Bear Family Records – BCD 16817 DK
Country: Germany
Released: 2012
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[DISK 1]
01 Weave Room Blues (02:33)
02 Two Little Rosebuds (02:48)
03 Sales Tax On the Women (02:19)
04 Intoxicated Rat (02:40)
05 Not Turning Back (03:08)
06 White Flower for YouDorsey M. Dixon / Charles M. Fillmore (03:19)
07 Answer to Maple On the Hill, Pt. 1 (03:23)
08 Answer To Maple On the Hill, Pt. 3 (03:15)
09 Greenback Dollar, Pt. 2 (03:20)
10 Spinning Room Blues (02:37)
11 My Girl in Sunny Tennessee (03:25)
12 A Wonderful Day (02:57)
13 Are You Sure? (03:17)
14 That Old Vacant Chair (02:47)
15 I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail, Pt. 2 (03:13)
16 Never to Be Sweethearts Again (03:32)
17 Bonnie Blue Eyes, Pt. 2 (Hush Little Bonnie) (02:38)
18 Ocean of Life (02:28)
19 Rambling Gambler (03:13)
20 Dark Eyes (02:56)
21 Easter Day (03:04)
22 That Old True Love (02:37)
23 Answer to Maple On the Hill, Pt. 4 (03:14)
24 Beautiful Stars (02:41)
25 I Will Meet My Precious Mother (03:01)
26 Weaver's Life (03:27)
27 Darling Do You Miss Me (02:40)
28 Little Bessie (02:28)
29 How Can a Broke Man Be Happy (02:55)
[DISK 2]
01 How Can a Broke Man Be Happy (02:54)
02 The School House Fire (03:15)
03 She Tickles Me (02:31)
04 Fisherman's Luck (02:29)
05 At Twilight Old Pal of Yesterday (02:48)
06 Call Me Pal of Mine (02:45)
07 I Won't Accept Anything for My Soul (03:26)
08 What Can I Give in Exchange (03:15)
09 What Would You Give in Exchange, Pt. 5 (03:09)
10 The Girl I Left in Danville (03:01)
11 Two Little Boys (02:28)
12 The Lonely Prisoner (02:40)
13 The Old Home Brew (02:25)
14 Always Waiting for You (03:19)
15 When Jesus Appears (03:11)
16 Satisfied at Last (02:46)
17 Shining City Over the River (02:30)
18 Honey It's Just Because (03:07)
19 Back to My Wyoming Home (02:37)
20 I Can't Tell Why I Love You (02:14)
21 Under the Old Cherry Tree (02:30)
22 Blessed Promise In Store (02:57)
23 Anywhere Is Home (02:39)
24 Beneath an Old Maple (02:46)
25 Fields On Fire (02:49)
26 The Blood of Jesus Saved Me (03:11)
27 Where Shall I Be (02:48)
28 Promise in the Book of Life (03:24)
29 Broken Hearted Girl (02:31)
30 Woman's Answer to 'What Is Home Without Love' (03:08)
[DISK 3]
01 Hobo Jack the Rambler (02:53)
02 More Pretty Girls Than One, Pt. 3 (03:27)
03 There's a Place in My Home for Mother (02:35)
04 Bootlegger's Story (02:28)
05 Wonder Who's Kissing Her, Pt. 2 (03:23)
06 Prisoner's Plea (02:42)
07 Faithless Husband (02:57)
08 Down with the Old Canoe (02:55)
09 I Didn't Hear Anybody Pray (03:44)
10 Glorious Light is Dawning (03:16)
11 Have Courage to Only Say No (03:01)
12 A Mother, A Father, A Baby (03:16)
13 A Church at the Foot of the Hill (02:36)
14 By Himself (02:39)
15 Tempted and Tried (03:23)
16 Time for Me To Go (02:22)
17 Beyond Black Smoke (02:26)
18 When Gabriel Blows His Trumpet for Me (03:00)
19 Speak Evil of No Man (03:18)
20 Jimmie and Sallie (02:52)
21 The Story of George Collins (02:58)
22 The Light of Homer Rogers (02:56)
23 After the Ball (02:23)
24 'Twas Only a Dream (02:57)
25 Answer to Broken Engagement (02:17)
26 By the Old Oaken Bucket, Louise (02:24)
27 Honey Baby Mine (02:23)
28 My Trundle Bed (02:27)
29 New Trouble (02:17)
[DISK 4}
01 Babies in the Mill (03:32)
02 The Factory Girl (02:15)
03 Hard Times in Here (02:25)
04 Weave Room Blues (01:16)
05 Twister Room Blues (02:01)
06 When Weaving Time Is Over (03:40)
07 The Wreck of the Old 97 (03:52)
08 The Cleveland School House Fire (07:04)
09 Wreck On the Highway (03:16)
10 Naomi Wise (02:55)
11 Our Johnny (02:34)
12 Mommy, Will My Doggie Understand? (02:09)
13 Bill Dodson's Last Run (03:20)
14 The Great Convoy (02:03)
15 Jesse James (02:52)
16 Give Me My Flowers While I'm Living (02:51)
17 Be at Home Soon Tonight, My Dear Boy (01:55)
18 Tomorrow(01:53)
19 The Worried Bum (01:53)
20 She Tickled Me (02:11)
21 Timothy Kelly (02:08)
22 The Burglar Man (01:54)
23 The Christmas CakeC. Frank Horn (01:23)
24 The Hungry Hash House (03:19)
25 I'm Not Turning Backward (03:08)
26 Somebody Touched Me (02:11)
27 Across the Shining River (02:21)
28 My Name In the Book (02:16)
29 When That Beautiful City Comes Down (02:51)
30 Will the Circle Be Unbroken (02:27)
31 I Shall Not Be Moved (02:08)
32 I Didn't Have a Friend (02:01)
33 The Church at the Foot of the Hill (03:11)
[Credits]
Dorsey Dixon (guitar/vocals) Howard Dixon (steel guitar/ vocals) Beatrice Dixon (guitar/vocals) Mutt Evans (banjo/guitar/mandolin/vocals) Frank Gerald (guitar/vocals)
Producers: Archie Green, Gene Earle, Ed Kahn and Richard Weize, Liner Notes: Patrick Huber and Cameron Shipp, Artwork: Mychael Gerstenberger, Illustrations and Photography: David Diehl, Joe Gerald, Norm Cohen, Tom Hanchett, Christopher C. King, Malcolm Vidrine, Tom Warlick and Frank Mare, Mastering: Christian Zwarg
[Notes]
While a four-volume series on Document presented the Dixon Brothers' complete work in chronological order, this four-CD box set goes yet better in its thoroughness. In addition to all the duo's commercially released 1936-1938 recordings, it has the sides Howard Dixon recorded with Frank Gerald; the ones Howard Dixon and Gerald cut with Mutt Evans, and the tracks (six previously unreleased) Dorsey Dixon did with his wife Beatrice. That takes up three of the four discs; the fourth CD is devoted to recordings Dorsey Dixon made as a solo artist in 1961 and 1962 during the folk revival, two-thirds of which were previously unissued. Adding up to 121 selections in all, it demonstrates the brothers' wide range (whether working together or in a different context) of repertoire, encompassing socially conscious songs about taxes and working conditions in textile mills; Appalachian country-folk arrangements of Tin Pan Alley tunes; country gospel, and other songs of romance and tragedy. As close-harmony pre-World War II country brother duos go, the Dixon Brothers may not be as accessible as some, like the Delmore Brothers and the Blue Sky Boys, as the vocals were less sweet and more wizened. It's a lot of homily-laden, often moralistic material to take in at once, and as even the liner notes admit, on the somewhat informal Dorsey Dixon early-'60s recordings (done shortly after Howard Dixon's death), "many of the songs he recorded varied little in key or tempo." Yet as a definitive consolidation of the Dixon Brothers' work, it's hard to imagine how this could be bettered, unless the four lost masters from a September 25, 1938 session (three by Howard Dixon and Frank Gerald, and one by the pair with Mutt Evans) can be found. -- AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger
Released: 2012
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Country
[DISK 1]
01 Weave Room Blues (02:33)
02 Two Little Rosebuds (02:48)
03 Sales Tax On the Women (02:19)
04 Intoxicated Rat (02:40)
05 Not Turning Back (03:08)
06 White Flower for YouDorsey M. Dixon / Charles M. Fillmore (03:19)
07 Answer to Maple On the Hill, Pt. 1 (03:23)
08 Answer To Maple On the Hill, Pt. 3 (03:15)
09 Greenback Dollar, Pt. 2 (03:20)
10 Spinning Room Blues (02:37)
11 My Girl in Sunny Tennessee (03:25)
12 A Wonderful Day (02:57)
13 Are You Sure? (03:17)
14 That Old Vacant Chair (02:47)
15 I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail, Pt. 2 (03:13)
16 Never to Be Sweethearts Again (03:32)
17 Bonnie Blue Eyes, Pt. 2 (Hush Little Bonnie) (02:38)
18 Ocean of Life (02:28)
19 Rambling Gambler (03:13)
20 Dark Eyes (02:56)
21 Easter Day (03:04)
22 That Old True Love (02:37)
23 Answer to Maple On the Hill, Pt. 4 (03:14)
24 Beautiful Stars (02:41)
25 I Will Meet My Precious Mother (03:01)
26 Weaver's Life (03:27)
27 Darling Do You Miss Me (02:40)
28 Little Bessie (02:28)
29 How Can a Broke Man Be Happy (02:55)
[DISK 2]
01 How Can a Broke Man Be Happy (02:54)
02 The School House Fire (03:15)
03 She Tickles Me (02:31)
04 Fisherman's Luck (02:29)
05 At Twilight Old Pal of Yesterday (02:48)
06 Call Me Pal of Mine (02:45)
07 I Won't Accept Anything for My Soul (03:26)
08 What Can I Give in Exchange (03:15)
09 What Would You Give in Exchange, Pt. 5 (03:09)
10 The Girl I Left in Danville (03:01)
11 Two Little Boys (02:28)
12 The Lonely Prisoner (02:40)
13 The Old Home Brew (02:25)
14 Always Waiting for You (03:19)
15 When Jesus Appears (03:11)
16 Satisfied at Last (02:46)
17 Shining City Over the River (02:30)
18 Honey It's Just Because (03:07)
19 Back to My Wyoming Home (02:37)
20 I Can't Tell Why I Love You (02:14)
21 Under the Old Cherry Tree (02:30)
22 Blessed Promise In Store (02:57)
23 Anywhere Is Home (02:39)
24 Beneath an Old Maple (02:46)
25 Fields On Fire (02:49)
26 The Blood of Jesus Saved Me (03:11)
27 Where Shall I Be (02:48)
28 Promise in the Book of Life (03:24)
29 Broken Hearted Girl (02:31)
30 Woman's Answer to 'What Is Home Without Love' (03:08)
[DISK 3]
01 Hobo Jack the Rambler (02:53)
02 More Pretty Girls Than One, Pt. 3 (03:27)
03 There's a Place in My Home for Mother (02:35)
04 Bootlegger's Story (02:28)
05 Wonder Who's Kissing Her, Pt. 2 (03:23)
06 Prisoner's Plea (02:42)
07 Faithless Husband (02:57)
08 Down with the Old Canoe (02:55)
09 I Didn't Hear Anybody Pray (03:44)
10 Glorious Light is Dawning (03:16)
11 Have Courage to Only Say No (03:01)
12 A Mother, A Father, A Baby (03:16)
13 A Church at the Foot of the Hill (02:36)
14 By Himself (02:39)
15 Tempted and Tried (03:23)
16 Time for Me To Go (02:22)
17 Beyond Black Smoke (02:26)
18 When Gabriel Blows His Trumpet for Me (03:00)
19 Speak Evil of No Man (03:18)
20 Jimmie and Sallie (02:52)
21 The Story of George Collins (02:58)
22 The Light of Homer Rogers (02:56)
23 After the Ball (02:23)
24 'Twas Only a Dream (02:57)
25 Answer to Broken Engagement (02:17)
26 By the Old Oaken Bucket, Louise (02:24)
27 Honey Baby Mine (02:23)
28 My Trundle Bed (02:27)
29 New Trouble (02:17)
[DISK 4}
01 Babies in the Mill (03:32)
02 The Factory Girl (02:15)
03 Hard Times in Here (02:25)
04 Weave Room Blues (01:16)
05 Twister Room Blues (02:01)
06 When Weaving Time Is Over (03:40)
07 The Wreck of the Old 97 (03:52)
08 The Cleveland School House Fire (07:04)
09 Wreck On the Highway (03:16)
10 Naomi Wise (02:55)
11 Our Johnny (02:34)
12 Mommy, Will My Doggie Understand? (02:09)
13 Bill Dodson's Last Run (03:20)
14 The Great Convoy (02:03)
15 Jesse James (02:52)
16 Give Me My Flowers While I'm Living (02:51)
17 Be at Home Soon Tonight, My Dear Boy (01:55)
18 Tomorrow(01:53)
19 The Worried Bum (01:53)
20 She Tickled Me (02:11)
21 Timothy Kelly (02:08)
22 The Burglar Man (01:54)
23 The Christmas CakeC. Frank Horn (01:23)
24 The Hungry Hash House (03:19)
25 I'm Not Turning Backward (03:08)
26 Somebody Touched Me (02:11)
27 Across the Shining River (02:21)
28 My Name In the Book (02:16)
29 When That Beautiful City Comes Down (02:51)
30 Will the Circle Be Unbroken (02:27)
31 I Shall Not Be Moved (02:08)
32 I Didn't Have a Friend (02:01)
33 The Church at the Foot of the Hill (03:11)
[Credits]
Dorsey Dixon (guitar/vocals) Howard Dixon (steel guitar/ vocals) Beatrice Dixon (guitar/vocals) Mutt Evans (banjo/guitar/mandolin/vocals) Frank Gerald (guitar/vocals)
Producers: Archie Green, Gene Earle, Ed Kahn and Richard Weize, Liner Notes: Patrick Huber and Cameron Shipp, Artwork: Mychael Gerstenberger, Illustrations and Photography: David Diehl, Joe Gerald, Norm Cohen, Tom Hanchett, Christopher C. King, Malcolm Vidrine, Tom Warlick and Frank Mare, Mastering: Christian Zwarg
[Notes]
While a four-volume series on Document presented the Dixon Brothers' complete work in chronological order, this four-CD box set goes yet better in its thoroughness. In addition to all the duo's commercially released 1936-1938 recordings, it has the sides Howard Dixon recorded with Frank Gerald; the ones Howard Dixon and Gerald cut with Mutt Evans, and the tracks (six previously unreleased) Dorsey Dixon did with his wife Beatrice. That takes up three of the four discs; the fourth CD is devoted to recordings Dorsey Dixon made as a solo artist in 1961 and 1962 during the folk revival, two-thirds of which were previously unissued. Adding up to 121 selections in all, it demonstrates the brothers' wide range (whether working together or in a different context) of repertoire, encompassing socially conscious songs about taxes and working conditions in textile mills; Appalachian country-folk arrangements of Tin Pan Alley tunes; country gospel, and other songs of romance and tragedy. As close-harmony pre-World War II country brother duos go, the Dixon Brothers may not be as accessible as some, like the Delmore Brothers and the Blue Sky Boys, as the vocals were less sweet and more wizened. It's a lot of homily-laden, often moralistic material to take in at once, and as even the liner notes admit, on the somewhat informal Dorsey Dixon early-'60s recordings (done shortly after Howard Dixon's death), "many of the songs he recorded varied little in key or tempo." Yet as a definitive consolidation of the Dixon Brothers' work, it's hard to imagine how this could be bettered, unless the four lost masters from a September 25, 1938 session (three by Howard Dixon and Frank Gerald, and one by the pair with Mutt Evans) can be found. -- AllMusic Review by Richie Unterberger
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