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Title: Tell Old Bill (3:55) Author: Trad.
Interpreted by: Terry Gillespie, resonator guitar and vocals
Accompanist: Lyndell Montgomery - violin pizzicato * Wayne Stoute - percussion
 Carl Sandburg first heard this grim blues-ballad from Nancy Barnhart of St. Louis back in the 1920s. Ten years later, folklorist and singer Sam Hinton came across an African American farmer in Walker County, TX who sang another version. And in the late 1950s, Bob Gibson introduced "Tell Old Bill" to a wider audience when he recorded an interpretation of Sandburg's version. Terry first heard Dave Van Ronk do the tune in the 60s, it stayed with him all this time and now it is his turn to ‘Tell Old Bill’.

 Big Money consists of ten original tunes and Scared which was composed by Peter Karp & Sue Foley who accompany him on this lovely interpretation of their song.  Bonus live track You don’t Love Me by Willie Hobbs, features the guitar work of Vince Halfhide.  Three of the tunes: Soul on Fire ,  Blood on You  and  Jones are contemporary protest songs. The title song, Big Money, is a light hearted spoof at the music industry.  Infectious grooves are in Terry’s DNA, ergo, Big Money is a groovy CD!

Fourteen musicians joined in the making of Big Money.  Another international stew of  musicians that Terry is so famous for putting together. (Biographies of the players are on Terry’s website. )

The cigar you see Terry smoking in the artwork is handmade from tobacco he grew at home, cured and rolled especially for the cover shot,  all organic - all homegrown.

Today their music is a sweet tiramisu consisting of liquor-soaked layers of Blues, Reggae, Country, and Jazz. Rated 9 out of 10 BluesWax. Richard Ludmerer, Vice President, New York Blues and Jazz Society, is a contributing editor at BluesWax

Heaven's Radio "Active" and "Uptown Babies" digitally remixed and mastered with 4 bonus tunes! Sooooo Good!

Heaven’s Radio leaps ahead with Uptown Babies. This is the kind of album you would like to take home to meet your mother. This is one of the best albums to come out of anywhere by anybody in a long time. – Victor Botari This is the re-release of the albums ACTIVE (1980) and UPTOWN BABIES (1980) with bonus tracks in a boxed set. 

"One of the best good time CDs in Canadian Music history" Real Blues Magazine. Buy a autographed CD using PayPal.