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Gene Autry:
That Silver Haired
Daddy Of Mine

Released: March 20, 2006
Label: Bear Family Records

Bear Family Records of Germany is regarded as the world's greatest record label for American vintage country music and rock'n'roll, German and International oldies, chansons, jazz and cabaret. Like many Bear Family projects, this nine CD box set of Gene Autry recordings from 1929 to 1933 has taken years to research, compile, and complete. This box set is a comprehensive collection of every recording by Gene during this time period, which is why you’ll find multiple versions of the same song.

Bear Family Records box sets have been described as “the ultimate collector’s editions for the true fans” due to the extensive nature of their releases. This set will be expensive, which is why we recommend that if you are planning to purchase this nine CD box set of early Gene Autry Recordings you do so from the Autry National Center’s Museum Store. Your Museum membership includes a discount at the store – so take advantage of this benefit!

As soon as Gene Autry Entertainment has its copy of this collection, we will post further information on this page such as dates of the recordings, box set production credit, and liner notes details. Although we have not yet heard the CDs, the Bear Family Records’ reputation of high technical standards leads us to expect the very best quality possible.

Not sure what Gene Autry’s early music sounds like? Check out this previous CD release Gene Autry: Blues Singer 1929-1931 “Booger Rooger Saturday Nite!”

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Click on a disc number below to view its track listing.

Disc 1

Disc 2

Disc 3

Disc 4

Disc 5

Disc 6

Disc 7

Disc 8

Disc 9

Disc One:
1.	My Dreaming Of You
2.	My Alabama Home
3.	Stay Away From My Chicken House
4.	My Oklahoma Home
5.	I'll Be Thinking Of You Little Gal
6.	I'll Be Thinking Of You Little Gal
7.	Cowboy Yodel
8.	Why Don't You Come Back To Me
9.	No One To Call Me Darling
10.	Living In The Mountains
11.	Yodelin' Gene
12.	Blue Yodel No. 5
13.	Left My Gal In The Mountains
14.	Why Don't You Come Back To Me
15.	Hobo Yodel
16.	Dust Pan Blues
17.	No One To Call Me Darling
18.	Frankie And Johnny
19.	Railroad Boomer
20.	My Alabama Home
21.	Slue-Foot Lue
22.	Stay Away From My Chicken House
23.	Waiting For A Train
24.	Lullaby Yodel
25.	California Blues (Blue Yodel No. 4)
26.	Daddy And Home

Disc Two:
1.	That's Why I Left The Mountains
2.	Cowboy Yodel
3.	I'll Be Thinking Of You Little Gal
4.	My Rough And Rowdy Ways
5.	I'll Be Thinking Of You Little Gal
6.	Cowboy Yodel
7.	Whisper Your Mother's Name
8.	The Girl I Left Behind
9.	I'll Be Thinking Of You Little Gal
10.	Cowboy Yodel
11.	In The Shadow Of The Pine
12.	Hobo Yodel
13.	They Cut Down The Old Pine Tree
14.	Texas Blues
15.	Hobo Bill's Last Ride
16.	Dust Pan Blues
17.	My Carolina Sunshine Girl
18.	Train Whistle Blues
19.	Anniversary Blue Yodel No. 7
20.	In The Jailhouse Now No. 2
21.	The Yodeling Hobo
22.	Pictures Of My Mother
23.	Blue Days
24.	He's In The Jail House No. 2
25.	Cowboy's Yodel
26.	Dad In The Hills

Disc Three:
1.	High Powered Mama
2.	The Yodeling Hobo
3.	Mean Mama Blues
4.	Blue Yodel No. 8
5.	Pistol Packin' Papa
6.	Dad In The Hills
7.	Pictures Of My Mother
8.	Any Old Time
9.	Money Ain't No Use Anyway
10.	Blue Days
11.	A Gangster's Warning
12.	Pictures Of My Mother
13.	That's How I Got My Start
14.	True Blue Bill
15.	Do Right Daddy Blues
16.	Do Right Daddy Blues
17.	Money Ain't No Use Anyway
18.	Money Ain't No Use Anyway
19.	That's How I Got My Start
20.	That's How I Got My Start
21.	Bear Cat Papa Blues
22.	Bear Cat Papa Blues
23.	True Blue Bill
24.	A Gangster's Warning
25.	A Gangster's Warning
26.	I'll Always Be A Rambler

Disc Four:
1.	The Death Of Mother Jones
2.	The Death Of Mother Jones
3.	Bear Cat Papa Blues
4.	High Steppin' Mama
5.	High Steppin' Mama Blues
6.	She Wouldn't Do It
7.	Don't Do Me That Way
8.	Don't Do Me That Way
9.	High Steppin' Mama Blues
10.	She Wouldn't Do It
11.	Do Right Daddy Blues
12.	T. B. Blues
13.	Jimmie The Kid
14.	Travelin' Blues
15.	There's A Good Gal In The Mountains
16.	There's A Good Gal In The Mountains
17.	She's A Low Down Mama
18.	She's A Low Down Mama
19.	She's A Low Down Mama
20.	The Old Woman And The Cow
21.	The Old Woman And The Cow
22.	Bear Cat Mama From Horner's Corners
23.	She's A Hum Dum Dinger
24.	Old Man Duff
25.	Old Man Duff

Disc Five:
1.	I'm A Truthful Fellow (True Blue Bill)
2.	I'm A Truthful Fellow (True Blue Bill)
3.	Valley In The Hills
4.	Valley In The Hills
5.	Valley In The Hills
6.	She's Just That Kind
7.	She's Always On My Mind
8.	She's Always On My Mind
9.	I'm Blue And Lonesome
10.	I'm Blue And Lonesome
11.	Pistol Packin' Papa
12.	Jail House Blues
13.	That's How I Got My Start
14.	Methodist Pie
15.	Do Right Daddy Blues
16.	Money Ain't No Use Anyhow
17.	Money Ain't No Use Anyhow
18.	I'll Be Thinking Of You Little Gal
19.	Dallas County Jail Blues
20.	She Wouldn't Do It
21.	T.B. Blues
22.	T.B. Blues
23.	True Blue Bill
24.	That's How I Got My Start
25.	I'll Always Be A Rambler
26.	Bear Cat Papa Blues
27.	I've Got The Jail House Blues

Disc Six:
1.	Rheumatism Blues
2.	I'm Atlanta Bound
3.	High Steppin' Mama Blues
4.	That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine
5.	Missouri I'm Calling
6.	Missouri I'm Calling
7.	My Alabama Home
8.	Mississippi Valley
9.	My Old Pal Of Yesterday
10.	Missouri I'm Calling
11.	Cross-Eyed Gal That Lived Upon The Hill
12.	I'm Always Dreaming Of You
13.	Why Don't You Come Back To Me
14.	Jailhouse Blues
15.	Rheumatism Blues
16.	I'm Atlanta Bound
17.	Wildcat Mama
18.	Mississippi Valley Blues
19.	My Old Pal Of Yesterday
20.	My Cross-Eyed Girl
21.	Birmingham Daddy
22.	Why Don't You Come Back To Me
23.	Why Don't You Come Back To Me
24.	She's A Low Down Mama

Disc Seven:
1.	I'm A Railroad Man (Waitin' On A Weary Train)
2.	Under The Old Apple Tree
3.	Wild Cat Mama Blues
4.	There's A Good Girl In The Mountains
5.	That Ramshackle Shack
6.	Back To Old Smoky Mountain
7.	Back To Old Smoky Mountain
8.	Back Home In The Blue Ridge Mountains
9.	The Crime I Didn't Do
10.	Kentucky Lullaby
11.	Alone With My Sorrows
12.	I'm Always Dreaming Of You
13.	Moonlight And Skies
14.	Returning To My Cabin Home
15.	In The Cradle Of My Dreams
16.	My Carolina Mountain Rose
17.	Have You Found Someone Else
18.	In The Hills Of Carolina
19.	A Gangster's Warning
20.	Back To Old Smokey Mountain
21.	Back Home In The Blue Ridge Mountains
22.	That Ramshackle Shack
23.	Black Bottom Blues
24.	Kentucky Lullaby
25.	Kentucky Lullaby

Disc Eight:
1.	Cowboy's Heaven
2.	The Little Ranch House On The Old Circle B
3.	The Yellow Rose Of Texas
4.	Your Voice Is Ringing
5.	Louisiana Moon
6.	Louisiana Moon
7.	Louisiana Moon
8.	Cowboy's Heaven
9.	Cowboy's Heaven
10.	The Little Ranch House On The Old Circle B
11.	If I Could Bring Back My Buddy
12.	If I Could Bring Back My Buddy
13.	The Old Folks Back Home
14.	The Old Folks Back Home
15.	The Yellow Rose Of Texas
16.	The Yellow Rose Of Texas
17.	The Yellow Rose Of Texas
18.	Gosh! I Miss You All The Time
19.	The Answer To 21 Years
20.	The Answer To 21 Years
21.	When It's Lamp Lightin' Time In The Valley
22.	When It's Lamp Lightin' Time In The Valley
23.	Watching The Clouds Roll By

Disc Nine:
1.	Don't Take Me Back To The Chain Gang
2.	Don't Take Me Back To The Chain Gang
3.	In The Valley Of The Moon
4.	In The Valley Of The Moon
5.	When The Mailman Says No Mail Today
6.	When The Humming Birds Are Humming
7.	When The Humming Birds Are Humming
8.	Roll Along Kentucky Moon
9.	That Mother And Daddy Of Mine
10.	'Way Out West In Texas
11.	The Dying Cowgirl
12.	The Death Of Jimmie Rodgers
13.	The Life Of Jimmie Rodgers
14.	If You'll Let Me Be Your Little Sweetheart
15.	That Old Feather Bed On The Farm
16.	There's An Empty Cot In The Bunkhouse Tonight
17.	A Hill-Billy Wedding In June
18.	Moonlight Down In Lovers' Lane
19.	The Last Round-Up
20.	When Jimmie Rodgers Said Good-bye
21.	Good Luck Old Pal ('Till We Meet Bye And Bye)
22.	Bye Bye Boyfriend (Blackbird) WARNING: EXPLICIT LYRICS
23.	Frankie And Johnnie WARNING: EXPLICIT LYRICS

Bear Family Records Sales Notes
Gene Autry That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine

Very few people know that Gene Autry...America’s beloved Singing Cowboy, began his career as the writer and performer of authentic white country blues. While working as a telegrapher for the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad - the Frisco Line - he used a railroad pass to travel to New York in 1929, hoping to follow his dream of competing with the top pop singers of the day. Instead, on the advice of Frankie and Johnny Marvin, and legendary producer Arthur Satherley, Autry used his talent to emulate Jimmie Rodgers. No other performer caught the essence of Jimmie Rodgers as Autry did. He could match Rodgers' yodel, Mississippi dialect and guitar runs so closely that it was often hard to tell the two apart. Yet, as he performed more and more original songs in the Rodgers style, he began to develop a sound of his own.

Producing records for a variety of labels such as Gennett, Victor, and Columbia, as well as various low budget labels ('dime-store platters') owned by ARC, Gene sold lots of records during the Depression when people could least afford to buy them. In the early 1930s, Gene with the guidance of his mentor Jimmy Long and Art Satherley, moved from blues to the more traditional hillbilly music of the time. His duet with Long on the mountain ballad That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine, recorded in October of 1931, became a million-selling record. Quickly following that success with other songs, such as My Old Pal Of Yesterday, Missouri Is Calling, The Little Ranch House On The Old Circle B. and Louisiana Moon, Gene went on to transform himself into America’s preeminent singing cowboy.

With the 225 songs on this 9 CD box, Bear Family Records brings together all of the surviving recordings from 1929 – 1933 for the first time ever. Most of these songs have never been on CD, and many have not been available in any form since their original release 75 years ago, including more than 20 songs that are issued here for the first time.

The hardcover book contains an essay by Packy Smith, a discography by Tony Russell, and many rare pictures and illustrations.

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