Formats and Editions
1. High Wide & Handsome
2. Took My Gal Out Walkin'
3. I'm the Man Who Rode the Mule Around the World
4. My Mother and My Sweetheart
5. Bill Mason's Bride
6. Goodbye Booze
7. Old Ballyhoo
8. Little Waterloo
9. I'm Glad I'm Married
10. Mother's Last Farewell Kiss
11. Acres of Diamonds
12. Way Up in NYC
13. If I Lose
14. Great Reaping Day, The
15. Where the Whippoorwill Is Whispering Goodnight
1. Man in the Moon, The
2. Deal, The
3. No Knees
4. Moving Day
5. Old and Only in the Way
6. Ragtime Annie
7. Sweet Sunny South
8. Letter That Never Came, The
9. Awful Hungry Hash House
10. Rowena
11. Didn't He Ramble
12. Ramblin' Blues
13. Charlie's Last Song
14. Beautiful
15. High Wide & Handsome (Reprise)
More Info:
Loudon Wainwright III, together with producer Dick Connette, has created one of the most ambitious projects of his career with the 2 CD set HIGH WIDE & HANDSOME a grand gathering of songs, both old and original, revisiting the life, times and recorded legacy of legendary singer and banjo picker Charlie Poole (1892-1931).Guests on the album include Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, Sloan Wainwright, Lucy Wainwright Roche, the Roches, and Chris Thile. Package also includes a 72 page booklet.