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An American Original - Chubby Wise
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  1. Cotton Eyed Joe]
  2. Green Valley Waltz
  3. Bonaparte's Retreat
  4. I Can't Stop Loving You
  5. It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)
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  1. Cotton Eyed Joe]
  2. Green Valley Waltz
  3. Bonaparte's Retreat
  4. I Can't Stop Loving You
  5. It Is No Secret (What God Can Do)
  6. Under the Double Eagle]
  7. Little Liza Jane]
  8. The Sidewalk Waltz
  9. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
  10. Whispering Hope]
  11. Stone's Rag]
  12. The Eighth of January]
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Although traditional fiddler Chubby Wise had appeared on hundreds of recordings by everyone from Hank Snow to Hank Williams, the best place to find his skipping and aching bow work is on the 1995 recording An American Original. Expertly recorded by Sonny Osborne of the Osborne Brothers in late 1994, the nearly 80-year-old fiddler tears through some real barnburners, like "Cotton Eyed Joe" and "Little Liza Jane," but still slows it down for the weepers, "I Can't Stop Loving You" and a great cover of Hank Williams' "I'm So ...

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An American Original 1995, Pinecastle

UPC: 755757104128

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