Fields Where We Once Played, by The Payroll Boys

Fields Where We Once Played

by The Payroll Boys

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1.	Lonesome Pine 03:13	buy track
2.	Family Bible 03:36	buy track
3.	Dry Land Fishin' 02:32	buy track
4.	I Shall Be Released 04:43	buy track
5.	90 Years Old 01:56	buy track
6.	One Way Ticket 02:47	buy track
7.	Louise 03:01	buy track
8.	Fields Where We Once Played 02:52	buy track
9.	Paycheck Bounce 02:24	buy track
10.	Blind Marie 04:04	buy track

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Recordings for the 1983 release JA046, Fields Where We Once Played, were recorded at Maggard Studio in Big Stone Gap, Virginia by C. Maggard, A. Maggard and Doug Dorschug. The release was produced by Jack Wright and George Reynolds. Musicians included Jack Tottle on lead vocals and mandolin; Roger Hall on tenor vocals and banjop; Sonny Houston on baritone vocals, electric bass and string bass; Jack Wright on guitar, baritone vocals, lead vocals, and Jew's harp; Jerry Douglas on dobro; Marion Sumner on fiddle; and Eddie Trent on pedal steel.

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released January 1, 1983

The Payroll Boys were a traditional mountain music group from Letcher County, Kentucky who played from 1977 to 1982. Band members included Sonny Houston from Hemphill, Kentucky, Roger Hall from Whitesburg, KY, Jack Tottle of Scott County, Virginia, and Jack Wright from Wise, Virginia.

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Founded in 1974 in the mountains of eastern Kentucky, June Appal Recordings is the non-profit record label of Appalshop. It was established to record and distribute the music and stories of accomplished central Appalachian artists.

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