Sawdust Charley
Live at The King Cole Inn
- Dec. 23, 1975 -
A wonderful coincidence happened in the first part of 2016. About the time that Sawdust Charley was to be inducted into the Kansas Music Hall of Fame, a bootleg tape surfaced which turned out to be one of the earliest Sawdust Charley recordings. This DOUBLE CD is available only here.
DISC ONE
1) Santa Fe (orig)
2) Jaded Lover
3) Settle Down With You (orig)
4) Tears
5) Virgil of the Silver Screen (orig)
6) Oklahoma Bound (orig)
7) Bonsoir Blues
8) Livin’ In A Honky Tonk (orig)
9) Back Home Again (In Indiana)
10) Waitin’ For A Woman (orig)
11) Free Roaming Child (orig)
12) Anyway I Love You (partial)
13) High Hill Country Rain
DISC TWO
1) What’s A Growing Boy To Do (orig)
2) Ridin’ In My Stagecoach (orig)
3) Reno (orig)
4) Honky Tonk Floozy (orig)
5) Cousin Billy (orig)
6) Truck Drivin’ Song (orig)
7) Saddle Tramp Cowboy (orig)
8) Money Means More Than Love (orig)
9) Sweet Tennesee (orig)
10) Cowtown Blues (orig)
11) Last Call (orig)
12) You Can’t Be A Lover (partial) (orig)
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The Band
- Mike Ehrke – Vocals, pedal steel and acoustic guitars
- Doug Webb – Vocals, lead / rhythm guitars, bass guitar
- Harry Dobbin – Vocals, lead guitar, bass guitar
- Jamey Ratzlaff – Vocals, lead / rhythm / acoustic guitars, alto saxaphone, accordion
- Johnnie Dondlinger – Vocals, drums
- Bob Feldner – Vocals and sound production
As of 2020, three of the members, Johnnie, Mike and Harry have departed this plane of existence for the great beyond. They are sorely missed, and we wish them well on their journeys.
Bootleg Recording
What I especially like about this recording is how the crowd keeps getting rowdier and rowdier as the night progresses. I wish he had let the tape play a little longer after each song so we could hear more of the crowd.
Sadly, there are a few glitches on these songs, but as you can see below in the description from the bootlegger we're lucky to have ANYTHING AT ALL!
