Path of Memories

Songwriting
'Don’t Tell Jeannie I’m Blind' written by J. Weir
'I’m the Mail She’s Waiting For' written by Gene Crysler
'Daddy’s Drinking Up Our Christmas' written by Gene Crysler

Artwork
Cover photo by The 7th House

Liner notes
Here we go again! Another great Smiley Bates album. This boy turns them out just as fast as you buy them. Instrumentals or vocals — you name it — he records them. The popularity of this extremely talented performer gains in strength with every recording and personal appearance that he makes.

On this recording, Smiley turns the smile upside down and comes up with some good old-fashioned hurtin’ songs. Tunes such as Stonewall Jackson’s “I Think I’ll Go Somewhere and Cry”; the old Hank William’s favourite “Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine”; Gene Crysler’s “Daddy’s Drinkin’ Up Our Christmas” and from Angus, Ontario, a great Canadian composer James Weir whose composition of “Don’t Tell Jeannie I’m Blind” gets fine treatment indeed from Mr. B.

Life isn’t all sunshine and laughter, there is a time for sadness and reflection on what might have been, as well. And it’s those times that Smiley sings about capturing the mood of each song with a sincere and honest sensitivity.

It’s all here — the sorrow, the heartaches and the bad times that everyone has experienced at one time or another.

It’s also Bates at his best.

Notes
Manufactured and distributed in Canada by Marathon Music Incorporated
Stereo
ALS 353
Cover photo: The 7th House