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Weird country names

From the liner notes to some albums.

I'm interested in the origins of these names. Did people just make them up? Are they (as probably in the case of Aytchie, from Archie?) mishearings/misspellings of other names?

Garley (Garley Foster, from Watson Family liner notes)

Pleaz (Pleaz Mobley)

Artus (Artus M. Moser)

Roscoe (Roscoe Holcomb)

Dillard (Dillard Chandler)

Buell (Buell Kazee)

Clayton (Clayton McMichen)

Dewey (Dewey Balfa)

Eck (Uncle Eck Dunford, Eck Robertson)

Riley (Riley Puckett, Riley Shepherd)

Hylo (Hylo Brown)

Wade (Wade Raney, Wade Mainer)

Alton (Alton Delmore)

Rabon (Rabon Delmore)

Zeke (Zeke Morris)

Arthel (Arthel “Doc” Watson)

Gaither (Gaither Carlton, Doc Watson's father in law)

Sophronie (Sophronie Miller, Doc Watson's family neighbor)

Asher (Asher Sizemore, Stonemans liner notes)

Herschel (Herschel Sizemore)

Harlan (Harlan Howard)

Arlie (Arlie Duff)

Date Added: 5/9/2008

This is a response I received not long after I posted this list:

My Dad's name was actually “Arleigh”, a twist on Sir Walter “Raleigh”, chosen by his mother. He shortened it to “Arlie” as his stage name because it was easier for others to spell.

–Becky (Duff) Rippy

Cas (Cas Walker, Red Rector liner notes)

Oland (Oland Bassham)

Aytchie (Aytchie Burns, Jethro's bro)

Jethro (Jethro Burns, real name Kenneth)

Wiley (Wiley Morris, Zeke's bro)

Vassar (Vassar Clements)

Lew (Lew Childre)

Birch (Birch Monroe)

Cohen (Cohen Williams)

Cedric (Cedric Rainwater)

Sherrill (Sherrill Roper)

Carace (Carace Hutchins)

Denver (Denver Duke)

Almeda (Almeda Riddle)

Ola (Ola Belle Reed)

Fields (Fields Ward)

Annadeen (Anadeen Fraley)

Bascom (Bascom Lamar Lunsford)

Orna (Orna Ball)

Gid (Gid Tanner, and the Skillet Lickers)

Pearly (Rev. Pearly Brown)

Luches (Luches Kessinger, Clark Kessinger's bro)

Guthrie (Guthrie T. Meade)

These below are more common, but still … ?

Asa (Asa Martin)

Reese (Reese Jarvis)

Otis (Otis Shearer)

Mac (Mac Wiseman)

Everett (Everett Lilly)

Virgil (Virgil Graves)

Archie (Archie Campbell)

Doyle (Doyle Lawson)

Carter (Carter Stanley)

Vernon (Vernon Claude)

Earl (Earl Scruggs)

Mysterious Les Paul album

This is a double vinyl album from Les Paul, 1976, with rerecordings of many songs from earlier in his career, the vocalist Helen Streiff stepping in for Mary Ford on the vocal tracks. The record is on the Mad Bag label (?). I've been able to find little information about the album.

I like many tracks, but I'm curious about one in particular, Russian Gypsies. I'm assuming Les Paul wrote it?

I'm posting Russian Gypsies now, and will post several other tunes later.

Les Paul's Greatest Hits

Les Paul (g); Helen Streiff*(voc);

Bob Paul (d). 1976

Vaya Con Dios*

Twelfth Street Rag

I Love You So Much

Back Home Again In Indiana

Mandolino

Three O'Clock Blues

Tiger Rag*

Mockin' Bird Hill*

Some Of These Days

Jazz On The Reservation

Nola

Stompin' At The Savoy

Marie's Waltz

Alabamy Bound*

How High The Moon*

Just One More Chance

Cookin' Green Champagne

In The Good Old Summertime*

Johnny Is The Boy For Me*

Hoosier Hustle

Lover

Tennessee Waltz*

Hey! Meet Mister Callaghan

Bobby's Tune

Russian Gypsies

Dark Eyes

Low Down Blues

Runnin' Wild*

Most of the above tracks appear to have identical backing tracks to the equivalent Capitol issues.

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