Pick Me Up on Your Way Down

by Charlie Walker

Overview

Charlie Walker is remembered for his 1958 hit "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down," but he charted over two dozen hits in his long career that included stints with Imperial, Decca, Columbia, Epic, RCA, and Capitol. Pick Me Up on Your Way Down is a five-disc box set that collects Walker's complete recordings from his earliest, tentative efforts for Imperial through the end of his tenure with Epic in the late '60s. Walker was a honky-tonker in the Texas dancehall tradition second only to Ray Price in his use of the shuffle beat, but he varied his approach enough so that a set of this length doesn't become tedious. His early recordings were sometimes sung uncertainly, but Walker improved with age to the point where the last recordings on this box set are some of the best. Walker's late-'60s efforts were surprisingly adventurous (including an incredible hard-rocking cover of the Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women") and much better than his declining fortunes on the charts would suggest. ~ Greg Adams

Product Details

Release Date:	03/09/1999
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	4000127158529
Rank:	148423

Tracks

Disc 1

1. I'm Looking For Another You
2. Stolen Kisses
3. Flaming Jewels
4. Two Red Lips
5. By Rights You Belong to Me
6. Out of My Arms
7. Flock of Memories
8. What You Savin' Your Lovin' For
9. I've Never Been Out of Texas
10. Stay Away From My Heart
11. You Don't Need No Other Daddy But Me
12. Tell Her Lies and Feed Her Candy
13. When You Know What You Have Lost
14. It Takes That to Satisfy Me
15. The Chocolate Song
16. Hurry Back Home
17. Only You, Only You
18. You Can't Get There From Here
19. Remembering
20. Stepping Stones
21. Stand Still
22. Cheaters Never Win
23. I'm Not Mixed up Anymore
24. Gentle Love
25. No Sorrow Tonight
26. Dancing Mexican Boy
27. I'll Never Let It Show
28. Take My Hand (I'll Understand)
29. Two Empty Arms
30. Pick Me up on Your Way Down
31. Do You Care For Me
32. Who's Giving Who the Heartaches Now

Disc 2

33. I'll Catch You When You Fall
34. I Don't Mind Saying
35. Broken Hearts Will Haunt Your Soul
36. Bow Down Your Head and Cry
37. When My Conscience Hurts the Most
38. Who Will Buy the Wine
39. I Go Anywhere
40. Take Back Your Old Love Letters
41. A Way to Free Myself
42. Right Back at Your Door
43. Facing the Wall
44. I Walked Out on Heaven
45. Good Deal, Lucille
46. Louisiana Belle
47. Life Goes on (I Wonder Why)
48. I Only Meant to Borrow (Not to Steal)
49. Running Back to You
50. One in Every Crowd
51. What's Wrong With Me
52. There's Where Katie Waits
53. Truck Driving Man
54. Close All the Honky Tonks
55. The Bad Things I Do
56. I Am Nothing
57. Last Call Fro Alcohol
58. Wild Side of Life
59. Honky Tonk Blues
60. Fraulein
61. Pick Me up on Your Way Down

Disc 3

62. Honky Tonk Song
63. The Band Keeps Playing On
64. Every Good Reason
65. Shoes of a Fool
66. Walking the Floor Over You
67. Foggy River
68. Born to Lose
69. You're Still on My Mind
70. My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You
71. I'll Go Down Swinging
72. Drivin' Nails in My Coffin
73. Gonna Buy Me a Jukebox
74. I Can Take Anything
75. I'd Rather Switch Than Fight
76. Fast Way of Livin'
77. Hello, Bill
78. Bubbles in My Beer
79. Crazy Arms
80. Little Old Heartache Maker Me
81. Wild as a Wildcat
82. Out of a Honky Tonk
83. Try Me One More Time
84. The Man in the Little White Suit
85. Memory Killer
86. He's a Jolly Good Fellow
87. A Dozen More Like You
88. Back in My Baby's Arms Again
89. I'm Gonna Live (As Long as I Can)
90. Little Old Winedrinker Me
91. Think of Me
92. Daddy's Coming Home (Next Week)
93. I'm Ashamed of You
94. I'm Gonna Hang up My Gloves
95. You Lied to Me
96. The Town That Never Sleeps

Disc 4

97. The Way to Say Goodbye
98. Mr. Cool
99. Don't Squeeze My Sharmon
100. Moffett, Oklahoma
101. The Tails Been Waggin' the Dog Too Long
102. Tonight, We're Calling It a Day
103. Pistol Packin' Mama
104. Fast Women, Slow Horses and Wines
105. Here's to the Girls
106. I Wouldn't Take Her to a Dogfight
107. Sweetheart of the Year
108. The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart)
109. A Bad Girl
110. When My Conscience Hurts the Most
111. Truck Drivin' Cat With Nine Wives
112. A Honky Tonk in Dallas
113. San Diego
114. There Is a Fountain
115. What a Friend We Have in Jesus
116. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
117. Softly and Tenderly
118. This World Is Not My Home
119. Precious Memories
120. I'll Fly Away
121. Gathering Flowers For the Master's Bouquet
122. The Great Speckled Bird
123. On the Wings of a Dove
124. He Is My Everything
125. Honky Tonk Season
126. Till Something Better Comes Along
127. Too Many Nights in Too Many Arms

Disc 5

128. You're From Texas
129. Don't Put Down the Honky Tonks
130. Rosie Bokay
131. Honky Tonk Women
132. I Owe the World to You
133. Let's Go Fishin' Boys (The Girls Are Bitin')
134. You're All Dressed up (With Somewhere to Go)
135. Ode to Stella
136. God Save the Queen (Of the Honky Tonks)
137. Becky Who
138. My Baby Used to Be That Way
139. Before I Found the Wire
140. Good Old Mountain Dew
141. She's Much More of a Woman
142. Wild Woman
143. Got My Mind on the Border of Mexico
144. Pick Me up on Your Way Down
145. Jambalaya
146. Almost Persuaded
147. Moffett, Oklahoma
148. My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You
149. Don't Squeeze My Sharmon
150. Honky Tonk Season
151. San Antonio Rose
152. El Rancho Grande
153. The One Rose (That's Left in My Heart)
154. You're From Texas

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Charlie Walker   Primary Artist
Ray Edenton   Guitar
Owen Bradley   Piano
Buddy Emmons   Guitar (Steel)
Harold Bradley   Guitar
The Anita Kerr Singers   Vocals
Thomas Lee Jackson Jr.   Fiddle
Sam Pruett   Guitar
Frank Juricek   Guitar (Steel)
The Jordanaires   Vocals
Mac Gayden   Guitar
Farris Coursey   Drums
Joe Zinkan   Bass
Jimmy Day   Guitar (Steel)
Lightnin' Chance   Bass
Jack Pruett   Guitar
William Paul Ackerman   Drums
Herman Wade   Guitar
Roy M. "Junior" Husky   Bass
Jack Jackson & His Band   Fiddle
Jerry Glenn Kennedy   Guitar
Buddy Harman   Drums
Dale Potter   Fiddle
Billy Sanford   Guitar
Larry Butler   Piano
Floyd Cramer   Piano
Grady Martin   Guitar
Hargus "Pig" Robbins   Piano
Johnny Gimble   Mandolin
Jack Shook   Guitar
Henry Strzelecki   Bass

Technical Credits

Rex Griffin   Composer
Vern Stovall   Composer
Mel Tillis   Composer
Ray Price   Composer
Merle Haggard   Composer
Merle Kilgore   Composer
Al Dexter   Composer
Leon Payne   Composer
Al Terry   Composer
Guy Smith   Composer
Hank Williams   Composer
Hank Mills   Composer
Teddy Wilburn   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Slim Willet   Composer
Silvano Ramos   Composer
Bill Anderson   Composer
Autry Inman   Composer
Paul Cohen   Producer
Bill Rice   Composer
Roy Carter   Composer
Lani McIntire   Composer
Otto Kitsinger   Discography
Curtis Leach   Composer
Billy Arr   Composer
Sylke Holtrop   Artwork
Charles Theriot   Composer
D. Christopher "Q-Pid" Jennings   Composer
Pat Twitty   Composer
Lou Wayne   Composer
Buck Peddy   Composer
Bob Tanner   Composer
B.J. Anderson   Composer
Van Givens   Composer
Clyde Pitts   Composer
Lew Chudd   Producer
Bob Wills   Composer
Bobby George   Composer
Billy Sherrill   Composer,Producer
Charlie Walker   Composer
Billy Mize   Composer
Larry Kingston   Composer
Lawton Williams   Composer
Jack Newman   Composer
Chuck Seals   Composer
Cindy Walker   Composer
Joe Hayes   Composer
G. Love   Composer
Frankie Brown   Composer
Vic McAlpin   Composer
Carl Belew   Composer
Eddie Hazelwood   Composer
Fred Rose   Composer
Don Law   Producer
Carmol Taylor   Composer
Fuzzy Owen   Composer
Lee Ross   Composer
Gene Crysler   Composer
Ted Daffan   Composer
Cat Stevens   Composer
Webb Pierce   Composer
Johnny Carver   Composer
Ernest Tubb   Composer
Wayne Kemp   Composer
Charles C. Converse   Composer
James Talley   Composer
John Abercrombie   Composer
Mack Vickery   Composer
Joe Zinkan   Leader
Wayne Walker   Composer
Joseph Scriven   Composer
Jimmy Day   Composer
Jerry Foster   Composer
Ralph Mooney   Composer
Jerry Irby   Composer
B.J. Cook Foster   Composer
Joe Simpson   Composer
Chris Skinker   Liner Notes,Biographical Notes
Del Lyon   Composer
Roy Baham   Composer
Bobby Bond   Composer
Jerry Glenn Kennedy   Leader
Achim Elsner   Mastering
Jim Coleman   Composer
Mark Wilder   Mixing
Jim Nesbitt   Composer
C. Walker   Composer
Jelly Sanders   Composer
Dale Davis   Composer
Kevin Coffey   Discography
Albert E. Brumley   Composer
Glenn Sutton   Composer
Harlan Howard   Composer
Danny Peck   Composer
Wiley Walker   Composer
Terry Fell   Composer
Bob Ferguson   Composer
Keith Richards   Composer
J.D. Miller   Composer
Don Rollins   Composer
Joe Sample   Composer
Johnny Russell   Composer
Lester Vanadore   Composer
Roy Acuff   Composer
Richard Weize   Discography,Tape Research,Reissue Producer
Jim Vienneau   Producer
Ray Griff   Composer
Public Domain   Composer
Mick Jagger   Composer
A.L. Owens   Composer
Arlie Carter   Composer
Tommy Cash   Composer
Tommy Duncan   Composer
Hal Willis   Composer
Pappy Daily   Producer
Hank Cochran   Composer
Dallas Frazier   Composer
William Warren   Composer
Luke McDaniel   Composer