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Recorded 16 April 1952 [no 2607] Capitol Recording Studio, 5515 Melrose Ave., Hollywood, CA – Boots Faye and Idaho Call (Speedy West [steel], Harold Hensley [fiddle] more unknown musicians) Born Grace Eloise Tartsch in Springfield MISSOURI (1923 - 1999)... An early 1950s article tells us that though she was the youngest in the family of singers, she was the first to make it a profession. Life found them in Springfield, Missouri when she decided to form a duet team with a friend (Mary Genevie Brayfield “Bobby Faye“) and called themselves the Faye Sisters and earned a spot on the staff of KWTO in Springfield. While at KWTO, Boots was also a part of a female group that KWTO billed as the Hillbilly and Idaho were also doing some songwriting. The 1950s article mentions that Boots had written such tunes as “Cry, Cry, Cry“ and “Leave It To Jesus.“ Later on, she and Idaho co-wrote such tunes as “Baby Sitter Blues“ and “Crying My Heart With the Blues
