Release Date: 08 December 2023
Label: Jasmine Records
Packaging Type: Jewel Case
No of Units: 1
Barcode: 604988380521
Genres: Country
Description
These are vintage (1930s) country recordings, comprising risque, double-entendre songs and others of a similar ilk, with plenty of yodelling - effectively, the po' white trash equivalent of pre-war blues. While country artists chasing mainstream acceptance were generally cautious, Cliff Carlisle routinely ignored the boundaries that had been drawn in the sand.
Indeed, Carlisle was perhaps the man for whom the concept "Non-PC" might have been invented. And in an era when Blues musicians routinely sang 'risque' material, heavy with innuendo, he gave them a run for their money.
This compilation draws from the seedier side of Cliff's recorded legacy, concentrating on his "earthy" repertoire.
He sings, joyously, of his little mama's "mouses' ear" (and boasts of "hauling her ashes"), of "barnyard sex" (Cliff was fascinated by the activities of roosters and cats), of "wild cat mamas" and "pay-day fights", the horror of being "married alive", and much, much more.
Tracklisting
Tommy Hunt
Kay Barry / Maureen Evans
Buddy Holly & The Crickets
Johnnie Ray
Eddie Cochran
Various Artists
Billie Holiday
Charlie Applewhite
Cliff Carlisle
Cliff Carlisle
Cliff Carlisle
