I've never figured out why this LP is called "Greatest Hits" because it only has two charted hits on it! "Don't Let Me Cross Over" which of course was Carl and Pearl's only number one and the number 14 hit, "Loving Arms".
My favorites of the other nine tunes are "We'd Destroy Each Other" and "Sundown In Nashville". "Sundown In Nashville" tells the story of how hard a singer/songwriters life is when they first come to Nashville to make their path in the music world. A great tune.
If you click on the LP cover to the left here, you will see a larger picture. Don Unterfer, former lead guitar player for Carl and Pearl, told me a little story about this cover. Seems Pearl wasn't at the photo shoot the day they took Carl's picture. Carl was leading one of his horses when this picture was taken and if you look really closely you can see part of the harness in Carl's hand. Pearl's picture was put into the photo at a later date and obviously, the horse was removed but they didn't take the harness out of Carl's hand! On the LP cover itself, you can actually see a metal clip on the leather harness in Carl's hand.
Here is the song list for this LP:
Side One:
1. It's Called Cheating
2. Can I Draw The Line
3. We'll Sweep Out The Ashes In The Morning
4. If I'd Only Met You First
5. Punish Me Tomorrow
6. Don't Let Me Cross Over
Side Two:
1. Loving Arms
2. Sundown In Nashville
3. We'd Destroy Each Other
4. For A Minute There
5. Goodbye Tennessee
Another great LP from Carl & Pearl.
Until next time, keep on Honky Tonkin', its the only cure for Honky Tonkitis !
Mo
