Trackimage | Playbut | Trackname | Playbut | Trackname |
---|---|---|---|---|
36701572 | Play | Down On the Banks of the Ohio | 03:20 Tools | |
36701573 | Play | I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail | 00:00 Tools | |
36701574 | Play | Garden in the Sky | 00:00 Tools | |
36701575 | Play | Are You From Dixie | 00:00 Tools | |
36701577 | Play | Sunny Side of Life | 00:00 Tools | |
36701576 | Play | In The Hills Of Roane County | 00:00 Tools | |
36701578 | Play | The Banks Of The Ohio | 00:00 Tools | |
36701579 | Play | Story Of The Knoxville Girl | 00:00 Tools | |
36701580 | Play | Row Us Over the Tide | 00:00 Tools | |
36701582 | Play | Turn Your Radio On | 00:00 Tools | |
36701581 | Play | Where The Soul Never Dies | 00:00 Tools | |
36701583 | Play | Why Should It End This Way? | 00:00 Tools | |
36701584 | Play | Brown Eyes | 00:00 Tools | |
36701586 | Play | Kentucky | 00:00 Tools | |
36701585 | Play | Are You from Dixie? | 00:00 Tools | |
36701591 | Play | Katie Dear | 00:00 Tools | |
36701588 | Play | I'm Troubled, I'm Troubled | 00:00 Tools | |
36701589 | Play | Take Up Thy Cross | 00:00 Tools | |
36701587 | Play | Mary of the Wild Moor | 00:00 Tools | |
36701590 | Play | Didn't They Crucify My Lord | 00:00 Tools | |
36701592 | Play | Ida Red | 00:00 Tools | |
36701595 | Play | The Last Mile Of The Way | 00:00 Tools | |
36701594 | Play | The Dying Boy's Prayer | 00:00 Tools | |
36701593 | Play | An Old Account Was Settled | 00:00 Tools | |
36701597 | Play | Come to the Savior | 00:00 Tools | |
36701598 | Play | Dust On The Bible | 00:00 Tools | |
36701596 | Play | Whispering Hope | 00:00 Tools | |
36701600 | Play | There'll Come a Time | 00:00 Tools | |
36701601 | Play | Beautiful, Beautiful Brown Eyes | 00:00 Tools | |
36701602 | Play | Midnight on the Stormy Sea | 00:00 Tools | |
36701599 | Play | If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again | 00:00 Tools | |
36701607 | Play | Only Let Me Walk With Thee | 00:00 Tools | |
36701603 | Play | Can't You Hear That Nightbird Crying? | 00:00 Tools | |
36701605 | Play | No One to Welcome Me Home | 00:00 Tools | |
36701616 | Play | Alabama | 00:00 Tools | |
36701611 | Play | When The Stars Begin To Fall | 00:00 Tools | |
36701612 | Play | When the Ransomed Get Home | 00:00 Tools | |
36701609 | Play | Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? | 00:00 Tools | |
36701615 | Play | Fair Eyed Ellen | 00:00 Tools | |
36701604 | Play | The Butcher's Boy | 00:00 Tools | |
36701608 | Play | No Disappointment In Heaven | 00:00 Tools | |
36701610 | Play | Behind These Prison Walls of Love | 00:00 Tools | |
36701618 | Play | Somebody Makes Me Think of You | 00:00 Tools | |
36701613 | Play | I'm S-A-V-E-D | 00:00 Tools | |
36701620 | Play | I Believe It | 00:00 Tools | |
36701617 | Play | This Is Like Heaven To Me | 00:00 Tools | |
36701621 | Play | The Lightning Express | 00:00 Tools | |
36701606 | Play | 8th Of January | 00:00 Tools | |
36701624 | Play | Pictures From Life's Other Side | 00:00 Tools | |
36701619 | Play | Trail To Mexico | 00:00 Tools | |
36701614 | Play | Katy Hill | 00:00 Tools | |
36701623 | Play | Old Fashioned Meeting | 00:00 Tools | |
36701625 | Play | No Home | 00:00 Tools | |
36701627 | Play | Short Life of Trouble | 00:00 Tools | |
36701628 | Play | Sweet Evalina | 00:00 Tools | |
36701630 | Play | You Give Me Your Love | 00:00 Tools | |
36701631 | Play | They're All Home But One | 00:00 Tools | |
36701626 | Play | Give Me My Roses Now | 00:00 Tools | |
36701622 | Play | Just A Strand From A Yellow Curl | 00:00 Tools | |
36701633 | Play | Mother Went Her Holiness Way | 00:00 Tools | |
36701632 | Play | Father, Dear Father, Come Home | 00:00 Tools | |
36701637 | Play | This Evening Light | 00:00 Tools | |
36701629 | Play | Only One Step More | 00:00 Tools | |
36701635 | Play | Paper Boy | 00:00 Tools | |
36701634 | Play | Kneel At The Cross | 00:00 Tools | |
36701643 | Play | We Buried Her | 00:00 Tools | |
36701640 | Play | There's Been a Change | 00:00 Tools | |
36701644 | Play | Sing a Song for the Blind | 00:00 Tools | |
36701646 | Play | When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland | 00:00 Tools | |
36701642 | Play | The Royal Telephone | 00:00 Tools | |
36701652 | Play | We Parted By the Riverside | 00:00 Tools | |
36701641 | Play | The East Bound Train | 00:00 Tools | |
36701638 | Play | Sweet Allalee | 00:00 Tools | |
36701647 | Play | Why Not Confess | 00:00 Tools | |
36701649 | Play | Sold Down the River | 00:00 Tools | |
36701645 | Play | Speak to Me Little Darling | 00:00 Tools | |
36701651 | Play | My Last Letter | 00:00 Tools | |
36701639 | Play | Tramp on the Street | 00:00 Tools | |
36701636 | Play | The Sweetest Gift | 00:00 Tools | |
36701648 | Play | Little Bessie | 00:00 Tools | |
36701654 | Play | Have No Desire to Roam | 00:00 Tools | |
36701653 | Play | On the Old Plantation | 00:00 Tools | |
36701664 | Play | Tears on Her Bridal Bouquet | 00:00 Tools | |
36701656 | Play | Who Wouldn't Be Lonely | 00:00 Tools | |
36701662 | Play | Asleep in the Briny Deep | 00:00 Tools | |
36701707 | Play | Where The Soul (of Man) Never Dies | 00:00 Tools | |
36701657 | Play | I'm Going to Write to Heaven (For I Know My Daddy's There) | 00:00 Tools | |
36701661 | Play | She's Somebody's Darling Once More | 00:00 Tools | |
36701663 | Play | Don't Say Goodbye if You Love Me | 00:00 Tools | |
36701655 | Play | Hymns My Mother Sang | 00:00 Tools | |
36701650 | Play | Green Grow The Lilacs | 00:00 Tools | |
36701658 | Play | She'll Be There | 00:00 Tools | |
36701678 | Play | What Does The Deep Sea Say? | 00:00 Tools | |
36701666 | Play | Last Night While Standing By My Window | 00:00 Tools | |
36701659 | Play | Don't This Road Look Rough and Rocky | 00:00 Tools | |
36701681 | Play | Let's Not Sleep Again | 00:00 Tools | |
36701684 | Play | The Sunny Side of Life | 00:00 Tools | |
36701677 | Play | Someone's Last Day | 00:00 Tools | |
36701665 | Play | When the Valley Moon Was Low | 00:00 Tools | |
36701674 | Play | Bring Back My Wandering Boy | 00:00 Tools | |
36701671 | Play | The Longest Train I Ever Saw | 00:00 Tools | |
36701683 | Play | The Prisoner's Dream | 00:00 Tools | |
36701696 | Play | Sweet Allallee | 00:00 Tools | |
36701675 | Play | The Sweetest Gift, A Mother's Smile | 00:00 Tools | |
36701668 | Play | In My Little Home in Tennessee | 00:00 Tools | |
36701694 | Play | Little Mother Of The Hills | 00:00 Tools | |
36701697 | Play | Lightning Express | 00:00 Tools | |
36701673 | Play | I Need the Prayers | 00:00 Tools | |
36701676 | Play | Nine Pound Hammer | 00:00 Tools | |
36701679 | Play | There Was a Time | 00:00 Tools | |
36701660 | Play | The Last Letter | 00:00 Tools | |
36701686 | Play | One Cold Winter's Eve | 00:00 Tools | |
36701682 | Play | What Have You Done | 00:00 Tools | |
36701692 | Play | I'm Glad (I'm Glad He's Gone And Left You) | 00:00 Tools | |
36701685 | Play | Hang Out the Front Door Key | 00:00 Tools | |
36701669 | Play | You Could Be A Millionaire | 00:00 Tools | |
36701672 | Play | The Lawson Family Tragedy | 00:00 Tools | |
36701667 | Play | Don't Trade | 00:00 Tools | |
36701688 | Play | There's No Other Love for Me | 00:00 Tools | |
36701690 | Play | Angel Mother | 00:00 Tools | |
36701691 | Play | I've Found a Friend | 00:00 Tools | |
36701693 | Play | Heaven Holds All to Me | 00:00 Tools | |
36701680 | Play | Beautiful | 00:00 Tools | |
36701687 | Play | On the Banks of the Ohio | 00:00 Tools | |
36701698 | Play | I Cannot Take You Back Now | 00:00 Tools | |
36701670 | Play | Uncle Josh Comedy Skit | 00:00 Tools | |
36701701 | Play | Drop Your Net | 00:00 Tools | |
36701705 | Play | As Long As I Live | 00:00 Tools | |
36701710 | Play | Within the Circle | 00:00 Tools | |
36701700 | Play | When Heaven Comes Down | 00:00 Tools | |
36701706 | Play | Romans 6:23 | 00:00 Tools | |
36701727 | Play | You've Branded Your Name on My Heart | 00:00 Tools | |
36701699 | Play | What You Have Done | 00:00 Tools | |
36701702 | Play | The Chapel in the Hills | 00:00 Tools | |
36701712 | Play | Don't Take the Light (From My Dark Cell) | 00:00 Tools | |
36701714 | Play | The House Where We Were Wed | 00:00 Tools | |
36701703 | Play | Answer to the Prisoner's Dream | 00:00 Tools | |
36701689 | Play | When I Take My Vacation in Heaven | 00:00 Tools | |
36701717 | Play | Come To The Saviour | 00:00 Tools | |
36701711 | Play | Life-Line | 00:00 Tools | |
36701704 | Play | Unloved and Unclaimed | 00:00 Tools | |
36701715 | Play | Let Me Be Your Salty Dog | 00:00 Tools | |
36701695 | Play | After the Ball | 00:00 Tools | |
36701732 | Play | Have You Seen My Daddy Here | 00:00 Tools | |
36701749 | Play | I'll Take My Saviour By the Hand | 00:00 Tools | |
36701724 | Play | Since the Angels Took My Mother Far Away | 00:00 Tools | |
36701718 | Play | A Picture on the Wall | 00:00 Tools | |
36701729 | Play | The Convict And The Rose | 00:00 Tools | |
36701708 | Play | Sweetheart Mountain Rose | 00:00 Tools | |
36701731 | Play | Lord Be With Us, Amen | 00:00 Tools | |
36701734 | Play | Shake Hands With Your Mother Today | 00:00 Tools | |
36701733 | Play | The Answer to the Prisoner's Dream | 00:00 Tools | |
36701730 | Play | I Have Found the Way | 00:00 Tools | |
36701739 | Play | Where Our Darling Sleeps Tonight | 00:00 Tools | |
36701721 | Play | Whithin The Circle | 00:00 Tools | |
36701736 | Play | God Sent My Little Girl | 00:00 Tools | |
36701709 | Play | Quit That Ticklin' Me | 00:00 Tools | |
36701726 | Play | There'll Be No Broken Hearts for Me | 00:00 Tools | |
36701713 | Play | I Love Her More Now Mother's Old | 00:00 Tools | |
36701719 | Play | I'm here to get my baby out of jail | 00:00 Tools | |
36701716 | Play | Worried Man Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
36701723 | Play | Get Along Home | 00:00 Tools | |
36701720 | Play | East Bound Train | 00:00 Tools | |
36701722 | Play | Curley Headed Baby | 00:00 Tools | |
36701753 | Play | The Cross on the Hill | 00:00 Tools | |
36701725 | Play | A Picture from Life's Other Side | 00:00 Tools | |
36701728 | Play | Prisoner's Dream | 00:00 Tools | |
36701740 | Play | Last Mile Of The Way | 00:00 Tools | |
36701735 | Play | KnoXVIlle Girl (Story Of The KnoXVIlle Girl) | 00:00 Tools | |
36701737 | Play | You Give Me Your Life | 00:00 Tools | |
36701742 | Play | The Story Of The Knoxville Girl | 00:00 Tools | |
36701754 | Play | The Sweetest Gift (A Mother's Smile) | 00:00 Tools | |
36701741 | Play | Convict And The Rose | 00:00 Tools | |
36701747 | Play | House Where We Were Wed | 00:00 Tools | |
36701743 | Play | Searching For A Soldier's Grave | 00:00 Tools | |
36701745 | Play | Butcher's Boy | 00:00 Tools | |
36701750 | Play | Unfinished Rug | 00:00 Tools | |
36701746 | Play | Royal Telephone | 00:00 Tools | |
36701769 | Play | Golden Slippers | 00:00 Tools | |
36701755 | Play | Just Because | 00:00 Tools | |
36701738 | Play | The Fox | 00:00 Tools | |
36701773 | Play | The New Golden Rule | 00:00 Tools | |
36701748 | Play | My Main Trial | 00:00 Tools | |
36701744 | Play | I'm Saved | 00:00 Tools | |
36701760 | Play | Will You Miss Me | 00:00 Tools | |
36701761 | Play | Sweetest Gift, A Mother's Smile | 00:00 Tools | |
36701751 | Play | In The Hills Of Roanne County | 00:00 Tools | |
36701772 | Play | Black Mountain Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
36701775 | Play | The Unfinished Rug | 00:00 Tools | |
36701780 | Play | Heaven Holds All For Me | 00:00 Tools | |
36701765 | Play | Cross On The Hill | 00:00 Tools | |
36701756 | Play | Hop Light Ladies | 00:00 Tools | |
36701764 | Play | God Sent Me My Little Girl | 00:00 Tools | |
36701759 | Play | Death Is Only a Dream | 00:00 Tools | |
36701766 | Play | New Golden Rule | 00:00 Tools | |
36701768 | Play | Picture On The Wall | 00:00 Tools | |
36701774 | Play | why should it end this way | 00:00 Tools | |
36701752 | Play | I'll Take My Savior By The Hand | 00:00 Tools | |
36701783 | Play | In The Pines | 00:00 Tools | |
36701776 | Play | On the Sunny Side of Life | 00:00 Tools | |
36701757 | Play | Life's Railway to Heaven | 00:00 Tools | |
36701763 | Play | Amazing Grace | 00:00 Tools | |
36701758 | Play | It Was Midnight on the Stormy Deep | 00:00 Tools | |
36701777 | Play | Comedy | 00:00 Tools | |
36701808 | Play | I Love Her More, Now Mother's Old | 00:00 Tools | |
36701762 | Play | Since The Angels Took My Mother Fay Away | 00:00 Tools | |
36701806 | Play | Midnight Special | 00:00 Tools | |
36701784 | Play | Cotton Mill Colic | 00:00 Tools | |
36701799 | Play | The Little Paper Boy | 00:00 Tools | |
36701779 | Play | Chapel In The Hills | 00:00 Tools | |
36701767 | Play | Radio Station S-A-V-E-D | 00:00 Tools | |
36701770 | Play | Have You Seen My Daddy Here? | 00:00 Tools | |
36701771 | Play | I Have Found A Way | 00:00 Tools | |
36701788 | Play | The Old Fashioned Meeting | 00:00 Tools | |
36701778 | Play | Will The Circle Be Unbroken | 00:00 Tools | |
36701781 | Play | Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone | 00:00 Tools | |
36701782 | Play | Down on the Banks of Ohio | 00:00 Tools | |
36701801 | Play | Just a Little Talk With Jesus | 00:00 Tools | |
36701807 | Play | Only Let Me Walk with Me | 00:00 Tools | |
36701789 | Play | The Picture on the Wall | 00:00 Tools | |
36701785 | Play | Take Me Back to Tennessee | 00:00 Tools | |
36701790 | Play | Closing Theme | 00:00 Tools | |
88154171 | Play | Can't You Hear That Night Bird Crying? | 00:00 Tools | |
36701817 | Play | Fair-Eyed Ellen | 00:00 Tools | |
36701786 | Play | Life Line | 00:00 Tools | |
36701794 | Play | Corina, Corina | 00:00 Tools | |
36701816 | Play | Romans 6:13 | 00:00 Tools | |
36701796 | Play | Where We'll Never Grow Old | 00:00 Tools | |
36701802 | Play | Greenback Dollar | 00:00 Tools | |
36701814 | Play | Where the Soul of Man Never Dies | 00:00 Tools | |
36701793 | Play | Comedy With Uncle Josh | 00:00 Tools | |
36701827 | Play | S-A-V-E-D | 00:00 Tools | |
36701805 | Play | Turkey in the Straw | 00:00 Tools | |
36701824 | Play | Tugboat | 00:00 Tools | |
36701787 | Play | Advertisement | 00:00 Tools | |
36701832 | Play | Father Dear Father, Come Home | 00:00 Tools | |
36701800 | Play | Green Grows The Lilacs | 00:00 Tools | |
88154172 | Play | Only One More Step Away | 00:00 Tools | |
36701797 | Play | Yellow Rose of Texas | 00:00 Tools | |
36701798 | Play | Jack O' Diamonds | 00:00 Tools | |
36701813 | Play | Sweetest Mother | 00:00 Tools | |
36701791 | Play | Golden Slippers(Instrumental) | 00:00 Tools | |
36701803 | Play | Fire On the Mountain | 00:00 Tools | |
36701792 | Play | Tugboat(Instrumental) | 00:00 Tools | |
36701804 | Play | Black Mountain Blues(Instrumental) | 00:00 Tools | |
36701815 | Play | Danced All Night With a Bottle in My Hand | 00:00 Tools | |
36701795 | Play | Drifting Too Far from the Shore | 00:00 Tools | |
36701818 | Play | Farther Along | 00:00 Tools | |
36701822 | Play | The B-I-B-L-E | 00:00 Tools | |
36701839 | Play | Old Joe Clark | 00:00 Tools | |
36701809 | Play | Oh Those Tombs | 00:00 Tools | |
36701837 | Play | What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul | 00:00 Tools | |
36701811 | Play | I Wish I Had Never Seen a Sunshine | 00:00 Tools | |
36701812 | Play | Poor Boy | 00:00 Tools | |
36701810 | Play | You've Branded My Name On Your Heart | 00:00 Tools | |
36701823 | Play | On the Banks of the Ohio (From Paper Moon) | 00:00 Tools | |
36701829 | Play | Will You Miss Me? | 00:00 Tools | |
88154177 | Play | Bury Me Beneath The Willow | 00:00 Tools | |
88154175 | Play | A Satisfied Mind | 00:00 Tools | |
36701821 | Play | Darling, Think Of What You've Done | 00:00 Tools | |
36701836 | Play | The Wednesday Night Waltz | 00:00 Tools | |
36701820 | Play | Shake Hands With You Mother Today | 00:00 Tools | |
88154173 | Play | Lorena | 00:00 Tools | |
36701831 | Play | I Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine | 00:00 Tools | |
89892774 | Play | I Don't Want Your Greenback Dollar | 00:00 Tools | |
36701819 | Play | Corina Corina | 00:00 Tools | |
88154174 | Play | Devil's Dream | 00:00 Tools | |
36701833 | Play | Your Brand Will Remain On My Heart | 00:00 Tools | |
89892775 | Play | The Lord Be With Us, Amen | 00:00 Tools | |
36701825 | Play | Black Mountain Blues (Inst.) | 00:00 Tools | |
88154176 | Play | Two Little Rose Buds | 00:00 Tools | |
89892776 | Play | Opening Theme And Introduction | 00:00 Tools | |
89892777 | Play | Get Along Home Cindy | 00:00 Tools | |
36701826 | Play | I'll Be Listening | 00:00 Tools | |
36701828 | Play | Golden Slippers (Inst.) | 00:00 Tools | |
88154178 | Play | Going Round The World, Baby Mine | 00:00 Tools | |
88154179 | Play | Lonesome Road Blues | 00:00 Tools | |
36701830 | Play | Trail To Mexico...Blue Sky Boys | 00:00 Tools | |
36701835 | Play | What Does The Deep Sea Say | 00:00 Tools | |
88154180 | Play | Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die | 00:00 Tools | |
36701834 | Play | A True Lover of Mine | 00:00 Tools | |
36701838 | Play | The Promise Of The Lord | 00:00 Tools |
The Blue Sky Boys were an American country music duo consisting of the brothers Earl Bolick (November 16, 1919 – April 19, 1998) and Bill Bolick (October 28, 1917 – March 13, 2008), whose careers spanned over forty years. The brothers were born and raised in East Hickory, North Carolina, as the fourth and fifth siblings in a family of six children. Their parents, who were deeply religious and belonging to the "First Church of God", taught them to sing hymns and gospel music. A neighbour taught Bill how to play guitar and banjo while Earl on the other hand learned to play mandolin and guitar. Eventually, they decided to switch instruments and Bill chose the mandolin while Earl concentrated on the guitar. They made their radio debut in 1935 at local radio station WWNC in Asheville, North Carolina as part of the "Crazy Hickory Nuts". Sponsored by the "J. F. Goodson Coffee Company and together with Homer Sherrill of the "Crazy Hickory Nuts" they formed the "Good Coffee Boys" in the late 1935. Six months later, in June 1936, the Bolick brothers moved to Atlanta, Georgia to perform at radio station WGST. Because they were sponsored by the "Crazy Water Crystal", they had to perform using the name "(Crazy) Blue Ridge Hillbillies". In Atlanta, the Bolick brothers went to RCA Records for an audition. At first, Eli Oberstein, the A & R man was reluctant to hear the brothers sing accusing them of copying the Monroe Brothers. Anyhow, he changed his mind when he heard them sing and immediately signed them a recording contract. A discussion arose concerning what they should call themselves. Since they couldn't use the previous name "the Blue Ridge Hillbillies" - it had been taken by Homer Sherrill when the brothers left WGST - they decided to use "Blue Sky Boys" as their name. Their choice of name came from the nickname of western North Carolina: "Land of the Blue Sky". They made their first recordings in Charlotte, North Carolina on June 16, 1936. Their first record "Sunny Side of Life" coupled with "Where the Soul Never Dies" became an instant success. It sold so fast the brothers were dubbed "The New Hillbilly Kings. Between 1937 and 1941 the group recorded about 100 songs for RCA to considerable success on the hillbilly music circuit. Between 1941 and 1946 both brothers served in the military; after their discharge they returned to Atlanta and resumed recording with RCA. Some of their sides featured fiddle playing, from Leslie Keith, Sam Parker, Joe Tyson and Richard Hicks. They enjoyed a number of hits just after the war, but disliked the burgeoning honky tonk style and refused to record it. When RCA asked them to play with an electric guitar, they refused and stopped recording until 1949. Due to personal issues, the Blue Sky Boys retired in 1951. Bill became a postal clerk in his birth state and Earl took a job at Lockheed Aircraft in Atlanta. It was not until 1962, when Starday Records released an LP of their radio recordings, that they decided to reunite and record again. Two LPs of new material followed, one secular (Together Again) and one religious (Precious Moments). They occasionally played live at folk festivals; Capitol Records recorded one of these, at the UCLA Folk Festival, and released it as an album. But by the end of the 1960s they had decided to call it quits again. Once more, in 1975, they were convinced to record again, this time for Rounder Records, and another round of folk and bluegrass circuit touring ensued. Following this Bill moved back to his birthplace and lived in Longview NC and Earl retired to Tucker, Georgia. In the 1990s, Copper Creek Records issued a series of four albums with live radio transcriptions from the 1940s. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.