Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle With Chet Atkins

Chet Atkins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 19, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Country Routes
• ASIN: B0009W5ISS
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #145,326 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. You Made Toothpicks Of The Timber Of My Heart

2. My Little Pup With The Patent Leather Nose

3. When You and I Were Young Maggie

4. There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight

5. In The Pines

6. Take A 'Tater And Wait

7. Don't Believe Them All

8. When I'm Gone

9. When It's Peach-Pickin' Time in Georgia

10. That Jealous-Hearted Woman Of Mine

11. Shortnin' Bread

12. You Little Sweet Little You

13. Heartbreak Trail

14. I've Been Working On The Railroad

15. I Lost

16. Life Gets Tedious

17. Take Me Back To Tulsa

18. In The Shadow Of The Cross

19. Humoresque

20. That's Why You're Gone

See all 39 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "It's time for the Carter Sisters. . ..", July 14, 2007

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H. F. Corbin "Foster Corbin" (ATLANTA, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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What we have here is a series of tapes from radio shows that the Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle recorded with guitarist Chet Atkins in 1950 in Nashville. The emcee is Joe Slattery while June Carter introduces the songs. There are three fiddle solos included along with eight Atkins guitar solos. Thirty-nine cuts are included, a gracious plenty for any CD so if you are a Carter family fan, you get your money's worth.

The vocals consist of duets, trios, quartets, solos, etc. There's a pretty mixed bag of selections. When I listened to the CD it occurred to me that this group had to know the words and music to literally hundreds of songs. Two that I find way past the television show "Heehaw" are "You Made Toothpicks Of The Timber Of My Heart" and "My Little Pup with the Patent Leather Nose." (Nobody ever said the words to country music were subtle.) Anita Carter sings a beautiful rendition of a song she was to record soon after she sang it here, "There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight." The group sings two traditional gospel songs, "In The Shadow of the Cross" and "I Am A Pilgrim" as well as one they wrote themselves, "The Day of Wrath."

The three best songs on this CD for me are the ones that feature Maybelle Carter. Far more talented than any of her daughters, she should have been singing much more instead of standing in the wings letting her children get all the air play. Her songs are "When I'm Gone" (the only time that she plays the guitar, a sound that is recognizable instantly), "Little Darling, Pal Of Mine," (an A. P. Carter song) and "I Still Do."

This CD is a valuable edition to the later Carter Family recordings (Maybelle and her daughters), but there are many other LP's that should be made available on CD, particularly the two album LP that Maybelle recorded near the end of her life. It's a keeper.

5.0 out of 5 stars Carter Sisters with June at control, December 14, 2010

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Lawrence W. Stephens - See all my reviews
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This is a nice collection of songs and some picking'. It appears to be edited from a radio show from 1949. June Carter does the hosting job and her sisters and Mother all get a chance to sing. One of the things that make this a worthy album to have is there are many songs that I've haven't heard of before. The album has near excellent sound. Any fan of the Carters, Chet Atkins (he sings on a few) blue grass and/or the county sound of the 40s, 50's will find this a nice addition to their collection. There are 3 difference albums out that I know of and all are excellent.

5.0 out of 5 stars wonderful collection, May 21, 2010

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David Ruder (Brooklyn, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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I heard some Carter Sisters & Chet Atkins broadcasts from the early 40s being replayed on WKCR and had to find these recordings for myself. Sure, they're a little hokey, they're lyrically formulaic at times, but they're full of tremendous life. I'm not sure if I've ever heard anything so slickly virtuosic sound so fun. It's real, classic American music coming from some curious characters.