The Two Poor Boys were an American, Tennessee based,D. K. Wilgus, ‘Hillbilly Music’, The Journal of American Folklore, Vol. 81, No. 320. (April–June 1968), pp. 179-185. available on-line folk-blues duo consisting of Joe Evans and Arthur McLain (or McClain) who recorded between 1927 and 1931. Their songs typically featured Evans' laid-back vocals, with a musical approach based on “beautifully matched guitar and mandolin accompaniment”.Paul Oliver, Songsters and Saints: Vocal Traditions on Race Records, (Cambridge University Press: 1984), p. 231. On some records they were listed under the pseudonyms, 'Colman and Harper'. Between the two of them, they played an array of instruments including guitar, kazoo, piano, mandolin and violin.
Collected songs
Tracks 2–13 recorded May 20, 1931; tracks 14–20 recorded May 21, 1931, in New York City.
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