That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine

ringer for Jimmie Rodgers-but before long, his voice and his songs started taking their own distinct shape, and country music became blessed with one of its most beloved performers. This deluxe nine-disc box is the first set to collect ALL of Gene's 1929-1933 breakthrough recordings. You'll find many a classic, though most of these 225 tracks have never been on CD-in fact, 20 of these performances were never released at all! A 77-page hardcover book rounds out this very impressive release. release.

Track Listing

• Disc 1
• • 1 my dreaming of you
  • 2 my alabama home
  • 3 stay away from my chicken house
  • 4 my oklahoma home
  • 5 i'll be thinking of you little gal
  • 6 i'll be thinking of you gal [diff. take]
  • 7 cowboy yodel
  • 8 why don't you come back to me
  • 9 no one to call me darling
  • 10 living in the mountains
  • 11 yodelin' gene
  • 12 blue yodel, no. 5
  • 13 left my gal in the mountains
  • 14 why don't you come back to me
  • 15 hobo yodel
  • 16 dust pan blues
  • 17 no one to call me darling
  • 18 frankie and johnny
  • 19 railroad boomer
  • 20 my alabama home
  • 21 slue-foot lue
  • 22 stay away from my chicken house
  • 23 waiting for a train
  • 24 lullaby yodel
  • 25 california blues (blue yodel, no. 4)
  • 26 daddy and home
• Disc 2
• • 1 that's why i left the mountains
  • 2 cowboy yodel
  • 3 i'll be thinking of you little gal
  • 4 my rough and rowdy ways
  • 5 i'll be thinking of you little gal
  • 6 cowboy yodel
  • 7 whisper your mother's name
  • 8 the girl i left behind
  • 9 i'll be thinking of you little gal
  • 10 cowboy yodel
  • 11 in the shadow of the pine
  • 12 hobo yodel
  • 13 they cut down the old pine tree
  • 14 texas blues
  • 15 hobo bill's last ride
  • 16 dust pan blues
  • 17 my carolina sunshine girl
  • 18 train whistle blues
  • 19 anniversary blue yodel, no. 7
  • 20 in the jailhouse now, no. 2
  • 21 the yodeling hobo
  • 22 picture of my mother
  • 23 blue days
  • 24 he's in the jail house, no. 2
  • 25 cowboy's yodel
  • 26 dad in the hills
• Disc 3
• • 1 high powered mama
  • 2 the yodeling hobo
  • 3 mean mama blues
  • 4 blue yodel, no. 8
  • 5 pistol packin' papa
  • 6 dad in the hills
  • 7 pictures of my mother
  • 8 any old time
  • 9 money ain't no use anyway
  • 10 blue days
  • 11 a gangster's warning
  • 12 pictures of my mother
  • 13 that's how i got my start
  • 14 true blue bill
  • 15 do right daddy blues
  • 16 do right daddy blues
  • 17 money ain't no use anyway
  • 18 money ain't no use anyway
  • 19 that's how i got my start
  • 20 that's how i got my start
  • 21 bear cat papa blues
  • 22 bear cat papa blues
  • 23 true blue bill
  • 24 a gangster's warning
  • 25 a gangster's warning
  • 26 i'll always be a rambler
• Disc 4
• • 1 the death of mother jones
  • 2 the death of mother jones
  • 3 bear cat papa blues
  • 4 high steppin' mama
  • 5 high steppin' mama blues
  • 6 she wouldn't do it
  • 7 don't do me that way
  • 8 don't do me that way
  • 9 high steppin' mama blues
  • 10 she wouldn't do it
  • 11 do right daddy blues
  • 12 t. b. blues
  • 13 jimmie the kid
  • 14 travelin' blues
  • 15 there's a good gal in the mountains
  • 16 there's a good gal in the mountains
  • 17 she's a low down mama
  • 18 she's a low down mama
  • 19 she's a low down mama
  • 20 the old woman and the cow
  • 21 the old woman and the cow
  • 22 bear cat mama from hunter's corners
  • 23 she's a hum dum dinger
  • 24 old man duff
  • 25 old man duff
• Disc 5
• • 1 i'm a truthful fellow (true blue bill)
  • 2 i'm a truthful fellow (true blue bill)
  • 3 valley in the hills
  • 4 valley in the hills
  • 5 valley in the hills
  • 6 she's just that kind
  • 7 she's always on my mind
  • 8 she's always on my mind
  • 9 i'm blue and lonesome
  • 10 i'm blue and lonesome
  • 11 pistol packin' papa
  • 12 jail house blues
  • 13 that's how i got my start
  • 14 methodist pie
  • 15 do right daddy blues
  • 16 money ain't no use anyhow
  • 17 money ain't no use anyhow
  • 18 i'll be thinking of you little gal
  • 19 dallas country jail blues
  • 20 she wouldn't do it
  • 21 t.b. blues
  • 22 t.b. blues
  • 23 true blue bill
  • 24 that's how i got my start
  • 25 i'll always be a rambler
  • 26 bear cat papa blues
  • 27 i've got the jail house blues
• Disc 6
• • 1 rheumatism blues
  • 2 i'm atlanta bound
  • 3 high steppin' mama blues
  • 4 that silver haired daddy of mine
  • 5 missouri i'm calling
  • 6 missouri i'm calling
  • 7 my alabama home
  • 8 mississippi valley
  • 9 my old pal of yesterday
  • 10 missouri i'm calling
  • 11 cross-eyed gal that lived upon the hill
  • 12 i'm always dreaming of you
  • 13 why don't you come back to me
  • 14 jailhouse blues
  • 15 rheumatism blues
  • 16 i'm atlanta bound
  • 17 wildcat mama
  • 18 mississippi valley blues
  • 19 my old pal of yesterday
  • 20 my cross-eyed girl
  • 21 birmingham daddy
  • 22 why don't you come back to me
  • 23 why don't you come back to me
  • 24 she's a low down mama
• Disc 7
• • 1 i'm a railraod man (waitin' on a weary t
  • 2 under the old apple tree
  • 3 wild cat mama blues
  • 4 there's a good girl in the mountains
  • 5 that ramshackle shack
  • 6 back to old smoky mountain
  • 7 back to old smoky mountain
  • 8 back home in the blue ridge mountains
  • 9 the crime i didn't do
  • 10 kentucky lullaby
  • 11 alone with my sorrows
  • 12 i'm always dreaming of you
  • 13 moonlight and skies
  • 14 returning to my cabin
  • 15 in the cradle of my dreams
  • 16 my carolina mountain rose
  • 17 have you found someone else
  • 18 in the hills of carolina
  • 19 a gangster's warning
  • 20 back to old smokey mountain
  • 21 back home in the blue ridge mountains
  • 22 that ramshackle shack
  • 23 black bottom blues
  • 24 kentucky lullaby
  • 25 kentucky lullaby
• Disc 8
• • 1 cowboy's heaven
  • 2 the little ranch house on the old circle
  • 3 the yellow rose of texas
  • 4 your voice is ringing
  • 5 louisiana moon
  • 6 louisiana moon
  • 7 louisiana moon
  • 8 cowboy's heaven
  • 9 cowboy's heaven
  • 10 the little ranch house on the old circle
  • 11 if i could bring back my buddy
  • 12 if i could bring back my buddy
  • 13 the old folks back home
  • 14 the old folks back home
  • 15 the yellow rose of texas
  • 16 the yellow rose of texas
  • 17 the yellow rose of texas
  • 18 gosh! i miss you all the time
  • 19 the answer to 21 years
  • 20 the answer to 21 years
  • 21 when it's lamp lightin' time in the vall
  • 22 when it's lamp lightin' time in the vall
  • 23 watching the clouds roll by
• Disc 9
• • 1 don't take me back to the chain gang
  • 2 don't take me back to the chain gang
  • 3 in the valley of the moon
  • 4 in the valley of the moon
  • 5 when the mailman says no mail today
  • 6 when the humming birds are humming
  • 7 when the humming birds are humming
  • 8 roll along kentucky moon
  • 9 that mother and daddy of mine
  • 10 'way out west in texas
  • 11 the dying cowgirl
  • 12 the death of jimmie rodgers
  • 13 the life of jimmie rodgers
  • 14 if you'll let me be your little sweethea
  • 15 that old feather bed on the farm
  • 16 there's an empty cot in the bunkhouse to
  • 17 a hillbilly wedding in june
  • 18 moonlight down in lovers' lane
  • 19 the last round-up
  • 20 when jimmie rodgers said good-bye
  • 21 good luck old pal ('till we meet bye and
  • 22 bye bye boyfriend (blackbird)
  • 23 frankie and johnnie