An Irrepressible Tribute To Charlie Poole
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courtesy of 2nd Story SoundCharlie Poole at his home in Spray, N.C., in 1925.
November 4, 2009 - In 1925, North Carolina singer and banjoist Charlie Poole's "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues" sold 102,000 copies, an amazing figure for a so-called hillbilly artist. Poole was a hard-living rounder who died at 39 in 1931, after a binge that lasted 13 weeks. Songs he made famous were kept alive by Bill Monroe, whose bluegrass innovations owed plenty to Poole's North Carolina Ramblers. Harry Smith included him on his now-legendary Anthology of American Folk Music. He's been covered by such moderns as Jerry Garcia, The Chieftains and Tom T. Hall. Nevertheless, Poole remains obscure. Singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III means to change that with a two-CD tribute to Poole called High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project.
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