Charlie Stewart – “G.I. Joe / Kangaroo Court” 7″ (196?)
Oh, hell, yeah. If I could find a slab like this every day for the rest of my life, I’d die a happy man. Some scorching old school country and western here and both sides are great and, unbelievably, this disc appears to be pretty much unknown. Yes, Mr. Stewart isn’t shy about telling you that he has shrapnel in both legs and God help you if you are a draft-card burning commie! Flip it over and you have an anti-corruption tirade directed at a judge on the take. Good stuff and perhaps I’ll subject you to more of this guy’s works in the future—he had a few others.
THE TRACKS:
Download HERE
Oh No! Poopy… I’ts probably just some temporary glitch, or a fault with my computer, but none of your links will download at the moment, the mediafire page comes up but the link wont DL when you click. Hope this just a bug and mediafire havn’t pulled the plug!
Also, have been getting this message on google when it finds links to your pages “This site may be compromised” so they are warning people that your site may of been hacked…
Hope this turns out ot be nothing…
can’t do without Mr Poopy and GTT!!!
Ferkin
Probably temporary. The site actually was hacked several months ago but it has been clean for a long time–pushing a year. As for Google, as anyone who knows anything knows, they’re shady. They scan for content and bury politically questionable sites in their search results or flat out don’t list them. I know this for a fact. As for Mediafire, it’s working OK on my end. No warnings from Google, either. Your ISP might come into play, as well.
Thanks for the reply poops, I didn’t know that about google, but it don’t surprise me. The mediafire problem seems to be intermittent, will work sometimes but not others… mostly not though, i gave some links to your downloads to some friends and none of em could get em to work, anyway it’s probably just a temporary problem. Sorry to bug you with technical shit and hope this didn’t sound like a moan at you.. . Coz We loves the Poops and his Poopy site! 
Mediafire seems to work on my end. It’s not like I can bitch at them, seeing as I get it for free. Used to get messages that downloads were “unavailable” from time time to time on Megaupload and I would come back later and they would work–maybe it’s the same thing.
I was happy to see that my Dad’s records are still being enjoyed! My Pop, Charlie, will be celebrating his 80th Birthday on March 1, 2013. We are compiling comments and listings on the internet for his music as a gift. His song, Old Age and Rough Treatment was in the Rockabilly Hall of Fame and had played on American Bandstand in the late 1950′s. He made a few records with the Gemtones as well!
Thank you for keeping his music alive!
Tina (Stewart)
I think that’s the only single I don’t have–I’ll have to keep an eye out. He played around southern and central Indiana, right? Ever heard of an artist called “The Crusader”? I’ve been looking for his one and only record (“Wake Up My People”)for almost 20 years–desperate for any info on that guy. Thanks for stopping by!
Tina,
Your dad used to come by my dad’s Sunoco filling station in Indianapolis. He gave him a few of his records, and we still enjoy them today! Tell him we are still enjoying his music! Would love to be able to find in in downloadable form!
Yes, Dad played mostly in Indiana. Where did you find this record? I’m missing a few titles and would love to complete our collection for future generations. We bought a couple from across the pond for the fun of having the postage stamp with the record. One of his songs was a reissue press that was issued in Germany in the 1980s.
Sorry but I haven’t heard of “The Crusader” …when did he cut his record?
1967 from Beech Grove, IN. No one seems to know anything about it. Anyway, I have “The Gravy Train Don’t Go To Glasgow Junction” 7″ and “500 Miles To Go” 7″. Pretty sure they were both later in his career. I think I found the one in this post at a consignment shop by my work. There’s a guy who sells at the Alpha Music Collectors show in Indy sometimes who has mint copies of his later records and a bunch of other old local C & W and rock-a-billy bands from the era. There’s a show this Sunday in Beech Grove at 10 AM, but I can’t promise he’ll be there. Usually sells 3 for $1.
The Crusader: http://www.45rpmrecords.com/IN/Dip.php
Record Shows: http://www.recordshowsofamerica.com/listingsdate_main.html
Dad was still making records in the late 60s so I’ll see if he knows anything about The Crusader.
I live in New Mexico so going to the show won’t work but appreciate the info. I am finding a lot on the internet though!
Here are a few more of his songs you may enjoy:
Hey Castro
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuZv0tjifkU
Santa Clause Won’t Come This Year
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4AxHsr7K18
When My Baby Calls Me Honey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAq5PVV82NI
Cheers!
Yeah, I found those last night–I didn’t know he went that far back. I thought he only had four or five singles. The guy who did that Crusader record was a professional musician going under an alias–he probably played in the area under another name. I’ve asked a lot of older music collectors who grew up in the area if they were familiar with him and no one knows squat. When I want something bad enough, I always find it–even if I have to pay for it. I’ve been pounding the pavement for that record for years and the only guy I know who knows about it put it on a bootleg CD that I own, but even he doesn’t own it. There probably aren’t even a dozen records I give a shit about ever owning anymore but that is one of them–I ask anyone who might know something. The thing isn’t even worth money or sought after–it’s just really hard to find for some reason.
I think dad had Hitch Hiking Talking Duck and The Gravy Train Don’t Go To Glasgow Junction. Would love to hear the latter again, if you can post it!
I have the second one–I’ll put a link in the comments. Won’t get to it for a couple days. It might be on YouTube.
Poopy! Yes!
That was great! I love this kinda stuff, I just picked up “The Lonesome Valley Singers Hello Vietnam: Country & Western War Songs” which is similar to this post(but not as good) Please do subject us to more of this guy!