Cliff Carlisle- Mouses' Ears & Barnyard Metaphors 1930-1937
SKU: 604988380521
These are Vintage (1930s) Country recordings, comprising risqué, 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 'risqué' 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 cocks and pussies), of "wild cat mamas" and "pay-day fights", the horror of being "married alive", and much, much more
Track List
- No Daddy Blues
- Shanghai Rooster Yodel
- Guitar Blues
- High Steppin' Mama
- Tom Cat Blues
- Shanghai Rooster No.2
- Ash Can Blues
- Seven Years with the Wrong Woman
- Mouse's Ear Blues
- Sal Got a Meat Skin
- Ring-Tail Tom
- Dang My Rowdy Soul
- Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad
- Sugar Cane Mama
- Onion Eating Mama
- Chicken Roost Blues
- Goodbye Old Pal
- A Wild Cat Woman and a Tom Cat Man
- That Nasty Swing
- It Ain't No Fault of Mine
- It Takes the Old Hen (To Deliver the Goods)
- Wigglin' Mama
- My Rockin' Mama
- Pay Day Fight
- Shot the Innocent Man
- Rooster Blues
- Hobo's Fate
Format: New CD/Country
Cliff Carlisle- Mouses' Ears & Barnyard Metaphors 1930-1937
SKU: 604988380521
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These are Vintage (1930s) Country recordings, comprising risqué, 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 'risqué' 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 cocks and pussies), of "wild cat mamas" and "pay-day fights", the horror of being "married alive", and much, much more
Track List
- No Daddy Blues
- Shanghai Rooster Yodel
- Guitar Blues
- High Steppin' Mama
- Tom Cat Blues
- Shanghai Rooster No.2
- Ash Can Blues
- Seven Years with the Wrong Woman
- Mouse's Ear Blues
- Sal Got a Meat Skin
- Ring-Tail Tom
- Dang My Rowdy Soul
- Goin' Down the Road Feelin' Bad
- Sugar Cane Mama
- Onion Eating Mama
- Chicken Roost Blues
- Goodbye Old Pal
- A Wild Cat Woman and a Tom Cat Man
- That Nasty Swing
- It Ain't No Fault of Mine
- It Takes the Old Hen (To Deliver the Goods)
- Wigglin' Mama
- My Rockin' Mama
- Pay Day Fight
- Shot the Innocent Man
- Rooster Blues
- Hobo's Fate
