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High Wide & Handsome : the Charlie Poole Project

Wainwright, Loudon, 1946- CD - 2009 CD Pop Wainwright High Oversize 1 On Shelf No requests on this item Community Rating: 4.2 out of 5

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Folksongs and old-time songs by various composers, previously recorded by Charlie Poole.
Compact discs.
Disc 1. High wide & handsome -- Took my gal out walkin' -- I'm the man who rode the mule around the world -- My mother and my sweetheart -- Bill Mason's bride -- Goodbye booze -- Old ballyhoo -- Little Waterloo -- I'm glad I'm married -- Mother's last farewell kiss -- Acres of diamonds -- Way up in NYC -- If I lose -- The great reaping day -- Where the whippoorwill is whispering goodnight.
Disc 2. The man in the moon -- The deal -- No knees -- Moving day -- Old and only in the way -- Ragtime Annie -- Sweet sunny south -- The letter that never came -- Awful hungry hash house -- Rowena -- Didn't he ramble -- Ramblin' blues -- Charlie's last song -- Beautiful -- High wide & handsome (reprise).
Loudon Wainwright III, vocals, guitar, banjo, with assisting musicians.

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Old Time Banjo Tribute submitted by Meginator on August 21, 2021, 8:40am This project is Loudon Wainwright III’s tribute to legendary old-time banjo player Charlie Poole. Through recordings of songs in Poole’s catalogue and original compositions that pay homage to Poole’s style, Wainwright captures some of the magic of 1920s American folk music, with clearer recording quality and modern instrumentation putting a slightly different spin on the original vibe. Though this strips the songs of some of their honesty and hard-won feeling, it adds an extra dimension to them that makes them easier to place into context; regardless of the shiny new technology used to create these tracks, the lyrics speak to a particular time and place. Wainwright’s own style is well-suited to this material, and his own songs fit right into the mix, occasionally distinguishable only through lyrics that speak of Poole himself. With an excellent selection of songs that balances dance songs and ballads, as well as lyrical content, this double album feels like a journey, and it’s a worthy tribute to a legend.

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PUBLISHED
New York, NY : 2nd Story Sound Records, p2009.
Year Published: 2009
Description: 2 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 program booklet (1 v. (unpaged) : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Language: English
Format: CD

ADDITIONAL CREDITS
Poole, Charlie, 1892-1931.

SUBJECTS
Old-time music.
Folk songs, English.