Biography
Boots Faye
Real name: Grace Eloise Krawl
Effective period / Period of releases: 1952 - 1963
Grace Eloise Tratsch Krawl, 1923-1999. Youngest in the family of singers. Formed 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, Missouri. Also a part of a female group that KWTO billed as the Hillbilly Belles. Recorded on a private label, "Callfaye". Her label with husband Idaho Call. Wrote 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."