Release Date: October 13, 1998.
Recording Time: 62 minutes.
Recording Date: 1963 - August 28, 1965.
Release Info: Compilation (HMG 2503) Studio & Live, Reissue.
Styles: Country, Country Blues, Folk Blues, Old-Timey.
Although they were recorded in the early to mid-'60s in association with Pete Welding, the 19 tracks here sound like music from another era. Tarlton sings in a pleasing baritone with an uninflected style, without artifice -- he sounds like the real version of what Bob Dylan has tried for in his country covers -- and his fingers slide, strum, and glide over the fretboard, sounding like at least two guitars at once and a multitude of voices. The repertory is almost entirely traditional and arranged by Tarlton, who sounds like he's coming from a place at least 100 years before Jimmie Rodgers. Some of the tracks reveal the presence of an audience, others are the product of a studio, but the sound is generally first-rate, regardless. ~ Bruce Eder
Credits: Ann Cohen - Liner Notes; Walter Donaldson - Composer; Eugene W. Earle - Producer, Photography, Recording ; Leon McAuliffe - Composer; Bob Stone - Remastering; Jimmie Tarlton - Vocals, Guitar, Composer, Primary Artist; Traditional - Composer; Pete Welding - Engineer, George Whiting - Composer.
Tracklist:
01. John Henry - Jimmie Tarlton
02. Banks Of The Ohio - Jimmie Tarlton
03. Steel Guitar Rag - Jimmie Tarlton
04. Jimmie's Blue Heaven (My Blue Heaven) - Jimmie Tarlton
05. All Bound Down In Birmingham Jail - Jimmie Tarlton
06. Put-Together Blues - Jimmie Tarlton
07. Pretty Little Girl - Jimmie Tarlton
08. Never Get Drunk Anymore - Jimmie Tarlton
09. Down In Florida On A Hog - Jimmie Tarlton
10. Fort Benning Blues - Jimmie Tarlton
11. Lowe Bonnie - Jimmie Tarlton
12. Uncle Joe And His Hounds - Jimmie Tarlton
13. Ain't It A Sin To Gamble On A Sunday - Jimmie Tarlton
14. Joe Bowers - Jimmie Tarlton
15. Hawaiian March - Jimmie Tarlton
16. Administration Blues - Jimmie Tarlton
17. Cowboy Johnny - Jimmie Tarlton
18. Brown Eyes - Jimmie Tarlton
19. Rollie Dixon - Jimmie Tarlton
Written By - Jimmie Tarlton (tracks: 5 to 10, 12, 14, 16, 17, 19), Traditional (tracks: 1, 2, 11, 13, 15, 18)
Tracks 1-7, 10-16 recorded in the home of E.V. Ward, Roanoke, Al and at the Ash Grove, Hollywood, CA.
Tracks 8, 9, 17-19 previously unissued and recorded August 28, 1965, Los Angeles, CA.