Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Wild Cat Woman and a Tom Cat Man
2. Memphis Yodel
3. Desert Blues
4. High Steppin' Mama
5. Rambling Yodeler
6. Dear Old Daddy
7. Seven Years with the Wrong Woman
8. Gamblin' Dan
9. Handsome Blues
10. When the Evening Sun Goes Down
11. That Great Judgement Day
12. Goodbye Old Pal
13. I Want a Good Woman - Wilber Ball, Cliff Carlisle
14. My Lovin' Kathleen
15. You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone (Just Because)
16. Nevada Johnny
17. There Is No More That I Can Say - The Carlisle Brothers
18. Prepare Me O Lord
19. Roll on, Roll On - Fred Kirby,
20. When It's Round Up Time in Heaven - Fred Kirby,
21. Home of the Soul - Cliff Carlisle, Tommy Carlisle

Disc 2:

1. Ash Can Blues - Bob Carlisle
2. Mouse's Ear Blues - Bob Carlisle
3. That Nasty Swing
4. Sal's Got a Meatskin
5. Ring Tail Tom - Bob Carlisle
6. Onion Eating Mama - Bob Carlisle
7. It Takes an Old Hen to Deliver the Goods
8. Shanghai Rooster Yodel
9. Chicken Roost Blues
10. Wigglin' Mama
11. Sugar Cane Mama
12. Tom Cat Blues - Bob Carlisle
13. No Daddy Blues
14. My Rockin' Mama
15. Rooster Blues
16. Guitar Blues - Wilber Ball, Cliff Carlisle
17. It Ain't No Fault of Mine
18. Shine Your Light for Others
19. Two Eyes in Tennessee - Cliff Carlisle,
20. Blind Child's Prayer - Cliff Carlisle,
21. When the Angels Carry Me Home - Cliff Carlisle,

Disc 3:

1. Columbus Stockade Blues
2. Shanghai Rooster
3. Brakeman's Reply
4. Waiting for a Ride
5. Hobo's Fate
6. Cowboy Johnny's Last Ride
7. Get Her by the Tail on a Downhill Grade
8. My Travellin' Night
9. True and Trembling Brakeman - Cliff Carlisle,
10. Hobo Blues
11. Pan American Man
12. Pay Day Fight
13. Far Beyond the Starry Sky
14. I'm Saving Saturday Night for You
15. Dang My Rowdy Soul
16. My Rocky Mountain Sweetheart
17. Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad
18. Georgia Moon
19. I Don't Mind - Cliff Carlisle,
20. I'm Sorry Now
21. Lonely Orphan Child - Cliff Carlisle, Tommy Carlisle

Disc 4:

1. Trouble Minded Blues
2. Mean Mama Don't Worry Me
3. Why Did It Have to Be?
4. When It's Round Up Time in Texas
5. Shine on Me
6. Stretch of 28 Years
7. Footprints in the Snow
8. Gonna Raise a Ruckus Tonight - The Carlisle Brothers
9. Going Down the Valley One by One - The Carlisle Brothers
10. Memories That Haunt Me
11. Black Jack David
12. Going Back to Alabama
13. Lonesome for Caroline
14. Uncloudy Day
15. Broken Heart - The Carlisle Brothers
16. Shot the Innocent Man
17. Girl in the Blue Velvet Band
18. Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down
19. Where My Memory Lies
20. New Memories of You That Haunt Me
21. On the Banks of the Rio Grande

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #97339 in Music
• Released on: 2004-09-13
• Number of discs: 4
• Formats: Box set, Original recording remastered

Album Details
While Cliff Carlisle is Often Mentioned in the Same Breath as Jimmie Rodgers (Both Men were 'blue' Yodelers), When it Came to the Type of Material They Recorded There were Differences. Like Another Early Artist, Jimmie Davis, Carlisle was Not Averse to Using Risque Material, Songs that Rodgers and his Management Would Not have Considered Suitable. Thus, Although Carlisle and Rodgers Both Included Railroad Numbers, Songs About Gambling and Drinking in their Respective Repertoires, Carlisle was Quite Prepared to Embrace Songs with Elements of Sexual Innuendo Along with Humorous Numbers Despairing of Marriage. Cliff Carlisle's Recording Career Commenced in 1930 and He Continued to Record Prolifically Through the '30s, Initially with Wilbur Ball and Then Later his Brother Bill Carlisle. After the Second World War He Appeared and Recorded with the Carlisles.

Customer Reviews

jimmie rodgers' got nothing on this
The liner notes indicate that Mr. Carlisle was Rodgers' competition. There are similarties, indeed; yodelling being the most obvious. Gotta tell y', though, I think this guy's every bit as enjoyable. His songs are just as heartfelt, and many of them are more 'controversial' (in a 1930's sort of way), as he did not have to live up to the image of 'America's Brakeman' or whatever it is they called Rodgers. Don't get me wrong, Rodgers was fantastic. I love his stuff. But this guy's great, too.