- folk
- 99 min
- 30 tracks
- Proper Records
High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project is the 20th studio album by American singer-songwriter Loudon Wainwright III. The album, a double-CD released on the 2nd Story Sound label on August 18, 2009, pays tribute to singer and banjo picker Charlie Poole (1892–1931). It features 30 tracks, including new versions of songs made popular by Poole from 1925 through 1930, as well as original songs on Poole's turbulent life by Wainwright and producer Dick Connette.
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Nostalgic, classical in form, intimate and grave.
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- classical in formformally daring
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Tracks
- 1High Wide & Handsome2:50
- 2Took My Gal Out Walkin'2:32
- 3I'm the Man Who Rode the Mule Around the World3:36
- 4My Mother and My Sweetheart3:11
- 5Bill Mason's Bride2:55
- 6Goodbye Booze2:53
- 7Old Ballyhoo1:59
- 8Little Waterloo2:54
- 9I'm Glad I'm Married3:32
- 10Mother's Last Farewell Kiss4:45
- 11Acres of Diamonds2:48
- 12Way Up in NYC4:07
- 13If I Lose3:58
- 14The Great Reaping Day2:49
- 15Where the Whippoorwill Is Whispering Goodnight3:22
- 1The Man in the Moon2:32
- 2The Deal4:09
- 3No Knees2:22
- 4Moving Day2:37
- 5Old and Only in the Way3:45
- 6Ragtime Annie3:34
- 7Sweet Sunny South2:42
- 8The Letter That Never Came3:08
- 9Awful Hungry Hash House4:29
- 10Rowena2:33
- 11Didn't He Ramble3:60
- 12Ramblin' Blues3:60
- 13Charlie's Last Song4:60
- 14Beautiful4:00
- 15High Wide & Handsome (reprise)2:07
30 tracks, 99 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Loudon Wainwright III
- Label
- Proper Records
- Released
- August 17, 2009
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- GB
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