Now that's a handsome man.

Exhibit A

The striking gentleman you're looking at is Mr. Riley Puckett,

The Bald Mountain Caruso (1894-1946)

I've been listening to some of his music and I thought it was just

too odd to keep to myself.

A Brief Overview:

• Ruggedly handsome and snappy dresser (Exhibit A)

• As an infant, given wrong eye medication leaving him blind

• Guitar and banjo virtuoso

• First country singer to yodel

• Member of Gid Tanner and the Skillet Lickers (Exhibit B)

• Killed by infected boil on neck


All in all, a pretty illustrious career.

Exhibit B

Anyway, the song in question is a deceptively jaunty little number

called Nobody's Business. To some extent it's similar to the blues

standard of the same name, (Check out Otis Span's version) but with

a heavy injection of that weirdness that only Riley could provide.

Check out a sample verse:

Sunday morning gonna wake up crazy

Kill my wife and slay my baby

Nobody's business if I do

I can't understand why it wasn't a hit.

If you're interested you can check it out on ITunes.