Country Music Pioneer Featuring Gid Tann
Riley Puckett
CD BOX Rel Date: 1981-02-22
By the age of 22 Riley Puckett of Atlanta, Georgia, was described as a 'blind banjoist ready for the big doings'. A year later a reporter stated that no description of a fiddlers' convention would be complete without a reference to Riley Puckett, mentioning that Riley's 'flying fingers' were able to pick a rhythmic accompaniment no matter what the number or the key of the piece might be. This collection reveals a fine instrumentalist and decent vocalist who was an essential member of many early 'old-timey' groups. His influence was to permeate much traditional music and is still felt today. Riley Puckett proved the people wanted to hear singing, and if he didn't sing on the records, why they didn't sell much - so we found that out right quick Clayton McMichen. Riley' He was hard to play with ' Lowe Stokes
Tracklist:
- Paddy Won't You Drink Some Cider
- Riley's Hen House Door
- New 'givin' Everything Away'
- Santa Fé Folks Fiesta
- Long Tongue Woman
- I'll Never Get Drumk Anymore
- The Drunkard's Dream
- In A Little Gypsy Tea Room
- Ragged But Right
- Can't Put That Monkey On My Back
- Down In Arkansas
- There's More Pretty Girls Than One (Part 1)
- There's More Pretty Girls Than One (Part 2)
- George Collins
- Cindy
- Moonlight, Shadows And You
- Wednesday Night Waltz
- Dark Town Strutters Ball
- When I'm Back In Tennessee
- Boots And Saddle
- Curly Headed Baby
- Tie Me To Your Apron Strings Again
- Waitin' For The Evening Mail
- It's A Sin To Tell A Lie
- Don't Let Your Deal Go Down
- How Come You Do Me Like You Do?
- Frankie And Johnny
- Won't You Come Over To My House
- Little Brown Jug
- When You're Gone I Won't Forget
- When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget
- Bill Johnson
- Bury Me Neath The Willow Tree
- Back To My Home In Smokey Mountain
- Let My Peaches Be
- My Old Mule
- You'd Be Surprised
- Short Life Of Trouble
- Nine Hundred Miles From Home
- Though You're Not Satisfied With Me
- I'm Going To Georgia
- Burglar Man
- Just As The Sun Went Down
- Let Me Call You Sweetheart
- Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
- Careless Love
- Ole Faithful
- I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again
- Red River Valley
- My Carolina Home
- Puckett Blues
- Gulf Coast Blues
- South Of The Border
- Red Sails In The Sunset
- When I Grow Too Old To Dream (1936 Version)
- The Darkey's Wail
- Fuzzy Rag
- Where The Shy Little Violets Grow
- I Want To Wander In The Cumberland Mountains
- Get Out And Get Under The Moon
- The Blind Child's Prayer (Part 1)
- The Blind Child's Prayer (Part 2)
- Moonlight On The Colorado
- Playmates
- Story Of The Preacher And The Bear
- When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget Me
- I Told Them All About You
- Just Break The News To Mother
- Ramblin' Boy
- Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy
- Jack And Joe
- You'll Never Miss Your Mother 'till She's Gone
- Silver Threads Amongst The Gold
- Down By The Old MILL Stream
- Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane
- Kimball House
- Hop High Ladies
- Old Molly Hare
- Giddap Napoleon
- Buckin' Mule
- When I Had But Fifty Cents
- Jesse James
- Old Joe Clark
- The Old Spinning Wheel
- When I Grow Too Old To Dream (1940 Version)
- On The Other Side Of Jordan
- The Cat Came Back
- My Buddy
- I'm Drifting Back To Dreamland
- What's The Reason (I'm Not Pleasin' You)
- Somewhere In Old Wyoming
- Cumberland Gap
- Sourwood Mountain
- I'm Getting Ready To Go
- Whistle And Blow Your Blues Away
- Renfro Valley Home
- K.C. Railroad (Going Down The Road Feeling Bad)
- Margie
- Nobody's Business
- Railroad Boomer