Poole recorded If I Lose, I
Don't Care for Columbia Records on July 25, 1927. The notes for the
County Records cd, Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers Vol. 2, says
that where Charlie Poole found his songs and tunes to record will probably
never be known with certainty. It is most likely that his sources were oral
since he was barely literate but whatever the source he has a good ear for a
good tune... it then goes on to credit If I Lose, I Don't
Care as a folksong with no writer credit.
I don't know much about the sales #'s, but Neil
Rosenberg does point out the importance of Poole's three-finger picking style on
Bill and Charlie Monroe... so I would guess his music was fairly widely
distributed.
Shannon
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Tuesday, April 20, 1999 12:44 PMSubject: charlie poole
helpanyone out there know the label, release date, and
writer of charlie poole's if i lose? any information about
sales would be a big help, too. thanks, bill f-w
