Cliff Carlisle

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Wreck of Number 52 03:16 Tools
The Nasty Swing 00:00 Tools
Pan American Man 00:00 Tools
Tom Cat Blues 00:00 Tools
That Nasty Swing 00:00 Tools
Mouse's Ear Blues 00:00 Tools
Hobo Blues 00:00 Tools
Ash Can Blues 00:00 Tools
Onion Eating Mama 00:00 Tools
Footprints in the Snow 00:00 Tools
Chicken Roost Blues 00:00 Tools
You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone (Just Because) 00:00 Tools
Goin' Down The Road Feelin' Bad 00:00 Tools
Shanghai Rooster Yodel 00:00 Tools
Trouble Minded Blues 00:00 Tools
Memphis Yodel 00:00 Tools
Seven Years With The Wrong Woman 00:00 Tools
Handsome Blues 00:00 Tools
Black Jack David 00:00 Tools
Pay Day Fight 00:00 Tools
A Wild Cat Woman and a Tom Cat Man 00:00 Tools
Tom Cat Carlisle 00:00 Tools
Rambling Yodeler 00:00 Tools
No Daddy Blues 00:00 Tools
Going Down The Road Feeling Bad 00:00 Tools
It Ain't No Fault Of Mine 00:00 Tools
I Don't Mind 00:00 Tools
Columbus Stockade Blues 00:00 Tools
Guitar Blues 00:00 Tools
High Steppin' Mama 00:00 Tools
When The Evening Sun Goes Down 00:00 Tools
Shanghai Rooster Yodel #2 00:00 Tools
My Lovin' Kathleen 00:00 Tools
I'm Saving Saturday Night for You 00:00 Tools
Goodbye Old Pal 00:00 Tools
Desert Blues 00:00 Tools
You'll Miss Me When I'm Gone 00:00 Tools
My Rockin' Mama 00:00 Tools
The Fatal Run 00:00 Tools
Shanghai Rooster no. 2 00:00 Tools
Two Eyes In Tennessee 00:00 Tools
When It's Round Up Time In Heaven 00:00 Tools
Memories That Haunt Me 00:00 Tools
My Travelin' Night 00:00 Tools
Dang My Rowdy Soul 00:00 Tools
I Want A Good Woman 00:00 Tools
Sal's Got a Meatskin 00:00 Tools
Gamblin' Dan 00:00 Tools
That Great Judgement Day 00:00 Tools
Nevada Johnny 00:00 Tools
Home Of The Soul 00:00 Tools
On the Banks of the Rio Grande 00:00 Tools
Get Her by the Tail on a Downhill Grade 00:00 Tools
Prepare Me O Lord 00:00 Tools
When You Wore a Tulip 00:00 Tools
Get Her By The Tail On A Down Hill Grade 00:00 Tools
The Devil's Train 00:00 Tools
When The Cactus Is In Bloom 00:00 Tools
The Hobo's Fate 00:00 Tools
Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down 00:00 Tools
Why Did It Have to Be? 00:00 Tools
Ring Tail Tom 00:00 Tools
When I'm Dead And Gone 00:00 Tools
It Takes An Old Hen To Deliver The Goods 00:00 Tools
Georgia Moon 00:00 Tools
Far Beyond the Starry Sky 00:00 Tools
Shine on Me 00:00 Tools
Going Down The Valley One By One 00:00 Tools
When The Angels Carry Me Home 00:00 Tools
Gonna Raise A Ruckus Tonight 00:00 Tools
Waiting For A Ride 00:00 Tools
My Lovin Kathleen 00:00 Tools
Dear Old Daddy 00:00 Tools
A Stretch Of 28 Years 00:00 Tools
Roll On, Roll On 00:00 Tools
Blue Eyes 00:00 Tools
Blue Yodel No. 6 00:00 Tools
Shanghai Rooster Yodel No.2 00:00 Tools
Tom Cat Blues - "Cats" 00:00 Tools
There Is No More That I Can Say 00:00 Tools
Wreck Of No. 52 00:00 Tools
The Little Dobie Shack 00:00 Tools
Going Back to Alabama 00:00 Tools
Shot The Innocent Man 00:00 Tools
Uncloudy Day 00:00 Tools
The Cowboy Song 00:00 Tools
New Memories of You That Haunt Me 00:00 Tools
Cowboy Johnny's Last Ride 00:00 Tools
Hobo's Fate 00:00 Tools
Wild Cat Mama & Tom Cat Man 00:00 Tools
Sweet As The Roses Of Spring 00:00 Tools
Rocky Mountain Sweetheart 00:00 Tools
Sugar Cane Mama 00:00 Tools
Dream a Little Dream of Me 00:00 Tools
Red Velvet Slippers 00:00 Tools
Ramblin' Jack 00:00 Tools
Where My Memory Lies 00:00 Tools
The Cowboy's Dying Dream 00:00 Tools
Lonesome For Caroline 00:00 Tools
Shufflin' Gal 00:00 Tools
The Brakeman's Reply 00:00 Tools
A Mean Mama Don't Worry Me 00:00 Tools
Wild Cat Woman And A Tom Cat Man, A 00:00 Tools
Crazy Blues 00:00 Tools
Rooster Blues 00:00 Tools
Shine Your Light for Others 00:00 Tools
Wreck 00:00 Tools
In a Box Car Around the World 00:00 Tools
T for Texas 00:00 Tools
Never No Mo' Blues 00:00 Tools
She's Waiting For Me 00:00 Tools
Down in the Jailhouse on My Knees 00:00 Tools
My Two Time Mama 00:00 Tools
I'm Sorry Now 00:00 Tools
Girl in the Blue Velvet Band 00:00 Tools
Dollar's All I Crave 00:00 Tools
The Devils Train 00:00 Tools
My Little Sadie 00:00 Tools
Just a Lonely Hobo 00:00 Tools
Alone and Lonesome 00:00 Tools
Ramshackled Shack On The Hill 00:00 Tools
True And Trembling Brakeman 00:00 Tools
Wigglin' Mama 00:00 Tools
Lonely Orphan Child 00:00 Tools
The Poor Widow 00:00 Tools
Childhood Dreams 00:00 Tools
Shine on Harvest Moon 00:00 Tools
Fussin' Mama 00:00 Tools
The Flower Of The Valley 00:00 Tools
When The Old Cow Went Dry 00:00 Tools
Round Up Time In Texas 00:00 Tools
A Little Bit Of Lovin' From You 00:00 Tools
Blue Dreams 00:00 Tools
Broken Heart 00:00 Tools
You'll Never Know 00:00 Tools
Casey Country Jail 00:00 Tools
Box Car Yodel 00:00 Tools
When It's Round Up Time in Texas 00:00 Tools
Virginia Blues 00:00 Tools
Nobody Wants Me 00:00 Tools
Birmingham Jail 00:00 Tools
Where Southern Roses Climb 00:00 Tools
Longing For You 00:00 Tools
Memories That Make Me Cry 00:00 Tools
It Takes The Old Hen To Deliver The Goods 00:00 Tools
My Rocky Mountain Sweetheart 00:00 Tools
Ridin' The Blinds To The Call Of The Pines 00:00 Tools
When I Feel Froggie I'm Gonna Hop 00:00 Tools
Rocky Road 00:00 Tools
Hobo Jack's Last Ride 00:00 Tools
On My Way to Lonesome Valley 00:00 Tools
Shaggy Dog 00:00 Tools
The Plea Of A Mother 00:00 Tools
The Rustler's Fate 00:00 Tools
The Blind Child's Prayer 00:00 Tools
Ride 'Em 'Til I Die 00:00 Tools
My Travellin' Night 00:00 Tools
Lonely 00:00 Tools
Go And Leave Me If You Wish To 00:00 Tools
Two Little Sweethearts 00:00 Tools
On the Lone Prairie 00:00 Tools
Carolina Sweetheart 00:00 Tools
Holy Lord 00:00 Tools
Shine, Shine on Me 00:00 Tools
Mine, All Mine 00:00 Tools
Onion Eating Mama [#] 00:00 Tools
No Wedding Blues 00:00 Tools
Mouses Ear Blues 00:00 Tools
I Believe I'm Entitled To You 00:00 Tools
Rocky Mountain Home 00:00 Tools
The Vacant Cabin Door 00:00 Tools
Your Diary Told Me So 00:00 Tools
A Little White Rose 00:00 Tools
Traveling Life Alone 00:00 Tools
The Written Letter 00:00 Tools
Look Out I'm Shifting Gears 00:00 Tools
Valley of Peace 00:00 Tools
They Say It Is the End of the Trail Old Paint 00:00 Tools
So Blue 00:00 Tools
Troubled Minded Blues 00:00 Tools
Ridin' That Lonesome Train 00:00 Tools
Go Away! Don't Bother Me! 00:00 Tools
My Old Saddle Horse Is Missing 00:00 Tools
I'm Lonely and Blue 00:00 Tools
Jesus My All 00:00 Tools
Ramblin` Yodeler 00:00 Tools
I'm Glad I'm a Hobo 00:00 Tools
Birmingham Jail No. 2 00:00 Tools
Roll On Blue Moon 00:00 Tools
End Of Memory Lane 00:00 Tools
Louisiana Blues 00:00 Tools
Just a Song at Childhood 00:00 Tools
Shine One Me 00:00 Tools
Sunshine And Daisy's 00:00 Tools
Just A Wayward Boy 00:00 Tools
Nasty Swing 00:00 Tools
The Gal I Left Behind 00:00 Tools
Sweet Nannie Lisle 00:00 Tools
Won't Somebody Pal with Me 00:00 Tools
That Good Old Utah Trail 00:00 Tools
Gamblin` Dan 00:00 Tools
My Lonely Boyhood Days 00:00 Tools
Looking for Tomorrow 00:00 Tools
The Bunch of Cactus on the Wall 00:00 Tools
Ride `Em `Till I Die 00:00 Tools
No Wedding Bells 00:00 Tools
There's A Lamp In The Window Tonight 00:00 Tools
Your Saddle Is Empty Tonight 00:00 Tools
A Wild Cat Woman And A Tom Cat 00:00 Tools
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Cliff Carlisle (May 6, 1903, Taylorsville, Kentucky – April 5, 1983, Lexington, Kentucky) was an American country and blues singer. Carlisle was a yodeler and was a pioneer in the use of the Hawaiian steel guitar in country music. Carlisle grew up in Kentucky, and began performing locally with cousin Lillian Truax at age 16. Truax's marriage put and end to the group, and following this Carlisle began playing with Wilber Ball, a guitarist and tenor harmonizer. The two toured frequently around the U.S. playing vaudeville and circus venues in the 1920s. Carlisle and Ball first played at Louisville, Kentucky radio station WHAS in 1930, which would make them local stars, and later that year they recorded for Gennett Records and Champion Records. They recorded with Jimmie Rodgers in 1931. Toward the end of 1931, Carlisle signed with ARC and was offered performance slots on several radio stations nationwide, including WBT (Charlotte, North Carolina), WLS (Chicago) and WLW (Cincinnati). Cliff's brother Bill became his guitarist after Ball left in 1934. During the 1930s Carlisle, who recorded a large amount of material despite a hiatus from 1934 to 1936, frequently released songs of a frankly sexual nature, including songs with barnyard metaphors (which became something of a trademark). Carlisle toured with his son, "Sonny Boy Tommy", to occasional consternation from authorities in areas where this contravened local child labor laws. He continued to perform on WMPS in Memphis, Tennessee for several years in the 1940s, but by the 1950s had retired from music. In the 1960s, The Rooftop Singers covered his tune "Tom Cat Blues"; in its wake, Carlisle and Ball did a few reunion shows together and recorded for Rem Records. On April 2, 1983, Carlisle died at the age of 79. Discography Singles Year Title Notes Gennett Records 1930 My Carolina Sunshine Girl / Down In Jail On My Knees 1930 Desert Blues / Blue Yodel No.6 with Bill Carlisle 1930 (?) I’m Lonely and Blue / I’m On My Way To Lonesome Valley Champion Records 1930 Just A Lonely Hobo / Virginia Blues 1930 Crazy Blues / Hobo Blues B-side with Bill Carlisle 1930 No Daddy Blues / Brakeman’s Blues Brakeman’s Blues by Jimmie Rodgers 1931 Box Car Blues / The Brakeman’s Reply under the pseudonym J. Boone 1931 High Steppin’ Mama / Alone and Lonesome 1931 Hobo Jack’s Last Ride / The Written Letter with Bill Carlisle as The Carlisle Brothers 1931 Nobody Wants Me / The Plea Of A Mother with Bill Carlisle as The Carlisle Brothers 1931 Come Back Sweetheart / Memories That Haunt Me with Bill Carlisle as The Carlisle Brothers 1931 She’s Waiting For Me / The Cowboy’s Song with Bill Carlisle as The Carlisle Brothers 1931 The Fatal Run / Memories That Make Me Cry with Bill Carlisle as The Carlisle Brothers Conqueror Records 1931 Shanghai Rooster Yodel / Going Back To Alabama 1931 Memories That Make Me Cry / Dear Old Daddy 1931 Alone and Lonesome / Where Southern Roses Climb 1931 Box Car Yodel / Modern Mama 1931 Birmingham Jail No.2 / Just A Lonely Hobo 1931 The Written Letter / I Don’t Mind 1931 My Rocky Mountain Sweetheart / Lonely Valley 1931 Guitar Blues / I Want A Good Woman 1932 Memories That Haunt Me / Seven Years With The Wrong Woman 1932 (?) Childhood Dreams / Memories That Make Me Cry 1932 The Brakeman’s Reply / Hobo Jack’s Last Ride 1932 Roll In Blue Moon / When It’s Roundup Time In Texas 1933 The Rustler’s Fate / The Little Dobie Shack with Bill Carlisle as The Carlisle Brothers 1933 Goin’ Down The Road Feelin’ Bad / Dang My Rowdy Soul 1933 Don’t Marry The Wrong Woman / The Vacant Cabin Door 1933 Rambling Jack / Wreck Of Freight #52 1933 Blue Eyes / On The Banks Of The Rio Grande 1933 I’m Glad I’m A Hobo / Gambling Dan 1933 That Ramshackle Shack On The Hill / End Of Memory Lane with Bill Carlisle as The Carlisle Brothers 1933 Looking For Tomorrow / Where Romance Calls 1933 Louisiana Blues / Fussin’ Mama A-side with Bill Carlisle 1933 I’m Traveling Live Along / Sunshine and Daisies 1934 Hen Pecked Man / Chicken Roost Blues Montgomery Ward 1936 Rambling Yodeler / Cowboy Johnnie’s Last Ride 1936 A Wild Cat Woman and A Tom Cat Man / Look Out, I’m Shifting Gears 1936 A Stretch Of 28 Years / My Lovin’ Cathleen 1936 Handsome Blues / In A Box Car Around The World B-side with Bill Carlisle 1936 (?) When The Cactus Is In Bloom / My Lonely Boyhood Days B-side under the pseudonym Lallaby Larkers 1936 You’ll Miss Me When I’m Gone / When The Evening Sun Goes Down 1936 Flower Of The Valley / A Little White Rose with Sonny Boy Tommy (Tommy Carlisle) 1936 I’m Saving Saturday Night For You / Waiting For A Ride 1936 It Takes An Old Hen To Deliver The Goods / When I Feel Froggie I’m Gonna Hop 1936 The Nasty Swing / It Ain’t No Fault Of Mine 1937 Ridin’ That Lonesome Trail / They Say It’s The end Of The Trail 1937 There’s A Lamp In The Window Tonight / New Memories Of You That Haunt Me 1937 Sweet As The Roses Of Spring / Just A Little Bit Of Loving From You 1937 Rocky Road / Pay Day Fight 1937 Cowboy’s Dying Dream / Pan American Dream 1937 Waiting For A Ride / Your Saddle Is Empty Tonight 1937 When My Memory Lies / Lonely 1937 Rooster Blues / Trouble Minden Blues 1937 Blue Dreams / Hobo’s Fate Bluebird Records 1937 Pan American Man / ? 1937 Riding The Blinds / New Memories Of You That Haunt Me 1937 Your Saddle Is Empty Tonight / Cowboy’s Dying Dream 1938 Why Did The Blue Sky Turn Gray / The Shack By The Side Of The Road RCA Records ? A Mean Mama Don’t Worry Me / Why Did It Have To Be Me? ? Devil’s Train / Scars Upon My Head ? Death By The Roadside / You Just Wait and See ? I Didn’t Have Time / You Couldn’t Be True If You Tried ? You Can’t Erase A Memory / All The World Is Lonely Decca Records with Bill Carlisle 1938 Over By The Chrystal Sea / The Great Judgement Day 1938 Are You Going To Leave Me / The Girl I Left So Blues 1938 Wreck Of The Happy Valley / Weary Traveller 1938 Moonlight Blues / Big At The Little Bottom A 1938 Two Eyes In The Tennessee / Lonely Little Orphan Girl 1938 Trouble On My Mind / Nevada Johnnie 1938 No Drunkard Can Enter / I’m On My Way To The Promised Land 1938 When The Angels Carry Me Home / Home Of The Soul with Sonny Boy Tommy 1938 No Letter In The Mail Today / Drifting 1938 I’m Just A Rambling Man / Blue Dreams 1938 My Old Home Place / Flower Of My Dream 1938 Where Are The Pals Of Long Ago / When We Meet Again 1938 I’m Heading For Some Home, Sweet Home / If Jesus Should Come 1938 Wabash Cannonball / Sparkling Blue Eyes as Carlisle’s Kentucky Boys 1939 Unclouded Sky / Far Beyond The Starry Sky 1939 Mouse Been Messin’ Around / Ditty Wah Ditty 1939 Footprints In The Snow / My Little Sadie 1939 Roll On Old Troubles / I Dreamed I Searched Heaven 1939 Black Jack David / Makes No Differences What Live Will Bring B-side as Carlisle Buckle Busters 1939 Sally Let Your Bangs Hang / Little Pal Albums 1963: A Country Kind Of Songs and Hymns 1964: Maple On The Hill 1965: Cliff Carlisle 1965: Carlisle Family Album - Old Time Great Hymns (The Carlisle Family) 1965: Cliff Carlisle Vol. 1+2 Read more on Last.fm. 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