Sometimes the liner notes just have to speak for themselves.....
“Let’s have MORE of those songs!”
That was what folks said when they heard TUBBY WALTON’S first album of country meetinghouse religious favorites, sung in the untrained but naturally rich and mellow voice of “Georgia’s Ambassador of Good Cheer”.
Without commercial promotion of any sort, Cousin Tubby’s first album was a fast sellout and, like the voice of the turtledove, the cry of MORE! MORE! continued to be heard.
Never one to deny his “public” William Hewlette Walton, his legal alias, called in his “organ playing ladies” as he calls Mary Eskew, Lola Downs, and Eloise Phillips (talented musicians all!) and they teamed with the recording genius of Maurice LeFevre to help Tubby “birth” this second album. (ed.: ew.)
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So-o, cut down the lights, close your eyes, open your ears and your heart and let memory be your guest as you hum along while Tubby sings the tender and romantic “goodies” Grandpa employed to enthral (sic) Grandma-—back “When You and I Were Young, Maggie”!
You’ll be glad you did!
And while you enjoy this music-that’s-different you can experience a warm glow of satisfaction from knowing that every cent of the $5 you paid for your album goes to worthy causes—the YMCA Boys Work, the Epilepsy Fund, the Cancer Fund, and others. And when Cousin Tubby says it ALL goes to charity he means exactly what he says!
“It’s ALL clear, Cousin. And, beloved, when Tubby says it is ALL clear that’s what he means. There ain’t no deducts, Cousin.”
GUARANTEE
Tubby guarantees every album you buy; if you don’t like it, keep the album and he’ll refund your $5! (ed.: If you don't like the album, why would you want to keep it?)
That’s fair enough for anybody, so how many copies can we sell Y-O-U, Cousin?
--James Q. (Jake) Maxwell
Well. How can I possibly make fun of such a worthy fundraiser? I'll just have to let you listen (if you dare) and do it yourself.
Tubby Walton Sings Again....
LeFevre Sound, Atlanta MLFP 2626
Jesus is Calling
He Lives
The Great Physician
Precious Lord, Take My Hand
(two other Jesusy songs I couldn't bring myself to sit through)
Carry Me Back to Old Virginny
Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes (what the hell does that MEAN, anyway??? I always wondered.)
Kathleen
Juanita
Maggie
Genevieve
3 comments:
I just about spazzed out when I saw the name Tubby Walton! I went to Junior High with a kid everybody called Tubby Walton - he was the kid that we all threw rocks at walking home from school. His defense mechanism was to pee his pants when cornered. I could go on and on, but... many years later, he somehow ended up marrying my cousin, so now he's at EVERY FREAKING FAMILY REUNION! Come to think of it, maybe he's finally gotten his revenge!
Just a note - my Tubby Walton isn't as old as the one on the album cover - but nevertheless, I can see some resemblance.
If you're chosen as his Secret Santa, I'll mail you the album to give him!
Seeing his nickname on that album after all these years might open up some painful old wounds for him. So, yeah, I'd be up for that - thank you!
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