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Banjoiste et chanteur US né Charles Cleveland Poole, le 22 Mars 1892 à Franklinville (Caroline du Nord). Charlie Poole est décédé le 21 Mai 1931 à Eden (Caroline du Nord).
Charlie Poole
& the North Carolina Ramblers were one of the most popular string bands of the
1920s. If they didn't have the foot-stomping exuberance of their chief
competitors, Georgia's Skillet Lickers, they offered a debonair precision that
was equally infectious. Infused with ragtime and pop, their music almost seemed
to swing at times (even though the use of that word to describe music was still
several years in the future). Poole strongly influenced later banjo players,
including those who would become the creators of bluegrass.
Poole was born in Randolph County, NC, and spent much of his adult life working
in textile mills. He learned banjo as a youth and also played baseball. (He may
have adopted his three-finger playing style, a version of classical banjo
technique, due to a baseball accident involving his thumb.) When not working in
mills, he would travel from town to town across the country, playing the banjo
and taking what work he could get. He ended up settling in Spray, NC, in 1918
and married two years later. He and his brother-in-law, fiddler Posey Rorer,
would often play together with other local musicians, and out of these
performances grew a distinct group called the North Carolina Ramblers. Poole and Rorer teamed
up with guitarist Norm Woodlieff in 1925, and the trio auditioned in New York
for Columbia Records. They were accepted and cut four songs; all were successful,
including the bluesy "Don't Let Your Deal Go Down." That became a bluegrass and
country standard, and Poole and the Ramblers were soon a popular string band.
The band's unusual sound remained consistent through several changes in
personnel. As vocalist, Poole sang with a plain, uninflected style that
complemented his complex banjo picking. Often, and perhaps intentionally, Poole obscured
parts of the lyrics when he sang; record buyers sometimes purchased Ramblers recordings
simply so that they could try to parse out what he was saying. The songs they
sang were a mixture of minstrel songs, Victorian ballads, and humorous
burlesques often delivered with Poole's straight-faced, dry wit. Several more
songs' paths to popularity in the country tradition led through Poole's band,
including "Sweet Sunny South" and "White House Blues," and his catalog is full
of unexpected charmers like "If the River Was Whiskey," which deftly weaves that
Irish tale of drunkenness with the then-up-to-the-minute "Hesitation Blues" (also
known as "Sittin' on Top of the World"). Through the rest of the 1920s, the
Ramblers recorded close to 70 sides for Columbia.
Like many country performers to follow, Poole lived a fast life; he was a hard-drinking
man, rowdy and reckless. Poole was significant as one of the first country
artists to gain widespread popularity through recordings, and when the
Depression slowed record sales dramatically, he was hard hit. Around 1930 his
self-confidence began to wane with his popularity, and he began drinking even
more heavily. Scheduled to appear in a film in 1931, he unfortunately went on a
bender and died of heart failure before he could get to Hollywood. After his
death, Rorer (who had left the band in 1929) and guitarist Roy Harvey (who'd
replaced Woodlieff around the same time) began leading the North Carolina
Ramblers. (The group continued to record and perform for a quite a few years
afterward.) Poole's music enjoyed renewed popularity during the folk revival of
the '60s, and several reissue LPs followed. His complete recordings were issued
on CD by the County label in the 1990s, Kinney Rorrer wrote and published a
biography of the great bandleader and banjo player, and Poole received the full
Columbia/Legacy treatment in 2005 with the three-disc box-set treasure, You
Ain't Talkin' to Me: Charlie Poole and the Roots of Country Music.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Poole
Talents : Vocals, Banjo
Style musical : Old Time
WHITE
HOUSE BLUES (1926)
SHOOTIN' CREEK (1928) SWEET SUNNY SOUTH (1929) IF THE RIVER WAS WHISKEY (1930) MILWAUKEE BLUES (1931) |
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Years in activity :
1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
78 t.
09/1925 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15038-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight / Don't Let The Deal Go Down |
10/1925 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15043-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee / I'm The Man That Rode The Mule Round The World |
10/1926 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15099-D (US) |
Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Monkey On A String / White House Blues |
10/1926 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15106-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Forks Of Sandy / Flying' Clouds |
12/1926 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15116-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Leaving Home / There'll Come A Time |
03/1927 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15127-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Ragtime Annie / Too Young To Marry |
04/1927 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15138-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Goodbye Booze / Budded Rose |
07/1927 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15160-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - The Highway Man / Hungry Hash House |
08/1927 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15179-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - A Letter That Never Came / Falling By The Ways |
09/1927 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15184-D (US) | Sunset March (Charlie POOLE) / Don't Let Your Deal Go Down (Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers) |
10/1927 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15193-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Take A Drink On Me / You Ain't Talking To Me |
12/1927 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15215-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Coon From Tennessee / If I Lose, I Don't Care |
08/1928 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15279-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Mountain Reel / Wild Horses |
09/1928 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15286-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Ramblin Blues / Shootin' Creek |
11/1928 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15307-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - I Cannot Call Her Mother / What Is Home Without Babies |
01/1929 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15342-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Jealous Mary / Husband And Wife Were Angry One Night |
04/1929 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15385-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Hangman, Hangman, Slack The Rope / I Once Loved A Sailor |
05/1929 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15407-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Bill Mason / He Rambled |
05/1929 | 78 t. PARAMOUNT 3171 (US) | THE HIGHLANDERS - Flop Eared Mule / Lynchburg Town |
05/1929 | 78 t. PARAMOUNT 3184 (US) |
THE HIGHLANDERS - Under The Double Eagle / Richmond Square |
1929 | 78 t. BROADWAY 8146 (US) | The Tennessee Mountaineers (The Highlanders) - Under The Double Eagle / Richmond Square |
06/1929 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15425-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Leaving Dear Old Ireland / Sweet Sunny South |
08/1929 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15456-D (US) |
Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Goodbye Mary Dear / The Wayward Boy |
1929 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 324 (US) |
ALLEGHENY HIGHLANDERS (North Carolina Ramblers with Charlie Poole) - A Trip To New York - Part 1 / A Trip To New York - Part 2 |
1929 | 78 t. BRUNSWICK 325 (US) | ALLEGHENY HIGHLANDERS (North Carolina Ramblers with Charlie Poole) - A Trip To New York - Part 3 / A Trip To New York - Part 4 |
01/1930 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15509-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - The Mother's Plea For Her Son / The Baltimore Fire |
03/1930 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15519-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - My Gypsy Girl / Sweet Sixteen |
06/1930 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15545-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - It's Movin' Day / If The River Was Whiskey |
09/1930 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15584-D (US) |
Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Young Boy Left His Home One Day / My Wife Went Away And Left Me |
11/1930 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15601-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Goodbye Sweet Liza Jane / Look Before You Leap |
01/1931 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15615-D (US) | Charlie POOLE & Roy HARVEY - Honeysuckle / Southern Medley |
03/1931 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15636-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Where The Whippoorwill Is Whispering Goodnight / Just Keep Waiting Till The Good Times Come |
06/1931 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15672-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Old And Only In The Way / Took My Gal A Walking |
08/1931 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15688-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - Milwaukee Blues / One Moonlit Night |
11/1931 | 78 t. COLUMBIA 15711-D (US) | Charlie Poole with The North Carolina Ramblers - The Only Girl I Ever Loved / Write Letter To My Mother |
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Albums
1965 | LP 12" COUNTY 505 (US) |
OLD TIME SONGS - Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers - White House Blues / Sweet Sunny South / Shootin' Creek / He Rambled / Letter That Never Came / Sweet Sixteen / Leaving Home / Took My Gal A-Walkin' / Ramblin' Blues / Mountain Reel / Don't Let Your Deal Go Down / Take A Drink On Me |
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1966 | LP 12" COUNTY 509 (US) | Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers - VolUME TWO - If The River Was Whiskey / The Baltimore Fire / Wild Horses / There'll Come A Time / Ragtime Annie / Bill Mason / My Gypsy Girl / If I Lose, I Don¢t Care / One Moonlight Night / Monkey On A String / Can I Sleep In Your Barn / It's Movin' Day | |||||
1968 | LP 12" COUNTY 516 (US) |
The Legend Of Charlie Poole - Look Before You Leap / Hungry Hash House / Old And Only In The Way / Write A Letter To My Mother / Goodbye Booze / Mu Wife Went Away And Left Me / Goodbye Sweet Liza Jane / Leaving Dear Old Ireland / Budded Rose / The Highway Man / Goodbye Mary Dear / Milwaukee Blues |
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1968 | LP 12" Historical HLP-8005 (US) | 1926 - 1930 - A Young Boy Left His Home One Day - Where The Whip-Poor-Will Is Whispering Goodnight / Forks Of Sandy / You Ain't Talkin' To Me / What Is Home Without Babies / The Wreck Of Virginian No. 3 / Southern Medley / A Young Boy Left His Home One Day / A Kiss Waltz / The Only Girl I Ever Loved / I Once Loved A Sailor / The Husband And Wife Were Angry One Night / Mother's Farewell Kiss | |||||
12/1970 | LP 12" Arbor 201 (US) | Charlie Poole & The Highlanders - Richmond Square / Tennessee Blues / Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Medley / Flop-Eared Mule / Kitty Waltz Yodel / May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister / Lynchburg Town / A Trip To New York / On The Train / The Audition / In New York / In The Studio / Sunset March / Railroad Blues / Under The Double Eagle | |||||
1972 | LP 12" Biograph BLP-6005 (US) | The North Carolina Ramblers - Flop Eared Mule / Lynchberg Town / Under The Double Eagle / Richmond Square / Tennessee Blues / May I Sleep In Your Barn Mister? / I'll Meet My Mother After All / Kitty Blye / My Mother And My Sweetheart / The Blue Field Murder / George Collins / When The Wiperwill Was Whispering Good Night / When The Bee's Are In The Hive / Please Papa Come Home / Old Clay Pipe | |||||
1976 | LP 12" COUNTY 540 (US) | Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers - VolUME 4 - Honeysuckle / Coon From Tennessee / Flying Clouds / Kiss Waltz / Jealous Mary / Southern Medley / I'm The Man That Rode The Mule Round The World / Falling By The Wayside / Baby Rose / The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee / Mother's Last Farewell Kiss / You Ain't Talkin' To Me | |||||
09/1993 | CD COUNTY CO-CD-3501 (US) | Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers - Old Time Songs - White House Blues / Sweet Sunny South / Shootin' Creek / He Rambled / Letter That Never Came / Mountain Reel / You Ain't Talkin' To Me / Sweet Sixteen / Leaving Home / Took My Gal A Walkin' / Monkey On A String / Ramblin' Blues / Flying Clouds / Falling By The Wayside / Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues / Take A Drink On Me | |||||
02/1996 | CD COUNTY CO-CD-3508 (US) |
Charlie Poole & The North Carolina Ramblers - Oldtime Songs - volUME TWO - If The River Was Whiskey / Bill Mason / Baltimore Fire / Honeysuckle / My Gypsy Girl / Ragtime Annie / It's Movin' Day / Budded Rose / Kiss Waltz / Jealous Mary / Wild Horse / If I Lose, I Don't Care / There'll Come A Time / Southern Melody / Mother's Last Farewell Kiss / One Moonlight Night |
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01/1999 | CD COUNTY CO-CD-3516 (US) | The Legend Of Charlie Poole - Volume 3 - Original Recordings 1926-1930 - Look Before You Leap / Goodbye Sweet Liza Jane / Leaving Dear Old Ireland / Hungry Hash House / Milwaukee Blues / Goodbye Booze / Too Young To Marry / The Highwayman / Write A Letter To My Mother / The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee / My Wife Went Away And Left Me / Old And Only In The Way / I Once Loved A Sailor / Forks Of Sandy / I'm The Man Who Rode The Mule Around The World / Goodbye Mary Dear | |||||
01/2005 | 4 CD JSP JSPCD-7734 (UK) |
Charlie Poole With The North Carolina Ramblers And The Highlanders :
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05/2005 | 3 CD Columbia / Legacy C3K-92780 (US) |
You Ain't Talkin To Me - Charlie Poole & the Roots of Country Music :
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05/2009 | CD Monk MK 306 (I) | Husband And Wife Were Angry One Night - Shootin' Creek / Baltimore Fire / Leaving Home / There'll Come A Time / White House Blues / The Highwayman / Hungry Hash House / The Letter That Never Came / Take A Drink On Me / Husband And Wife Were Angry One Night / Ramblin' Blues / Took My Gal A-Walkin' / Old And Only In The Way / Don't Let Your Deal Go Down Blues / Bill Mason / A Kiss Waltz | |||||
08/2009 | 4 CD Proper PROPERBOX 153 (UK) |
The Essential Charlie Poole :
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07/2010 | CD Monk MK 326 (I) | I'm The Man Who Rode The Mule 'Round The World - Sweet Sixteen / Write A Letter To My Mother / If The River Was Whiskey / Mother's Last Farewell Kiss / Milwaukee Blues / Where The Whippoorwill Is Whispering Good-Night / The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee / It’s Movin’ Day / I’m The Man That Rode The Mule ‘round The World / Monkey On A String / Can I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister / Sunset March | |||||
04/2013 | CD Tompkins Square TSQ 2875 (US) |
The Complete Paramount And Brunswick Recordings, 1929 - Charlie Poole With The Highlanders - Lynchburg Town / San Antonio / Richmond Square / May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister / A Trip To New York, Part I / A Trip To New York, Part II / A Trip To New York, Part III / A Trip To New York, Part IV / Flop Eared Mule / Tennessee Blues / Under The Double Eagle / What Is Home Without Babies |
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