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Blackland Farmer
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True Blue
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Poppin' Johnny
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Family Man
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The Money Side of Life
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Reuion
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Baby Rocked Her Dolly
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Rain, Rain
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Strictly Nuthin'
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Young Widow Brown
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Two Lips Away
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12
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Out of Bounds
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I'll Write to You
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Richest Poor Boy
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Lookin' Around Downtown
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A Little Bit's Better (Then Nothing at A
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The Cat and the Mouse
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It's Not Easy
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Losing Again
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If I'd Known Then
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Just for You
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Prison Grey
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Tornado
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Big Talk of the Town [LP Version]
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Reunion [W\O Harmony]
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Baby Rocked Her Dolly [W\O Harmony]
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Rain, Rain [W\O Harmony]
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The Cat and the Mouse [Alternate Take]
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Faded Bible
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30
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Who Do You Think
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31
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Trust the Saviour
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Valley of Death
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Family Bible
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34
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Gotta Win My Baby Back Again
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35
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The Picture at St. Helene
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Losing by a Hair
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I Miss Her Every Way
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One Excuse (Is as Good as Another)
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39
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The Party's Over
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40
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Too Hot to Handle
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A Little South of Memphis
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Fifteen Acres of Peanut Land
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Out of This World
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Mean Old Greyhound Bus
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It Took a Lot of Love (To Let Her Go)
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Starving for Love
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I Can Almost Forget
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48
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Big Talk of the Town [Single Version]
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Truck Driving Buddy
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50
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Bringing Mary Home
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51
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The Country Music Who's Who
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A Tough Row to Hoe
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Charlie's Got a Good Thing Going
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She's My Antibiotic (In White)
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Fickle Hand of Fate
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True Love Stays
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Starving for Love [Alternate Take]
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Maybe You Would Love Me Then
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It Took a Lot of Love (To Let Her Go) [A
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Pain
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61
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I Put the Blue in Her Eyes
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Wrong Side of the Tracks
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World War III
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Just for Spite
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Give a Purpose to My Love
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I Should Be
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Don't Make Me Miss You
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Impersonations /I Walk the Line/Always L
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Katy Malone
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It's Not Easy
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Peppermint Candy
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Family Man
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Blues of Yesterday
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I Remember Dad
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House Down the Road
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A Little South of Memphis (Dixie)
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I'd Rather Have You
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Tears of Time
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Funny Way of Lovin'
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Let's Forget It
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Fall of the Alamo
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I'll Get Over You (Still Keep Hoping)
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A Tough Row to Hoe
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The Wagon Yard
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Out of This World
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She Put the Misery on Me
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Lonesome Time
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Keeping Up with the Jones
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A Little Bit's Better (Then Nothing at A
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Two Lips Away
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Blackland Farmer [Live]
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Meeting Elvis at the Hayride
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Memories of Tommy Hill
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Creating Hoofbeats
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The Blackland Farmer Tape
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Headlining a Rock Show
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Title:
Blackland Farmer: The Complete Starday Recordings
Artist:
Frankie Miller
Good-natured and unassuming, and possessing an easy, slightly raspy baritone voice that brought an everyman feel to everything he sang, Frankie Miller ought to be a household name in country circles, but he isn't, and his relative obscurity as the 21st century opens is as much a mystery as it is unforgivable. Although he recorded often, Miller's key years were with Don Pierce's Starday label out of Nashville in the late '50s and early '60s (roughly 1959 to 1963), the time period covered by this marvelous three-disc anthology from Bear Family Records. With the usual Bear Family precision, this set includes both sides of the 17 singles Miller released with Starday, his three solo LPs with the label, his complete gospel EP, his pre-Starday single from Cowtown Hoedown, several sides he recorded with United Artists in 1962 and with Pete Drake's Stop label in 1966, plus previously unissued tracks, demos, and live performances, making this package a bonanza for Miller fans and collectors. Miller's easygoing, unhurried style makes everything go down as natural as a feather, and that steadiness makes him seem like everyone's likable neighbor, whether he is flirting with honky tonk or edging around the margins of rockabilly, and it's impossible, if you give him a chance, not to like this guy. Miller's most striking recording, and his signature song, is his own "Blackland Farmer," a track he originally recorded in 1956 but which sat unreleased until 1959 when Starday took a chance on it. "Blackland Farmer," marked by its distinctive percussion track, which mimicked the sound of a horse walking on hard ground, consequently shot to the top of the country charts, and the sparse, folky arrangement and Miller's simple, sincere singing make it sound surprisingly fresh some 50 years later. Miller had a second Top Ten country hit in 1959 with the sturdy "Family Man," but that was to be his commercial peak and while he continued to put out quality work, country music seemed to pass him by, eventually relegating him to footnote status, a neglect that seems downright criminal. Hopefully this generous, comfortable, and detailed set will help address the situation and bring Miller the contemporary attention he deserves. ~ Steve Leggett, Rovi
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