HILLBILLY-RESEARCHER: AL BARKLE on POLKALAND

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Saturday, 4 December 2010

AL BARKLE on POLKALAND

The Al Barkle here I assume is the same artist who recorded in the mid Fifties through the Sixties out on the West Coast. These two releases, dating from 1952 / 1953, were seemingly released out of sequence, e.g. 100 issued before 99?

POLKALAND 99
AL BARKLE AND HIS TRAILBLAZERS
FROM IRON MICHIGAN
Love Me Or Leave Me All Alone (E3-KB-7359)
(Dave Dudley) (No Publisher Noted)
Would You Mind? (E3-KB-7360)
(Patti Williams) (No Publisher Noted)

Musicians listed on label
Al Barkle (Vocal / Guitar); Bonny Rick (Steel Guitar); Andy Sanders (Bass).

POLKALAND 100
AL BARKLE AND HIS TRAILBLAZERS
IRON MICHIGAN
Honky Tonky Mama (E2-KB-4525)
(Turner – English) (No Publisher Noted)
The Goodnight Waltz (E2-KB-4526)
(Les Kangas) (No Publisher Noted)

Musicians listed on label
Al Barkle (Vocal / Guitar); Bonny Rick (Steel Guitar / Standard Guitar); Lee Arbey (Trumpet / Drums).