Carolina Blue

Editorial Reviews

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Lou Reid is an alumnus of the Seldom Scene, and his new band Carolina is very much in the Seldom Scene vein with its mix of mandolin, banjo and electric bass and its blend of traditional bluegrass and contemporary folk material. Reid pretty much sticks to mandolin on this album, but it's his Skaggs-like tenor voice that shines through, especially on the modern songs like his own folkish "Hands of Time," Roger Rasnake's country-flavored "Always Thinkin' of You" or the a cappella hymn "Lord Have Mercy on My Soul" (cowritten by Reid and the Seldom Scene's T. Michael Coleman). --Geoffrey Himes

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Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Old Time Music
  • You will feel so much better
  • The right medicine for the blahs! Outstanding fun!
  • Brings Back Memories to the Old (and Young)!
  • Priceless anthology
Good For What Ails You: Music of the Medicine Shows 1926-1937
Pink Anderson , Gid Tanner , Gus Cannon , Emmett Miller , Charlie Poole , Dallas String Band , Grant Brothers , Uncle Dave Macon , Beans Hambone , Clarence Ashley , Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers , Gwen Foster , and Carolina Tar Heels
Manufacturer: Old Hat Records / Enterprises
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000B5KRNO
Release Date: 2005-10-04

Tracks:

  1. The Spasm - Daddy Stovepipe & Mississippi Sarah
  2. Tanner's Boarding House - Gid Tanner & Riley Puckett
  3. Don't Think I'm Santa Claus - Lil McClintock
  4. Hokum Blues - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
  5. Jimbo Jambo Land - Shorty Godwin
  6. Gonna Swing On The Golden Gate - Fiddlin' John Carson & His Virginia Reelers
  7. Papa's 'Bout To Get Mad - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
  8. The Man Who Wrote Home Sweet Home Never Was A Married Man - Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright
  9. Bye, Bye, Policeman - Jim Jackson
  10. The Bald-Headed End Of A Broom - Walter Smith
  11. Bow Wow Blues - Allen Brothers
  12. Beans - Beans Hambone & El Morrow
  13. A Chicken Can Waltz The Gravy Around - Stovepipe # 1 and David Crockett
  14. Tell It To Me - Grant Brothers & Their Music
  15. Ain't No Use Working So Hard - Carolina Tar Heels
  16. Mama Keep Your Yes Ma'am Clean - Walter Cole
  17. C-H-I-C-K-E-N Spells Chicken - Kirk McGee & Blythe Poteet
  18. My Money Never Runs Out - Banjo Joe
  19. Railroadin' Some - Henry Thomas "Ragtime Texas"
  20. Traveling Man - Prince Albert Hunt's Texas Ramblers
  21. G. Burns Is Gonna Rise Again - Johnson-Nelson-Porkchop
  22. Baby All Night Long - Blue Ridge Mountain Entertainers
  23. Born In Hard Luck - Chris Bouchillon
  24. He's In The Jailhouse Now - Memphis Sheiks

Tracks:

  1. Gonna Tip Out Tonight - Pink Anderson & Simmie Dooley
  2. Chevrolet Car - Sam McGee
  3. It Ain't Gonna Rain No Mo' - Gid Tanner & His Skillet-Lickers
  4. Bring It With You When You Come - Cannon's Jug Stompers
  5. Atlanta Strut - Blind Sammie
  6. Go Along Mule - Uncle Dave Macon & His Fruit Jar Drinkers
  7. Casey Bill - Earl McDonald's Original Louisville Jug Band
  8. I Got Mine - Frank Stokes
  9. Hannah - Chris Bouchillon
  10. Adam & Eve In The Garden - Bogus Ben Covington
  11. Mysterious Coon - Alec Johnson & His Band
  12. Her Name Was Hula Lou - Carolina Tar Heels
  13. Reno Blues - Three Tobacco Tags
  14. Scoodle Um Skoo - Papa Charlie Jackson
  15. Stackalee - Frank Hutchison
  16. The Cat's Got The Measles, The Dog's Got The Whooping Cough - Walter Smith
  17. Shout You Cats - Hezekiah Jenkins
  18. Nobody's Business If I Do - Tommie Bradley
  19. Sweet Sixteen - Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers
  20. Ticklish Reuben - Charlie Parker & Mack Woolbright
  21. I Heard The Voice Of A Porkchop - Jim Jackson
  22. Shine - Dallas String Band with Coley Jones
  23. The Gypsy - Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers
  24. Kiss Me Cindy - J.E. Mainer's Mountaineers

Album Description

Earning Their White Stripes. "But what I'm listening to most of the time at present is an album called Good For What Ails You, which is an album of songs that people used to listen to at medicine shows all over the States. It's quite an interesting album and I think that people would be well advised to pick it up." Jack White - Sunday Mail (Australia) Dec 18, 2005

Five Stars. Groundbreaking. "Fans of Nick Tosches' Where Dead Voices Gather will lap up this extraordinary snapshot of an America that is still shrouded in shadow. Good For What Ails You supplants the Harry Smith collections by surveying the people's music of the day, some of which sounds like nothing you have heard before." Jon Savage - MOJO Dec 2005

Before motion pictures, before radio, before television, the traveling Medicine Shows brought entertainment to America! Flamboyant pitch doctors roamed the land, hawking their tonics, elixirs, and miracle cures, and with them came a host of singers, dancers, comedians, banjo pickers, blues shouters, jug blowers, string ticklers, and minstrel men. The shows died out by mid-20th century, but not before a handful of seasoned veterans left their musical legacy on phonograph records. Here are classic performances by such colorful names as Pink Anderson, Daddy Stovepipe, Gid Tanner, Blind Sammie, Bogus Ben Covington, Fiddlin' John Carson, Banjo Joe, Shorty Godwin, Beans Hambone, Emmett Miller & His Georgia Crackers, the Three Tobacco Tags, and many more!

Two-CD Set / 48 Songs Digitally Remastered / Over 2 Hours of Music / Six-Panel Digipak with 72-page Full Color Booklet

A Profusely Illustrated History of the Medicine Shows, many Rare Photographs and Firsthand Accounts never before published, plus full discography and song descriptions.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Old Time Music.......2007-05-13

This gave us 50 tracks of original music. Along with it you get a nice booklet that tells the history of the medicine shows and individual descriptions of each track and it's performers.

5 out of 5 stars You will feel so much better.......2007-01-25

You just can't imagine what the life of a performer on the road in the 20, 30's (or earlier) must have been like. The ups of course was the freedom, and the fun at times. The downs include never knowing what was around the corner, the cold (or heat), some of the boarding houses I would imagine would have been dreadful amongst many others.

But at least we can listen to the music. I've only received this the other day and I've not taken it out of the player, it goes to work with me and takes me home again, it plays in the background when I'm busy about the house. Yes some of the sound quality is hissy, but they are old recordings and besides I would rather hear it like that, it adds to the feel. These are happy songs, even when they are talking about slashing someones throat. If you looking at this you obviously have an interest in this style of music and you would be doing yourself a favour by purchasing this wonderful collection. You get 2 CD's and a wonderful booklet that tells you a little history of the genre and pictures of some the the performers on the CD's as well as a little history on each of the songs.

5 out of 5 stars The right medicine for the blahs! Outstanding fun!.......2006-10-23

Step right up..ladies and gentlemen...Are you feeling blah listening to those same old CD's you've had for the last several years? Does today's music leave you cold? Well, you've come to the right place. Restore your enthusiasm...bring back the fun, with 50 recordings from the golden age of medicine shows. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face. Many of these fine artists are obscure names to most people of this generation...but alas...like an old ancient Indian cure...this box set will bring you back to life. Yes friends and neighbors...it also comes with a beautiful full-color booklet with all the songs, dates and stories of old. Uh..excuse me son, don't crowd the stage. IT'S A PANACEA FOR ALL BORING AILMENTS! Yes and considering how old these gems are (1925-36) they are all in remarkable shape...and your sense of humor will be too. So pick one up today. It;s more fun than a brand new Victrola!

5 out of 5 stars Brings Back Memories to the Old (and Young)!.......2006-08-28

'Good For What Ails You' is a great set of cd's with old songs that were sung at old medicine shows. I remember some of those songs from records and radio programs from my childhood - songs that I had totally forgotten!

I lent the cd's to my father, and they brought back fond memories of his childhood in western OK when the medicine shows would come to town and set up on the square. Everyone would attend the "show" and listen to the music, sales pitches, and go home with something! He truly enjoyed the cd's, also.

Even if medicine shows are new to you, the music is worth the time to listen. Lot's of fun, interesting lyrics, and you might even hear something that has come back again!?

5 out of 5 stars Priceless anthology.......2006-07-05

This element of American history should never be forgotten, and this anthology ensures that it won't. The accompanying booklet is a textbook of fascinating anecdotes and photographs, and it even includes a small, helpful insert of "spelling errata" to guide the reader through the language of the time. The music itself transports the listener to a time that seems like ancient history, populated by snake oil salesmen who employed fast-picking, fast-talking one-man bands to make their product more appealing to the desperately poor. But this collection also reminds us that times haven't changed all that much since those days of the Great Depression. After all, when was the last time you heard a trendy, catchy song in a commercial trying to sell you something as basic as toothpaste?
The Neglected Professor
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Historic Ragtime
The Neglected Professor

Manufacturer: Delmark
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  1. American Beauties: The Rags of Joseph Lamb

ASIN: B00004S3A4
Release Date: 2000-04-18

Tracks:

  1. Lily Rag #1
  2. Delmar Blues
  3. When Sambo Goes To France
  4. Delmar Rag (Alternate)
  5. The One I Love
  6. Centennial Rag
  7. The Dream
  8. Dicty's On 7th Avenue
  9. Lingering Blues
  10. Carolina Shout
  11. Five Foot Two
  12. St. Louis Blues
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  14. Maori
  15. Derby Stomp
  16. Leola (Two-Step)
  17. Lily Rag #2
  18. Brother-In-Law Dan
  19. Delmar Rag
  20. St. Louis Blues (Alt)
  21. When Sambo Goes To France (Alt)
  22. How Deep Is The Ocean
  23. Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night
  24. Tennessee Waltz
  25. Chimes Blues
  26. Lily Rag #3

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Historic Ragtime.......2001-03-31

Charles Thompson was a contemporary of Jelly Roll Morton and James P. Johnson, and was one of the leading figues of the second generation of St. Louis ragtime pianists.

This album, made up of live recordings from the early 1960s, finds Thompson in reasonable form, playing some of his best known pieces plus a few standards. His powers had declined a little from his 1948-49 American Music recordings, but he was still able to play in an entertaining fashion. Many of the performances are rather short, but these are historic recordings by a little known but important figue in ragtime.

Delmark is to be commended for this release: let's hope they re-issue the rest of the Euphonic back catalogue. Anyone interested in ragtime and early jazz should consider buying this CD.
Storm in the Land: Music of 26th North Carolina
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A 'must-have' for afficiandos of 19th Century Brass Bands
  • Civil war Music
Storm in the Land: Music of 26th North Carolina
American Brass Quintet Brass Band
Manufacturer: New World Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

MarchesMarches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0000649O1
Release Date: 2002-04-30

Tracks:

  1. Dixie/Bonnie Blue Flag
  2. Southern Victorial March
  3. Here's Your Mule
  4. Canary Bird Waltz
  5. Slow March From 'Belisario'
  6. Trovatore Quickstep
  7. Rock Me To Sleep, Mother
  8. 26th Regiment Quickstep
  9. Bettraite Polka
  10. Serenade
  11. Melange Waltz
  12. Col. Vance's March
  13. Dead March
  14. India Rubber Overcoat Medley: India Rubber Overcoat/Old Slave/Long, Long Ago
  15. Maryland! My Maryland!/Old North State
  16. Col. Hoke's March
  17. Sleepers Wake
  18. Covenant
  19. Die Ehre Gottes
  20. Rifle Regiment Quickstep
  21. Waltz
  22. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming/Annie Of The Vale
  23. Lorena/Bright Smiles

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A 'must-have' for afficiandos of 19th Century Brass Bands.......2003-05-06

Impeccable performance by professional musicians, using antique instruments. The arrangements which include quicksteps, polkas, waltzes and hymns are from the only complete set of Confederate Band Books to survive. Thirty-plus pages of liner notes on the music and the instruments by Dr. Nola Knouse of the Moravian Music Foundation are almost worth the price itself. This CD is a must for anybody who likes Civil War Brass-Band Music.

5 out of 5 stars Civil war Music.......2002-07-01

I found this to be an excellent CD - very good tunes/ good tempi/ and generally very enjoyable - I particularly liked the two waltzes that are included - I can thoroughly recommend this recording
A Stop In Southport Towne
Average customer rating: 0 out of 5 stars
  • Dedicated to a traditional sound presented with charisma & conviction
A Stop In Southport Towne

Manufacturer: Blue Circle Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000HA3TD8
Release Date: 2006-07-05

Tracks:

  1. Tupelo County Jail
  2. My Old Kentucky And You
  3. A Stop In Southport Town
  4. Pickin With The Boys
  5. Cry Cry Darling
  6. Take Me Back To Kentucky
  7. A Beautiful River Of Life
  8. Portrait Of The Blues
  9. I'm Not Alone
  10. I Just Think I'll Go Away
  11. May's Store
  12. My Hearts Cry 2:47

Product Description

Carolina Road's Bluegrass CD

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Dedicated to a traditional sound presented with charisma & conviction.......2006-12-27

Playing Time - 31:03 -- I listen to a ton of bluegrass, and there just aren't many albums that I put on and listen to four times in a row. Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road's "A Stop in South Port Towne" is one that earned four spin fame on my CD player. The group is clearly one of the "most happening" today. Their emergent stardom is largely a result of their hard work, dedication to a traditional sound, and an ability to present it with charisma and conviction. Their timing is impeccable, and they chose material that keeps the toe tapping throughout. For this project, their inspiration came from another North Carolina band - The Bass Mountain Boys. Recording some of the good clean, fan-friendly songs that they arranged and made popular, Lorraine Jordan and Carolina Road acknowledge these mentors. Known for their varied vocal arrangements, as well as instrumental prowess, the band's only fault is that this set doesn't run for more than about a half hour.

Lorraine is very proud of their traditional music foundation. Songs from Bill Monroe and Carter Stanley reinforce that respect. At the same time, they cover songs like "Tupelo County Jail" and "A Beautiful River of Live" with more contemporary style and slant. The latter comes from the pens of Tom T. and Dixie Hall, who now have this band on their new record label's roster. Perhaps what really makes me sit up and tune in are the five masterfully-crafted originals from mandolininst/vocalist Lorraine Jordan and guitarist/vocalist David Guthrie. "Picking with the Boys" has a tongue-in-cheek hook about picking bluegrass instead of being "home banging on pots and pans." Her heartwarming "Mays' Store" is another sentiment related to the delight of front-porch pickin' every Saturday night.

The title cut has a similar tempo, is also sung by Tim Hall in a warm story-teller's fashion, and even has a few riffs in harmony. David Guthrie's "My Hearts Cry" closes the project with his tenor voice climbing sky-high into the clouds just as it does earlier on "Cry, Cry Darling." The band knows what it takes to achieve that high, lonesome sound. Bassist Tim Hall is credited with playing bass guitar, while guest Zack McLamb is listed for acoustic bass. Consummate banjo-player Ben Greene (formerly with The James King Band) provides a crisp snap to their drive, and he also lays in a nice baritone harmony when needed. Liner notes could've been a little clearer on who is singing when. With Josh Goforth fiddling and singing too, the group's got a complete, jam-packed sound that is guaranteed to satiate every audience's bluegrass craving. This band is on the rise! The multiple award winners' hard work is paying off. "A Stop in Southport Towne" is but one more milestone along their ascending journey to even greater acclaim. (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)
Syncopated Sensations
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A delightful upper
Syncopated Sensations

Manufacturer: Sonora Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

All Works by BarberAll Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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GeneralGeneral | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00004Y6N1
Release Date: 2000-08-29

Tracks:

  1. The Cake Walk In The Sky (Ethiopian Two-Step)
  2. The Easy Winners
  3. Elite Syncopations
  4. Hyacinth Rag
  5. Operatic Rag
  6. Carolina Fox Trot
  7. The Chevy Chase (Fox Trot)
  8. Rufnreddy
  9. Brown Rag Doll
  10. Hollyhock
  11. Some Jazz
  12. Aunt Hagar's Children
  13. Sweet And Low Down
  14. Nobody But You
  15. Oh, Lady Be Good
  16. Clap Yo' Hands
  17. 'S Wonderful
  18. Somebody Loves Me
  19. Strike Up The Band
  20. You Tell 'Em Ivories
  21. Charleston Chuckles
  22. Meandering
  23. Spring Song
  24. Blue Tornado (From 'Excursions')
  25. 'Slow Blues'
  26. Ragtime Bass
  27. Companion Rag
  28. Raggedy Blue Romp

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A delightful upper.......2003-04-13

This CD is a delight. Including some well-known gems by Jolin and Gershwin, the disc also offers some lesser known corners of the ragtime canon, including two selections by modern rag composer (and winner of the 1997 Scott Joplin prize for the best new rag), Brian Dykstra. The selections are brilliantly played by Lester and the sound is excellent. A winner all around.
Carolina Blue
Average customer rating: Not rated
    Carolina Blue
    Lou , and Terry Baucom
    Manufacturer: Webco
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000002X60
    Release Date: 1994-07-29

    Tracks:

    1. Prisoner Of The Past
    2. Always Thinkin' Of You
    3. Lonesome Old Homesick Blues
    4. Lord Have Mercy On My Soul
    5. Don't Pass Me By
    6. Blue Night
    7. I'm Blue And I'm Lonesome
    8. Hand Of Time
    9. Rovin' Gambler
    10. I'm Gonna Hold To His Hand
    11. My Own Sweet Time
    12. Bad Case Of Lovin' You

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    Lou Reid is an alumnus of the Seldom Scene, and his new band Carolina is very much in the Seldom Scene vein with its mix of mandolin, banjo and electric bass and its blend of traditional bluegrass and contemporary folk material. Reid pretty much sticks to mandolin on this album, but it's his Skaggs-like tenor voice that shines through, especially on the modern songs like his own folkish "Hands of Time," Roger Rasnake's country-flavored "Always Thinkin' of You" or the a cappella hymn "Lord Have Mercy on My Soul" (cowritten by Reid and the Seldom Scene's T. Michael Coleman). --Geoffrey Himes
    Blue Heartache
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • GREAT NEWER BLUEGRASS!
    Blue Heartache
    Lou Reid & Carolina
    Manufacturer: Rebel Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B00004U0S4
    Release Date: 2000-07-18

    Tracks:

    1. Blue Heartache
    2. I Stood & Watched You Go
    3. Letter From My Darlin'
    4. Living In Our Country World
    5. Helen
    6. Out On The Highway
    7. Grass Lover
    8. Take This Hammer
    9. Memories Don't Die
    10. Ain't Nobody Gonna Tie Me Down
    11. The Hobo Song
    12. I've Been Over You Before

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars GREAT NEWER BLUEGRASS!.......2002-06-23

    THE SONG "GRASS LOVER"[a song about growing up listening to bluegrass music, NOT about "illicit grass"] ROCKS, (FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD). THE REST OF THE SONGS ARE GOOD ALSO.
    Carolina Blue
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      Carolina Blue
      Maro Kawabata
      Manufacturer: Copper Creek
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B000056WX1
      Release Date: 2001-02-13

      Tracks:

      1. Sally Goodin
      2. Used To Be
      3. Colleen Malone
      4. Faded Love
      5. If I Needed You
      6. Carolina Blue
      7. Love Me Tonight
      8. Samantha
      9. When You Are Lonely
      10. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight
      11. Dark Hollow
      12. East Tennessee Blues

      Album Description

      There is power in Bill Monroe's music, but even he probably had no idea that in 1974 it would have life-changing effects on young Maro Kawabata, watching him on Japanese television, or that it would launch Maro on a quest for musical meaning and excellence. Maro's story is one of persistence and determination, leading him to school in the United States, back home to Japan where he met and married his American bride, Sandra, and then to return to the USA to raise his family in the midst of his musical Odyssey.

      Now an Ohio resident, you can hear Maro's commitment to heart-to-heart communication through music here on CAROLINA BLUE, the CD that is the culmination of a lifetime of thinking, planning, refining and sharpening his musical ideas and skills.

      To bring his vision to light Maro has called on several gifted musicians for assistance; some are friends he has known from his travels around the country, while others are people whose talents he has admired, but whom he never met until first getting together for the recording sessions. His list of friends and pickers is impressive, indeed: Bobby Hicks, Sammy Shelor, Keith Little, Ron Stewart, Missy Raines, Jim Hurst, Butch Baldassari, Kazuhiro Inaba, and Raymond McLain.

      On this CD you will hear some old music as well as some new tunes. The old ones are included because they are beautiful, certainly; but also out of respect — they represent the underlying traditions on which Maro has based his own musical philosophy. Though they are familiar, through these sensitive performances Maro pays homage.

      The new tunes are here for many of the same reasons — CAROLINA BLUE was composed as Maro was traveling through the mountains of western North Carolina, struck by the natural beauty surrounding him and the sense of the connection between that “place” and the music in his heart. SAMANTHA was named for his daughter, who must surely be pleased to share her name with such a lovely melody.
      Blue Palmetto
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        Blue Palmetto
        Shrimp City Slim
        Manufacturer: EM
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Blues | Styles | Music
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        ASIN: B00003CYP7
        Release Date: 1996-06-01

        Tracks:

        1. The Only One There
        2. Gossip (Will Only Make Us Stronger)
        3. Nosotros Changos
        4. Live Like a Bluesman (And Surely You Will Die)
        5. You're Making It So Hard (To Forget Her)
        6. Return to the Lord
        7. Sun Angel
        8. The Walls Are Talking
        9. Holding Onto a Dream
        10. You Are the Reason
        11. My Own Set of Ghosts
        12. Lay Your Walking Shoes Down
        13. Money Stupid
        14. One Day
        15. Gnat Bite
        16. This Southern Heart of Mine
        17. Sugar Shock
        18. The Hands of Time
        19. Leper of the City
        20. Blue Palmetto

        Album Description

        Packed with twenty (20) Lowcountry blues originals and clocking in at 72+ minutes of playing time (co-producer Eddie West joked about a "boxed set" while the album was being recorded), this is a big and boisterous package from the Carolina blues artist and his talented band. "Why not max out the CD?," asks SCS. "Plenty more tunes where these came from." As usual, blues is the foundation, but the Lowcountry musical flavors range from Caribbean rhythms and Southern rock to country, funk, and Latin. A wild ride through the heart of "Lowcountry blues"!
        Carolina Blue
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          Carolina Blue
          Daryle Ryce
          Manufacturer: Rounder Select
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B000000346
          Release Date: 1992-02-14

          Tracks:

          1. Livin' From Day To Day
          2. So Long Ago (George's Tune)
          3. Most Of All
          4. Jonathan
          5. Put Me In The Movies
          6. Somebody's Been Cookin'
          7. Take Me Back To Carolina
          8. Chain It Up
          9. I've Got To Know

          Music Album:

          1. Chambergrass: A Decade of Tunes From the Edges of Bluegrass
          2. Complete Live at San Quentin [Import] [Limited Edition] [Live]
          3. Country's #1's
          4. Country Oldies For Men (Karaoke)
          5. Crazy Man Crazy [Extra tracks]
          6. Crystal Chandeliers [Import]
          7. Dan Crary & Lonnie Hoppers and Their American Band
          8. Delicious
          9. Dixon Brothers, Vol. 3: 1937-1938
          10. Drama Falls Like Teardrops [Import]

          Music Album

          Music Album