MOTHER'S BEST FLOUR

OLD TIME RADIO - 2 CD - 70 mp3 - Total Playtime: 16:30:49

From late 1950 to late 1951, you could hear Hank Williams on WSM every morning at 7:15 singing and selling Mother's Best Flour, as well as self-raising Cornmeal and Pig & Sow Feed. During the 15 minute show Hank and the announcer Louie Buck would pitch the flour in between Hank's songs. Hank even wrote a theme song for the show.

I love to have that gal around
Her bicuits are so nice and brown
Her pies and cakes beat all the rest
Cause she makes them all with Mother's Best

Hank was paid $100 a week for five shows. Often times, they were pre-recorded due to Hank's touring schedule. These shows are among Hank Williams most popular, if not his best, work.

Perhaps the most well known, most sought collection in the Hank Williams catalogue are the Mother's Best radio shows. This collection of radio shows is considered by many to be Hank's best work and were done at the peak of his career in 1951.

The show was broadcast live between 7:15 and 7:30 a.m. on WSM out of Nashville, Tennessee. Some of the shows were pre-recorded to be played on the air when Hank was out on the road. Hank was paid $100 a week for recording the shows that usually consisted of one country song, one instrumental and a gospel song to close the show, but that's not all they have to offer.

The Mother's Best Shows capture Hank's personality better than anything else known to exist and they don't paint the picture of a sad, lonesome, forlorn man hell bent on drinking and death as many books and other publications try to portray him as. In fact, it is probably the in-between song chatter that makes these recordings so great, you get a glimpse of what Hank Williams was like as a person.

The Mother's Best shows also featured a surprising variety of hymns, since there was at least one in every early-morning broadcast. A lesser-known Hank-penned uptempo jubilee number, "I'm Gonna Sing", is a highlight -- but so is his surprising three-part harmony singing with Drifting Cowboys Jerry Rivers and Cedric Rainwater on the likes of "I Hear My Savior Calling Me". Those expecting all lonesome barroom ballads and joking marital complaints should know that there's a lot of the gospel side of Hank on these discs. He shows a particular appreciation for songs by his Louisiana Hayride and Opry buddies the Bailes Brothers â "Dust On The Bible" and "I've Got My One-Way Ticket To The Sky", for instance. The Bailes' influence on Hank may have been as potent as that of Roy Acuff and Ernest Tubb.

For all of the solemn spirituality, there's plenty of joking, in any case. We still hear Williams inform his female audience, "Hey good lookin', if you've got anything cookin', just make sure you're cookin' it with Mother's Best Flour." This is a Hank very much in the world of his moment; he mentions the current pop hit version of "On Top Of Old Smoky" (it was by the Weavers) before launching into a great hard country version himself as an answer.

SHOWS LIST

MBF510108 - [01] First Song - The Blind Child
MBF510109 - [02] First Song - Where The Old Red River Flows
MBF510110 - [03] First Song - Moanin' the Blues
MBF510111 - [04] First Song - Alabama Waltz
MBF510112 - [05] First Song - No-Body's Lonesome For Me
MBF510115 - [06] First Song - Loveless Mansion on the Hill
MBF510116 - [07] First Song - Everythings Okay
MBF510117 - [08] First Song - Nobody's Lonesome For Me
MBF510118 - [09] First Song - Move It On Over
MBF510119 - [10] First Song - Seaman's Blues
MBF5xxxxx - [11] First Song - Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
MBF5xxxxx - [12] First Song - On The Banks Of The Old Ponchartrain
MBF5xxxxx - [13] First Song - My Sweet Love Ain't Around
MBF5xxxxx - [14] First Song - Pins & Needles In My Heart
MBF5xxxxx - [15] First Song - Mind Your Own Business
MBF5xxxxx - [16] First Song - May You Never Be Alone
MBF5xxxxx - [17] First Song - They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
MBF5xxxxx - [18] First Song - Cool Water
MBF5xxxxx - [19] First Song - I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Living
MBF510202 - [20] First Song - Cold, Cold Heart
MBF5xxxxx - [21] First Song - Dear John
MBF5xxxxx - [22] First Song - At The First Fall Of Snow
MBF5xxxxx - [23] First Song - Wedding Bells
MBF5xxxxx - [24] First Song - Why Don't You Love Me
MBF5xxxxx - [25] First Song - Faded Love & Winter Roses
MBF5xxxxx - [26] First Song - Just When I Needed You
MBF5xxxxx - [27] First Song - Move It On Over
MBF5xxxxx - [28] First Song - There's Nothing As Sweet As My Baby
MBF5xxxxx - [29] First Song - I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
MBF5xxxxx - [30] First Song - Where The Old Red River Flows
MBF5xxxxx - [31] First Song - On Top Of Old Smoky
MBF5xxxxx - [32] First Song - May You Never Be Alone
MBF5xxxxx - [33] First Song - Next Sunday Darling Is My Birthday
MBF5xxxxx - [34] First Song - Tennessee Border
MBF5xxxxx - [35] First Song - Pictures From Life's Other Side
MBF5xxxxx - [36] First Song - Just Waitin'
MBF5xxxxx - [37] First Song - My Sweet Love Ain't Around
MBF5xxxxx - [38] First Song - I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
MBF5xxxxx - [39] First Song - Just When I Needed You
MBF5xxxxx - [40] First Song - Cold, Cold Heart
MBF5xxxxx - [41] First Song - Moanin' The Blues
MBF5xxxxx - [42] First Song - I Hang My Head And Cry
MBF5xxxxx - [43] First Song - I Dreamed About Mama Last Night
MBF5xxxxx - [44] First Song - Low & Lonely
MBF5xxxxx - [45] First Song - Orange Blossom Special
MBF5xxxxx - [46] First Song - If I Didn't Love You
MBF5xxxxx - [47] First Song - I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'
MBF5xxxxx - [48] First Song - Hey Good Lookin'
MBF5xxxxx - [49] First Song - I've Been Down That Road Before
MBF5xxxxx - [50] First Song - California Zephyr
MBF5xxxxx - [51] First Song - (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle Blow
MBF5xxxxx - [52] First Song - I Can't Tell My Heart That
MBF5xxxxx - [53] First Song - Just Waitin'
MBF5xxxxx - [54] First Song - Cherokee Boogie
MBF5xxxxx - [55] First Song - (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle Blow
MBF5xxxxx - [56] First Song - I'll Sail My Ship Alone
MBF5xxxxx - [57] First Song - Dear John
MBF5xxxxx - [58] First Song - Cold, Cold Heart
MBF510402 - [61] First Song - Move It On Over
MBF510403 - [62] First Song - Faded Love & Winter Roses
MBF510404 - [63] First Song - Why Should We Try
MBF510405 - [64] First Song - Long Gone Lonesome Blues
MBF510406 - [65] First Song - Dear John
MBF5xxxxx - [66] First Song - Mind Your Own Business
MBF5xxxxx - [67] First Song - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
MBF5xxxxx - [68] First Song - My Sweet Love Ain't Around
MBF5xxxxx - [69] First Song - I Blotted Your Happy School Days
MBF5xxxxx - [70] First Song - Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
MBF5xxxxx - [71] First Song - Hey Good Lookin'
MBF5xxxxx - [72] First Song - I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
 

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