Us over the Tide
      25. Why Should It End This Way?
      26. Comedy
      27. Gathering Buds
      28. Lost Train Blues
      29. Closing Theme
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      Release Date: 1992-02-14

      Tracks:

      1. Are You From Dixie
      2. Quit That Ticklin' Me
      3. I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
      4. Worried Man Blues
      5. After the Ball
      6. Behind These Prison Walls of Love
      7. The Last Letter
      8. The Fox
      9. The Sweetest Gift
      10. Only One Step More
      11. Uncle Josh Comedy Skit
      12. Don't Trade
      13. Kentucky
      14. If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
      15. Sweetheart Mountain Rose
      16. It Was Midnight on the Stormy Deep
      17. Beautiful
      18. In the Hills of Roane County
      19. I'm Saved
      20. Whispering Hope
      21. The Butcher's Boy
      22. Are You From Dixie

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      It took a bit of coaxing by folklorist Archie Green, but the Bolick brothers agreed, however reluctantly, to perform this reunion concert at the University of Illinois's Lincoln Hall on October 17, 1964. Although the pair had recently resumed recording after a 13-year layoff, this live appearance--their first public performance since 1951--was a historic moment for both the Blue Sky Boys and the folk revival, and this collection remains the only concert recording of the legendary duo. Bill and Earl run through 22 wonderful and varied highlights of their 15-year RCA association (most songs are unavailable), ranging from their 1936 recording debut "I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail" to the fan favorite "The Sweetest Gift," which they waxed in 1949. Clearly, the boys shake off any reservations they might have had, offering grim ballads and "peppy" numbers, both sacred and secular, to a rapt college audience. --Marc Greilsamer

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Blue Sky is always blue sky........2007-01-04

      I think this is a one of the best of Blue Sky Boys.
      Very good and excelent.

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      Release Date: 1996-01-30

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      Between 1936 and 1950, North Carolina brothers Bill and Earl Bolick recorded more than 100 sides for RCA Victor, and they rank among the finest close-harmony duets in country history. Until those landmark studio recordings resurface on CD, fans must look to a series of radio transcriptions (or later reunion albums such as In Concert, 1964 or Rounder's 1976 Blue Sky Boys) to get a taste of their affecting sound. Not to fear, however: these transcriptions offer wonderful readings of some of their best-loved secular and spiritual favorites. This collection was recorded in the summer of 1949 for WCYB in Bristol, Virginia, and with the support of fiddler Curly Parker, the Blue Sky Boys show off the style and repertoire of old-time favorites that had been charming country fans for more than a decade. Although there are a number of rousing fiddle tunes, it was the gentle, understated, tender, mellifluous, yet incredibly powerful harmonies that set the pair apart. As the two had sung together since the cradle, Bill's high tenor and Earl's solid baritone meshed magically. It's no wonder that they quit the business in 1951, unwilling to change their pristine sound one iota. --Marc Greilsamer

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Bill and Earl Bolick (The Blue Sky Boys).......2007-06-18

      Truely awesome Cd. It shows these guys at their best. It well covers all their different talents from their great Gospel works to their Texas Swing to their light and airy fun songs. I would truely say get this for your collection if you are a fan of The Bolick Brothers. Perfect.
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      • Real history and great music.
      • Real history and great music.
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      Release Date: 1996-01-30

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      1. Amazing Grace
      2. Alabama
      3. Two Little Rosebuds
      4. Hop Light Ladies
      5. B-I-B-L-E
      6. Sweetest Mother
      7. I Wish I Had Never Seen a Sunshine
      8. Just a Little Talk With Jesus
      9. Unloved and Unclaimed
      10. East Tennessee Blues
      11. Beautiful
      12. Will You Miss Me?
      13. Nine Pound Hammer
      14. Chapel in the Hills
      15. Lonesome Road Blues
      16. Whispering Hope
      17. Take Me Back to Tennessee
      18. Evening Light
      19. Going Round This World, Baby Mine
      20. Short Life of Trouble
      21. Royal Telephone
      22. Old Joe Clark

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Real history and great music........2002-01-27

      These transcriptions of early radio shows are now becoming hard to find even on CD.

      Much of the recorded output of the Blue Sky Boys was of a serious or religious nature and it is from these recordings that most people remember them.

      The radio shows show a lighter side complete with comedy in the shape of "Uncle Josh".

      Also on many of the songs Bill and Earl Bolick are joined by Curly Parker or Leslie Keith so many of the songs here are actually performed by a trio not a duo.

      The peroid atmosphere is further enhanced by the announcements and advertisements from the original radio broadcasts.

      There is no such thing as a bad Blue Sky Boys album and it seems a shame that no one has yet put together a comprehensive boxed set of arguably the best of all of the bluegrass brother duos.

      For fans of old-time,bluegrass or country this album is a must have along with the others in the series.

      It will also have appeal to the social historian but above all should be purchasd to enjoy to mighty talants at heir peak.

      5 out of 5 stars Real history and great music........2002-01-27

      These transcriptions of early radio shows are now becoming hard to find even on CD.

      Much of the recorded output of the Blue Sky Boys was of a seriuos or religious nature and it is from these recordings hat most people remember them.

      The radio shows show a lighter side complete with comedy in the shape of "Uncle Josh".

      Also on many of the songs Bill and Earl Bolick are joined by Curly Parker or Leslie Keith so many of the songs here are actually performed by a trio not a duo.

      The peroid atmosphere is futther enhanced by the announcements and advertisements from the original radio broadcasts.

      There is no such thing as a bad Blue Sky Boys album and it seems a shame that no one has yet put together a comprehensive boxed set of arguably the best of all of the bluegrass brother duos.

      For fans of old-time,bluegrass or country this album is a must have along with the others in the series.

      It will also have appeal to the social historian but above all should be purchasd to enjoy to mighty talants at heir peak.
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      • Stunning
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      5. Oh, Sister Mary, Don't You Weep
      6. Whistlin' Rufus
      7. Shake My Mother's Hand for Me
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      25. Where the Soul Never Dies
      26. Get Along Home, Cindy
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      29. Sourwood Mountain
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      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Stunning.......2002-01-27

      These transcritions are from the Blue Sky Boys immediate post-war radio work.

      The detailed sleeve notes, written by Bill Bolick are both fascinating and detailed.

      The Willys Jeep and new station wagon play a prominent role in the adevertising.

      Putting this in the CD player and just closing your eyes
      takes you back almost sixty years and you can just get a real feeling for the time, place and context of the music even if you were not around at the time.

      Added to this is the fact that the music is about the best old-time/bluegrass you are going to hear and you are left with a truly great album from two truly great artists.
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        1. I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail
        2. Sunny Side of Life
        3. There'll Come a Time
        4. Where the Soul of Man Never Dies
        5. Midnight on the Stormy Sea
        6. Take Up Thy Cross
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        8. Down on the Banks of the Ohio
        9. I'm Troubled, I'm Troubled
        10. Dying Boy's Prayer
        11. No One to Welcome Me Home
        12. Didn't They Crucify My Lord
        13. Only Let Me Walk With Thee
        14. Can't You Hear tha Night Bird Crying
        15. Old Account Was Settled Long Ago
        16. Sweet Allallee
        17. You Give Me Your Love
        18. I Believe It
        19. When the Ransomed Get Home
        20. Fair Eyed Ellen
        21. Somebody Makes Me Think of You
        22. Sweet Evalina
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        24. What You Have Done
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        27. They're All Home But One

        Tracks:

        1. Hymns My Mother Sang
        2. Have No Desire to Roam
        3. No Disappointments in Heaven
        4. Story of the Knoxville Girl
        5. On the Old Plantation
        6. In My Little Home in Tennessee
        7. Beautiful, Beautiful Brown Eyes
        8. Prisoner's Dream
        9. Answer to the Prisoner's Dream
        10. When the Stars Begin to Fall
        11. We Buried Her
        12. Heaven Holds All to Me
        13. Little Bessie
        14. I Need the Prayers
        15. Old Fashioned Meeting
        16. Katie Dear
        17. Who Wouldn't Be Lonely
        18. Life-Line
        19. When the Valley Moon Was Low
        20. My Last Letter
        21. Mother Went Her Holiness Way
        22. Hang Out the Front Door Key
        23. This Is Like Heaven to Me
        24. I've Found a Friend
        25. Asleep in the Briny Deep
        26. Last Night While Standing By My Window
        27. There Was a Time
        28. Bring Back My Wandering Boy

        Tracks:

        1. When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland
        2. Are You from Dixie
        3. Give Me My Roses Now
        4. House Where We Were Wed
        5. There's No Other Love for Me
        6. God Sent My Little Girl
        7. Someone's Last Day
        8. She'll Be There
        9. Lightning Express
        10. Royal Telephone
        11. Convict and the Rose
        12. Father, Dear Father, Come Home
        13. We Parted By the Riverside
        14. Only One More Step
        15. East Bound Train
        16. Last Mile of the Way
        17. She's Somebody's Darling Once More
        18. I'm S-A-V-E-D
        19. Whispering Hope
        20. Butcher's Boy
        21. This Evening Light
        22. Mary of the Wild Moor

        Tracks:

        1. Why Not Confess
        2. Turn Your Radio On
        3. Since the Angels Took My Mother Far Away
        4. In the Hills of Roane County
        5. Kneel at the Cross
        6. Brown Eyes
        7. Short Life of Trouble
        8. Picture on the Wall
        9. Pictures from Life's Other Side
        10. Don't Say Goodbye if You Love Me
        11. Speak to Me Little Darling
        12. Have You Seen My Daddy Here
        13. I Love Her More, Now Mother's Old
        14. Dust on the Bible
        15. Kentucky
        16. I'm Glad (I'm Glad He's Gone and Left)
        17. Chapel in the Hills
        18. Sold Down the River
        19. I'm Going to Write to Heaven (For I Know My Daddy's There)
        20. Come to the Saviour
        21. Garden in the Sky
        22. There's Been a Change

        Tracks:

        1. Romans 6:23
        2. I'll Take My Saviour by the Hand
        3. I Cannot Take You Back Now
        4. Behind These Prison Walls of Love
        5. Angel Mother
        6. Let's Not Sleep Again
        7. Don't Take the Light (From My Dark Cell)
        8. Cross on the Hill
        9. Sweetest Gift, a Mother's Smile
        10. You've Branded Your Name on My Heart
        11. Little Mother of the Hills
        12. Alabama
        13. One Cold Winter's Eve
        14. Paper Boy
        15. Shake Hands With Your Mother Today
        16. When Heaven Comes Down
        17. Unfinished Rug
        18. Tears on Her Bridal Bouquet
        19. Lord Be With Us, Amen
        20. Drop Your Net
        21. There'll Be No Broken Hearts for Me
        22. New Golden Rule
        23. Where Our Darling Sleeps Tonight
        24. Sunny Side of Life

        Music Album:

        1. The Bocephus Box [Box set]
        2. The Carnegie Hall Concert [Live]
        3. The Golf Album
        4. The Pine Valley Cosmonauts Salute The Majesty of Bob Wills
        5. The Promiseland
        6. The Red Headed Stranger
        7. The Road Hammers [Enhanced]
        8. The Sixties Hits of Carl Smith
        9. The Ultimate Hits
        10. This Old House

        Music Album

        Music Album