December 19, 2021
19th December – Birthday of Bill Carlisle (December 19, 1908–March 17, 2003), influential American country singer/songwriter and guitarist popular in the late 1940s and 1950s. Left an extensive legacy of recordings some by himself and some as a duo with brother Cliff (the steel guitar ace who recorded with Jimmie Rodgers in 1931). One BACM compilation of early Bill Carlisle tracks … plus late 40s Carlisle Brothers recordings with steel-guitarist brother Cliff and a collection of The Carlisles 1950s recordings, with a new line up following Cliffs retirement.
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