Old American Heart Throbs

“In this world’s mighty gallery of pictures, are the scenes that are painted from life.”

So go the opening lines from “Pictures from Life’s Other Side,” written by Hank Williams and sung by Smokey Joe Miller. Smokey Joe, born the son of sharecroppers in Georgia in 1918, had a prestigious career as professional guitar player before becoming a music teacher and minister.

His Georgia pals, Lawrence Young and Newman Humphries, share the same rural Georgian roots and musical prowess, which underpinned their friendship since the 1930s. With guitar and mandolin, they sing and play the old songs that were part of their lives.

Featuring the musicians’ biographies, and song lyrics in the liner notes, this recording is one of five albums of heartfelt music Miller made for Folkways Records during the 1980s.

Track Listing

101	The Sweetest Gift a Mother's Smile	Smokey Joe Miller and the Georgia Pals	02:58
102	The Homestead on the Farm	Smokey Joe Miller and the Georgia Pals	02:20
103	Pictures From Life's Other Side	Smokey Joe Miller and the Georgia Pals	04:47
104	Don't Let the Teardrops Bring You Home	Smokey Joe Miller and the Georgia Pals	02:43
105	The Old Country Church	Smokey Joe Miller and the Georgia Pals	03:36
106	What Would You Give in Exchange for Your Soul?	Smokey Joe Miller and the Georgia Pals	03:36
107	Where the Soul Never Ends	Smokey Joe Miller and the Georgia Pals	02:41
108	If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again	Smokey Joe Miller and the Georgia Pals	04:25
109	Mary of the Wild Moor	Smokey Joe Miller and the Georgia Pals	03:58
201	I Told Them All about You	Smokey Joe Miller and the Georgia Pals	02:25
202	Just an Old Chimney Stack	Smokey Joe Miller and the Georgia Pals	02:22
203	The Old Country School House	Smokey Joe Miller and the Georgia Pals	03:18
204	There's No One to Welcome Me	Smokey Joe Miller and the Georgia Pals	03:30
205	That City Fair	Smokey Joe Miller and the Georgia Pals	02:39
206	Somebody's Praying for You	Smokey Joe Miller and the Georgia Pals	02:31
207	Mother, Queen of My Heart	Smokey Joe Miller and the Georgia Pals	02:53
208	One More Valley	Smokey Joe Miller and the Georgia Pals	02:40
209	Hold Fast to the Right	Smokey Joe Miller and the Georgia Pals	03:13
210	The House Where We Were Wed	Smokey Joe Miller and the Georgia Pals	02:44