Note: Interview about the song that Gladden calls "Dark Blue Eyes and Raven Hair" (reported elsewhere as "They Were Standing By the Window" and "The Broken Heart." Gladden learned from her mother, and she and her brother Hobart agree they were smitted with its romanticism when they were younger.
About the session: Ballads, religious material, and songs sung by siblings Texas Gladden and Hobart Smith, with occasional accompaniment by brother Preston Smith.
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