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Poison Love
Composer: Elmer Laird

Poison Love was rehearsed by the Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band in 1987 but probably not performed live.

The song was written by Mrs Elmer Laird and first copyrighted in 1951. It was released on a single that year by Johnnie and Jack and became their first hit.



Jerry Garcia

info Pure Jerry: Lunt-Fontanne, The Best Of The Rest, Jerry Garcia Acoustic Band/Jerry Garcia Band, 2004

Other recordings

no info Single (Poison Love / Lonesome), Johnnie and Jack, 1951
no info Single (On The Old Kentucky Shore / Poison Love), Bill Monroe & his Blue Grass Boys, 1951
info Country and Western Jamboree, Hank Snow, 1957
info Hits By Johnnie And Jack, Johnnie and Jack, 1959
no info The Mayfield Brothers, 195?
info Webb with a Beat!, Webb Pierce, 1960
no info Smiles And Tears, Johnnie And Jack, 1962
no info Poison Love, Johnnie And Jack, 1963
no info Mr. Mel, Mel Tillis, 1967
info Bill Monroe and Charlie Monroe, Bill Monroe and Charlie Monroe, 1968
no info I Went to Your Wedding, Hank Snow, 1969
no info By Special Request, Hank Snow with Chet Atkins, 1969
no info Country Favorites, Webb Pierce, 1970
info All the Best of Johnnie and Jack, Johnnie and Jack, 1970
no info Country Favorites, Webb Pierce, 1970
no info By Special Request, Hank Snow, 1970
no info Motor City Bluegrass, Sunnysiders, 1970
no info Wreck of the Old 97, Hank Snow, 1972
info Stanley Sound Around The World, Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 1973
info Doug Sahm And Band, Doug Sahm, 1973
no info Best of Chet Atkins & Friends, Chet Atkins, 1976
no info Midnight Blues, James Monroe, 1976
no info Footprints In The Snow, Dub Crouch, Norman Ford & the Bluegrass Rounders, 1976
no info Turkey In The Grass, Benny Martin & his Electric Turkeys, 1977
no info Gail Davies, Gail Davies, 1978
no info Single (Poison Love / Bucket To The South), Gail Davies, 1978
no info Essential Bluegrass Album, Osborne Brothers and Mac Wiseman, 1979
no info Anthology of Country Music, Vol 16. Early Country Live, Various Artists (Johnnie and Jack), 197?
no info Homeland Harmony, Jim & Jesse and the Virginia Boys, 1983
no info Early Dobro Stylings, Ray "Duck" Atkins, 1983
no info T-Bone Burnett, T-Bone Burnett, 1986
info Doug Sahm & Friends: The Best Of Doug Sahm's Atlantic Sessions, Doug Sahm, 1993
info Bluegrass 1950-1958, Bill Monroe, 1990
no info Singing Ranger, Vol. 2, Hank Snow, 1990
info Classic Bluegrass, Ralph Stanley, 1990
no info Thesaurus Transcriptions, Hank Snow, 1991
info Johnnie & Jack and the Tennessee Mountain Boys, Johnnie Wright, 1992
no info Top of the Hill Bluegrass, Various Artists (Gene Wooten), 1994
no info Great Dobro Sessions, Various Artists (Gene Wooten), 1994
no info Singing Ranger, Vol. 3, Hank Snow, 1994
no info 24 Greatest Hits, Mac Wiseman, 1994
info 1971-1973, Ralph Stanley And The Clinch Mountain Boys, 1995
no info Young Blood, Jerry Lee Lewis, 1995
no info RCA Nashville Classics: The '50s, Various Artists (Johnnie & Jack), 1995
no info Top of the Hill Bluegrass, Various Artists, 1995
no info Greatest Bluegrass Hits, The Osborne Brothers, 1996
no info The Complete Velvets, The Velvets, 1996
no info Poison Love, Buddy Miller, 1997
no info Greatest Hits, Johnnie & Jack, 1998
info The Old Dominion Masters, Jim & Jesse, 1999
no info Classic Country: 1941-1951, Various Artists (Johnnie & Jack), 1999
no info Single (Poison Love / Bill Cheetum), Ralph Stanley & the Clinch Mountain Boys, 19??
no info 1951 Country USA, Various Artists (Johnnie and Jack), 19??
no info 24 Greatest Hits, Mac Wiseman, , 19??
no info My Mother's Song, Rowena, 2000
no info 3 Tenors of Bluegrass, Mac Wiseman/Jim Silvers/Bobby Osborne, 2000
no info Live & Unplugged at the Station Inn, Gail Davies & Friends, 2001
no info Broken Hearts of Bluegrass, Various Artists (Bobby Osborne and Mac Wiseman), 2002
no info Bluegrass Hall of Fame, Various Artists (Bobby Osborne and Mac Wiseman), 2002
no info Jackson: Great Country Duo's, Johnnie & Jack, 2003
no info For Old Times Sake, Johnnie and Jack, 2003
info The Genuine Texas Groover, Doug Sahm, 2003
no info Jackson: Great Country Duo's, Various Artists (Johnnie & Jack), 2003
no info Sun Moon Mule, Circuit Riders, 2004
no info All Smiles Tonight, Pure Country, 2004
no info Sick, Sober & Sorry: Great Country Hits of the 1950s, Various Artists, 2004
no info Best of Johnnie & Jack, Johnnie & Jack, 2005
info Vintage Recordings 1948-1956, The Mayfield Brothers, 2006
no info Briary Mountain Boys, Briary Mountain Boys, 2006
no info Louisiana Hayride, Various Artists (Johnny & Jack), 2006
no info Platinum Collection, Jerry Lee Lewis, 2006

 
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