Though they sound rather mellow and relaxed, the temper of Charlie Poole and the North Carolina Ramblers was quite the opposite.Working in a local cotton mill he decided to make a farewell concert for the fellow workers and head north to fame and glory never to return to the mill again. His first recording was the congenial "Don't let Your Deal Go Down" that skyrocketed his career, that lasted for not more than some 5 years. There are many legends and tales about these times, furthermore establishing his fame as a hard drinking and even harder fighting musician. The most of the songs he sang were from his fellow workers at the mill but also from music hall stages.Charlie and the boys stripped them down to fit into their streamlined and transparent sound, collectivly know as parlour style. But there was dissatisfaction as Poole wanted to record more jazzy material and the record companies rejected the demand. After the Wall Street crash the record sales dwindled. Charlie got depessed, fearing he might have to return to the mill. He started to drink even heavier and in 1931 he died of a heart attack after a two week binge.