The Blue Sky Boys (Bill and Earl Bolick) - I’ll Wear A White Flower For You (vault recording) - 1963

Recorded in Greensboro, NC in August 1963. Issued as “I’ll Wear A White Flower For You” on the album “The Blue Sky Boys” (County 752, 1976). Features Bill Bolick (mandolin and tenor vocal) and Earl Bolick (guitar and lead vocal). Song composed by Dorsey Dixon (based on the Rev. Charles M. Fillmore song “I’ll Wear A White Flower For You, Mother Dear”). Song first issued by the Dixon Brothers (Dorsey and Howard) as “White Flower For You” (Bluebird BB-6630, 1936). Song issued by Alex Campbell and Olabelle and The New River Boys as “White Flower” on the album “16 Radio Request Favorites” (Starday SLP 214, 1963).

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