The Carolina Tar Heels
| The Carolina Tar Heels | |
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 The Carolina Tar Heels around 1930: Clarence Ashley (left), Doc Walsh (middle) and Gwen Foster (right) |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Old-time |
| founding | 1925 |
| resolution | 1932 |
| Founding members | |
| Doc Walsh | |
| Gwen Foster | |
| Later members | |
| Clarence Ashley | |
Harmonica, guitar |
Garley Foster |
The Carolina Tar Heels were an American old-time band from the 1920s and early 1930s. They should not with the Carolina Tarheels from Atlanta , Georgia , are confused, which reached in the early 1930s by the radio awareness.
Career
The band was founded by Doc Walsh and Gwen Foster. Garley Foster (the latter were not related) and Clarence Ashley joined the two musicians in 1928. The Carolina Tar Heels were extremely famous in their Piedmont area. From the mid-1920s they made numerous records for RCA Victor . Some of their popular titles are Her Name Was Hula Lu , Bring Me A Leaf From The Sea, and Shanghai in China . Her biggest hit, however, was My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains . In the 1930s there was another band around Hoke Rice , also called Carolina Tarheels . To differentiate themselves from the group, they renamed themselves The Original Carolina Tar Heels . However, the band split up afterwards.
In 1961 the former band members got together again due to the great popularity of the folk . Together with Walsh's son Drake, they recorded an album in 1964 for the Folk Legacy label .
Discography
For solo recordings by individual musicians, see the discography sections in the respective articles. Discography is not exhaustive.
| year | title | Remarks | |
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| RCA Victor | |||
| 1927 | There Ain't No Use Workin 'So Hard / I'm Going To Georgia | ||
| 1927 | Bring Me A Leaf From The Sea / Her Name Was Hula Lou | by Gwen Foster / Doc Walsh | |
| 1927 | When The Good Lord Sets You Free / I Love My Mountain Home | ||
| 1927 | Bulldog Down In Sunny Tennessee / Shanghai In China | ||
| 1927 | Goodbye My Bonnie / Mama Scolds Me For Flirting | ||
| 1928 | Ped and Awl / You're A Little Too Small | ||
| 1928 | Roll On Boys / Lay Down Baby | ||
| 1928 | There's A Man Goin 'Around Takin' Names / I Don't Like The Blues No How | ||
| 1929 | Oh How I Hate It / Rude and Rambling Man | ||
| 1929 | My Home's Across The Blueridge Mountains / Who's Gonna Kiss Your Lips? | ||
| 1929 | Somebodys Tall & Handsome / The Train Done Gone and Left Me | ||
| 1929 | Old Gray Goose / Hand In Hand We Walked Together | ||
| 1930 | Can't You Remember When Your Heart Was Mine? / I'll be washed | ||