Karl & Harty -- Karl Davis and Harty Taylor -- left their mark on country music even if few people today are aware of it. A few of the songs they wrote became country standards, and the Blue Sky Boys heavily incorporated Karl & Harty tunes into their act. "Gospel Cannon Ball," "I'm Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail," and "Kentucky" (recorded by the Louvin Brothers and many others) all originated with Karl & Harty. Memories of the WLS National Barn Dance Days is a 26-track CD that compiles a selection of Karl & Harty's Conqueror, Vocalion, Columbia, and Capitol label recordings from 1934-1947. The selections encompass a diverse group of songs, all of which are mastered from commercial 78s with good but not exceptional results. The duo sound like an early version of Homer & Jethro on their humorous and double-entendre songs like "Some Girls Do and Some Girls Don't." "Mercy on Your Soul" tells practically the same story as the better-known "Wreck on the Highway" (not included), and "When the Atom Bomb Fell" offers an unflinching description and endorsement of the bombing of Japan. Karl & Harty also sang a good number of songs about beer drinking, putting them at the forefront of country music's burgeoning honky tonk style. The anthology's one major flaw is that it does not include the duo's original recording of "Kentucky." The Blue Sky Boys adopted Karl & Harty's guitar and mandolin format and greatly improved upon their rough harmonies, but Karl & Harty's original recordings are enjoyable and historically significant.
Karl & Harty are more important for their influence over other groups such as the Blue Sky Boys and the Everly Brothers (who recorded their "I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail") than their own career. Though not related, Karl & Harty were a psuedo brother act, performing regularly on Chicago's National Barn Dance in the ‘30s. The performances led to a recording contract with the American Record Corporation, where Karl penned his best work including "I'm Just Here" and "Kentucky," a beautiful ode to his home state. The duo later recorded for Capitol in the late '40s but soon retired from music not long after.
Tracklist
1 The House Where We Were Wed
2 Seven Beers With The Wrong Woman
3 Don't Monkey 'Round My Widder
4 Gospel Cannon Ball
5 Let's All Have Another Beer
6 Sweet Mama,Put Him Low
7 Fifty-One Beers
8 I Heard The Wicked Pray
9 You Didn't Want A Sweetheart
10 Angel Of East Tennessee
11 Training Camp Blues
12 Some Girls Do And Some Girls Don't
13 Mercy On Your Soul
14 Mean,Mean Mama
15 When The Atom Bomb Fell
16 There's Nothing In This World A Man Won't Do
17 Why Do Girls Wear Breeches
18 Don't Let That Sweet Face Fool You
19 I'm Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail
20 The Prisoner's Dream
21 The Hymns My Mother Sang
22 They Are All Going Home But One
23 Blondes,Brunettes And Red Heads
24 Cheatin' Women
25 Reno Bound
26 I Can't Win For Losin
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Filename
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01 Karl And Harty - The House Where We Were Born.mp3
7.1 MB
02 Karl And Harty - Seven Beers.mp3
6.8 MB
03 Karl And Harty - Don't Monkey Round.mp3
6.2 MB
04 Karl And Harty - Gospel Cannon Ball.mp3
6.7 MB
05 Karl And Harty - Let's All Have Another Beer.mp3
6 MB
06 Karl And Harty - Sweet Mama.mp3
6.3 MB
07 Karl And Harty - Fifty One Beers.mp3
6.4 MB
08 Karl And Harty - Heard The Wicked Pray.mp3
6.3 MB
09 Karl And Harty - You Didn't Want A Sweetheart.mp3
6.7 MB
10 Karl And Harty - Angel Of East Tennessee.mp3
7 MB
11 Karl And Harty - Training Camp Blues.mp3
6.3 MB
12 Karl And Harty - Some Girls Do.mp3
6.1 MB
13 Karl And Harty - Mercy.mp3
6.1 MB
14 Karl And Harty - Mean Mean Mama.mp3
6.8 MB
15 Karl And Harty - When The Atom Bomb Fell.mp3
6.6 MB
16 Karl And Harty - There's Nothing n The World.mp3
6.2 MB
17 Karl And Harty - Why Do Girls.mp3
6.1 MB
19 Karl And Harty - I'm Here To Get My Baby.mp3
6.8 MB
20 Karl And Harty - The Prisoner's Dream.mp3
6.6 MB
21 Karl And Harty - The Hymns My Mother Sang.mp3
6.8 MB
22 Karl And Harty - They Are All Going Home.mp3
7 MB
23 Karl And Harty - Blondes Brunettes Redheads.mp3