Bulletin - January/
February
2010
Country, Bluegrass & Old Timey
Betty Amos
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Various Artists
| BETTY AMOS |
B.A.C.M. 287 |
Yesterday's Sweetheart |
● CD $13.98 |
27 tracks recorded between 1953 and 1956 by this
fine Virginia born singer who was the cousin of Bill & Cliff
Carlisle and sang on a number of their recordings (eight of them
included here). The material ranges from hardcore honky tonk to
novelty songs. Tracks include I'm Just Drifting/ Jole John (a
variation of Jole Blon)/ Yes Mam Mamma/ If I Were Smart/
Last Night/ I Will For You/ Tain't Nice To Talk Like That/ Shake A
leg/ Something Different, etc.
BETTY AMOS: Cheater Cheater/ Don’t Drop It/ Female
Hercules/ Gotta Have Some Lovin'/ Hello To The Blues/ Honey Love/ I
Will For You/ If I Were Smart/ If You Don’t Want It (Salesman Song)/
Is Dat You Myrtle/ I’m Just Drifting/ Jole John/ Just The Girl Next
Door/ Key Of Love/ Knothole/ Last Night/ My Baby Don’t Love Me No
More/ Shake A Leg/ Shyness/ Something Different/ Tain’t Nice To Talk
Like That/ The Girl That Went Wrong/ The Mainest Thing/ What Would
It Take/ Why Do I Love You/ Yes Mam Mamma/ Yesterday’s Sweetheart
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| JOHNNY BOND |
Gusto 2128-2 |
Ten Little Bottles And 15 Other
Starday Recordings |
● CD $7.98 |
16 track collection of sides recorded for Starday in
the mid 60s by this popular and incredibly prolific and talented
performer. It includes his 1964 hit - the humorous Ten Little
Bottles along with quite a few other novelty items and some
straight ahead country. Other titles include Sick, Sober And
Sorry/ You Can Tell The Man Who Boozes/ Show Me The Way To Go Home/
The Dang Hangover/ The Long Tall Shadow/ Judge Roy Bean's Court/ At
Dawn I Die and more.
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| ALEX
CAMPBELL & OLABELLE REED |
Gusto 0965 |
Old Time Gospel Singing |
● CD $4.98 |
10 tracks, 26 mins, recommended
Fine collection of bluegrass and old time gospel featuring Alex
Campbell, his sister Olabelle Reed and their excellent group The New
River Ranch Boys featuring the superb Dobro playing of Deacon
Brumfield and Ted Lundy on banjo. They perform mostly traditional
gospel numbers (When My Time Comes To Go/ Uncloudy Day/ Just Over
In The Gloryland/ White Flower, etc) singing solo, in duets or
as a trio with Brumfield. Some fine music that would have a higher
rating if it weren't for the mediocre sound which sounds like it
comes from an electronic stereo master. (FS)
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| JACK CARDWELL |
Cactus 103 |
Stars Of King Hillbilly |
● CD $15.98 |
31 tracks, 78 mins, highly recommended
Alabama born Jack Cardwell was an undeservedly obscure honky tonk
singer who is best known for his powerful and moving tribute to Hank
Williams The Death Of Hank Williams which was recorded a few
days after Hank's death and was the only tribute to chart reaching
#2 in the country charts and selling half a million copies. That
track is here along with all of his other recordings made for King
between 1952 and 1954 plus five previously unissued home demos. Jack
was a very fine singer and performs a varied selection of honky tonk
ballads, up tempo number and novelty songs and as was common with
King he covers a couple of R&B hits - Stick McGhee's Whiskey,
Women & Loaded Dice and Gene & Eunice's Ko Ko Mo (I Love You
So). Other songs include You Hid Your Cheating Heart/ A
Vitamin Called Love/ I Can't Make Up My Mind/ There's A Train
Leaving/ (Tell Your Friends To) Stop Laughing At Me/ Lonesome
Midnight/ Whadya Want/ Are You Mine, etc. Accompaniments are
solid honky tonk with sawing fiddles and steel guitars. The five
demos feature just Jack and his acoustic guitar and are fine - I
particularly like Strumming My Old Guitar and You Better
Listen While I'm Talking which have a real Han Williams quality
to them. After his King recordings Jack only recorded sporadically
but was still very active in country music and in 1969 co-wrote the
hit Jesus Is A Soul Man. (FS)
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| THE RED FOX CHASERS |
Tompkins Square 2219 |
I'm Gong Down To North Carolina -
The Complete Recordin |
● CD $22.98 |
2 CDs, 40 tracks, 124 mins, very highly recommended
North Carolina legends get a fine treatment here, befitting their
stature in String Band history. The Red Fox Chasers were an
aggregation of musicians whose origins actually did date back to
getting together to hunt down the elusive crimson creature and make
music around the fire afterward. Primarily featuring Paul Miles
(vocal & banjo), Guy Brooks (vocal & fiddle), Bob Cranford (vocal &
harmonica), A.P. Thompson (vocal and guitar), with a certain amount
of their recorded tracks being just a duo between Bob Cranford and
A.P. Thompson. The Chasers weren't around for very long, but they
certainly cast a long shadow, influencing generations to come with
their fantastic picking and lively performances. Although only
recording between 1928-31, they were nonetheless prolific and
enormously popular, in the Appalachian region especially. On this
collection Tompkins Square does its usual A+ job, beautifully
gathering together two disks worth of old-time Mountain Music and
wrapping it up in a superb bundle with astute liner notes and
fetching design. Tompkins has taken great care on re-mastering,
providing some of the best sound I have heard on this group's
recordings, even if some had to come directly off of 78's. Includes
wonderful tracks: Arkansas Traveler/ May I Sleep in Your Barn
Tonight Mister?/ Pretty Polly/ Murder of the Lawson Family/ Turkey
in the Straw / Two Babes in the Woods / We Shall Meet on That
Beautiful Shore/ Devilish Mary, and many more. Also includes a
great four-part skit entitled Making Licker in North Carolina,
that was said to be a real crowd pleaser. All in all, a truly
exceptional release, if you only buy one old-timey Country recording
this year (not surprising if that's all you can afford in this
economy), then this is the one you should pick up for sure. (JM)
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| JESSE RODGERS |
B.A.C.M. 284 |
Songs Of The Hills And Plains |
● CD $13.98 |
24 tracks, recommended
A fine and varied selection of material from Jimmie Rodgers' cousin
Jesse. Although Jesse was clearly influenced by Jimmie on his early
sides he was far from a copyist with his own style and material. The
material here ranges from 1935 through 1955 and the earliest sides
feature him accompanied only by his own guitar on a selection blues
and a sentimental songs. Nine songs from 1936 and '37 feature him
accompanied by small groups with guitars and steel guitar. The
tracks with The El Patio Trio are particularly nice. We then jump to
the late 40s and over the next few years we hear him doing western
and honky tonk songs with varied accompaniments. An enjoyable
selection with good sound and informative notes by Kevin Coffey.
(FS)
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RALPH STANLEY &
HIS CLINCH MOUNTAIN BOYS |
Rounder 0614 |
Can't You Hear The Mountains Calling |
● CD $16.98 |
12 tracks, highly recommended
This was recorded way back in 1981, originally released in 1986,
then re-released in 1995 and is now in print once more. That's
right: it's so nice they released it thrice! As is the nature of
small bluegrass labels, this has appeared on three different labels
so far. Let's hope it stays in print for a while on Rounder, who
have done a fine job, with crisp sound and updated liner notes. If
you are looking for the "man of constant sorrow," he ain't here;
this release features a much younger Ralph Stanley delivering an
up-beat batch of tunes full of lively playing and lightning quick
pickin', plus the fine talents of Charley Sizemore on guitar and
lead vocals, Junior Blankenship on lead guitar, Curly Ray Cline on
fiddle, and Jack Cooke on acoustic bass, baritone and tenor vocals.
Can't You Hear The Mountains Calling/ When You Go Walking After
Midnight/ Cotton-eyed Joe, and Dickenson County Breakdown,
are but a few of the best tracks, but they are all pretty darn good.
(JM)
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| THE STANLEY
BROTHERS |
Gusto 0547 |
Sing The Songs Of Bill Monroe |
● CD $7.98 |
23 tracks, recommended
The title is a little misleading since these are not all songs the
Stanleys learned from Monroe's recordings - some are traditional
songs or country standards that both groups recorded and in some
cases the Stanleys recorded the song first. That being said this is
a typically superb collection of songs that both The Stanley
Brothers and Bill Monroe recorded and certainly some were learned
from Monroe's recordings though they are performed in a very
different style. So if you don't have them on other Stanley Brothers
releases here's a fine selection including Six Months Ain't Long/
Stoney Creek/ How Beautiful Heaven Must Be/ Little Joe/ Jenny Lynn/
This Wicked Path Of Sin/ Pretty Little Miss In The Garden/ I Saw the
Light/ Little Maggie/ Back Up And Push/ Over In The Gloryland/ Hills
Of Roan County, etc. (FS)
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| THE STEWART FAMILY |
Gusto 0964 |
Original Country Gospel |
● CD $7.98 |
11 tracks, 27 mins, highly recommended
The Stewart Family are a little known but very fine family group
from Arkansas that recorded for Gilt Edge and Four Star in the early
50s. Leader of the group was Virgil "Pappy" Stewart who wrote many
of the group's songs including Just Out Of Reach which has
become a country standard (not here). "Pappy" played guitar and does
some very fine pickin' on a couple of the songs with some nifty
chord changes. The rest of the group includes sister Baba
(accordion) and daughters Bethyl (violin) and Jeanette (bass). Later
on they were joined by Bethyl's husband Buddy Brown on mandolin and
piano. The arrangements are varied ranging from one guitar with
ensemble singing, old timey mandolin and guitar arrangements and
bigger group arrangements with accordion and piano. Quite a few of
the leads are taken by Bethyl who was an exceptional singer with an
aching yearning quality that brings to mind Wilma Lee Cooper. A
beautiful collection of gospel songs including the fabulous
Sinner Read The Bible and Little Community Church which
have long been a favorites of mine. Only a couple of tracks
duplicate B.A.C.M. 138 ($13.98) which also includes some of their
secular material, including their original version of Just Out Of
Reach, and is also highly recommended. (FS)
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| MEL STREET |
Gusto 2103-2 |
That Good Ol' Mountain Dew |
● CD $7.98 |
10 tracks, highly recommended
More heartfelt singing from this great and ill-fated performer. A
few tracks duplicate Tee-Vee 0728 including one of his biggest hits
Borrowed Angel but this is more than worthwhile,
particularly, at the price for the rest including a great and
unexpectedly upbeat (for him) version of the title song, a wonderful
version of Merle Haggard's Today I Started Loving You Again
plus songs like To See Virginia Again/ Let's Put Out The Fire
and Hide Me From The World. (FS)
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| MEL STREET |
Gusto 2106 |
At His Best |
● CD $10.98 |
18 tracks, 44 mins, very highly recommended
West Virginia singer Mel Street was one of the greatest honky tonk
singers of the 70s with a soulful intensity that could only be
matched by George Jones or Gary Stewart. Mel committed suicide in
1978 and the demons that drove him to such a deed might explain his
choice of songs - frequently songs of unhappiness brought on by
cheating or lost love and in the 70s he had a string of great hits
on subject. Most of his hits are available on Tee-Vee 0738 ("20
Greatest Hits" - $10.98) but this collection mostly features him
covering other artists hits and his performances are as good as the
originals and sometimes better. He draws on songs from Conway
Twitty, Waylon Jennings, Cal Smith and others including She Needs
Someone To Hold Her/ How Much More Can She Stand/ She's Too Good To
Be True/ Burning Bridges/ Ashes Of Love and others. (FS)
MEL STREET: Ashes Of Love/ Big Blue Diamonds/
Burning Bridges/ Good Hearted Woman/ Hard Act To Follow/ Have I Told
You Lately That I Love You/ Heart Over Mind/ How Much More Can She
Stand/ I've Found Someone Of My Own/ Let The Four Winds Blow/ Lord,
I Need Somebody Bad/ Memory Train/ Rub It In/ She Needs Someone To
Hold Her/ She's Too Good To Be True/ Strong Enough To Close My Eyes/
This Time I've Hurt Her More Than She Loves Me/ You Cared Enough To
Send The Very Best
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| THE TEXAS RANGERS |
B.A.C.M. 285 |
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● CD $13.98 |
28 tracks, recommended
Enjoyable collection of western songs featuring four part harmony by
group formed at radio station KMBC by singers who had no background
in country music. In spite of this, their performances are quite
convincing and more enjoyable than some of their contemporaries. The
group only made about a dozen commercial recordings but recorded
hundreds of radio transcriptions. This set features all their
commercial recordings along with a selection of their radio
transcription recorded between 1934 and 1942. The group were
accompanied by fine instrumentalists including fiddler Sam Leichter,
accordionist Paul Sells, guitarist-banjoist Herb Katroska and others
and there are several excellent instrumentals including four tracks
which finish off the set featuring some dazzling playing by Katroska
including a remarkable version of The Flight Of The Bumble Bee.
Their material is a mix of western favorites and pop oriented songs
and from 1941 there are two patriotic songs The Air Corps Of
Uncle Sam and I've Changed My Penthouse For A Pup Tent.
Sound quality is better than average and Kevin Coffey provides his
usual informative notes. (FS)
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| MERLE TRAVIS
& TEX ANN |
B.A.C.M. 286 |
Wild Goose |
● CD $13.98 |
28 tracks, 66 mins, highly recommended
A delightful collection featuring radio transcriptions made in 1946
featuring Merle Travis duetting with his then wife Tex Ann (Sydna
Jacqueline Ann Nation) on a selection of traditional American folk
songs, gospel songs, original compositions by Mewrle and songs Tex
used to perform with her previous husband Oklahoma Buck. There is
some of Merle's fine and pioneering guitar work on some of the
intros and solos but the emphasis is on the excellent duet vocals
and they are joined by an excellent old timey fiddle player. Songs
include Mus'rat/ And They Called It Dixieland/ Sourwood Mountain/
The Life Of The Party/ The Dust On Mother's Old Bible/ Heaven Bound
Train (possibly the best track with wonderful vocal interplay
and great guitar and fiddle) / Baby Don't You Cry No More/ Go
Where I Send Thee/ My Worst Worry/ Did You Ever Go Sailing?,
etc. I believe this is the first time these recordings have been
reissued and they are a delight. (FS)
MERLE TRAVIS & TEX ANN: And They Called It
Dixieland/ Baby Don’t You Cry No More/ Dear Little Wifey Back Home/
Did You Ever Go Sailing/ Dream Train Engineer/ Go Where I Send Thee/
God Put A Rainbow In The Cloud/ Grandad’s Cuspidor/ Heaven Bound
Train/ I’d Like To Go Back/ Lolly To Dum Dey/ Mus’Rat/ My Worst
Worry/ Nickelty Knackelty Now/ Paper Of Pins/ Peg Leg Jack/ Shady
Brook Lane/ Someone To Call Me Honey/ Sourwood Mountain/ The Courtin’
Song/ The Dust On Mother’s Old Bible/ The Dutchman’s Wife/ The Life
Of The Party/ The Wise Old Owl/ This World Is Such A Lonely Place/
Tomorrow (I’ll Be In My Dixieland Home Again)/ Why’d I Fall For
Abner/ Wild Goose
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| HOBO JACK TURNER |
B.A.C.M. 283 |
Ernest Hare aka Hobo Jack Turner |
● CD $13.98 |
20 tracks, fair
20 tracks recorded between 1928 and 1930 by Ernest Hare and issued
under the name of Hobo Jack Turner. Like Vernon Dalhart, Hare
started his career in light opera and vaudeville and had only a
brief flirtation with hillbilly music mostly covering other artists'
songs for Columbia's budget priced Velvet Tone, Diva and Clarion
labels with the intention of skimming off some of the sales from
people who couldn't afford the originals by artists like Harry
McClintock, Jimmie Rodgers, Fields & Hall and others. Hare was a
pleasant singer with a warm bass-baritone voice but his performances
are pretty tepid - regardless of the song, he sounded as excited as
if he was reciting the alphabet. He is accompanied by an
undistinguished guitarist (possibly himself). Songs include
Bowery Bums/ Seven days From Now/ Fifty Years Repentin'/ The Bum
Song/ Big Rock Candy Mountain/ A Hobo's Life Is A Happy Life/ In The
Jailhouse Now, etc. (FS)
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Cactus CORCD 1 |
Coral Hillbilly |
● CD $15.98 |
32 tracks, recommended
More fine uptempo hillbilly from the early/ mid 50s - this time for
the Coral label. Only a few familiar names here along with a lot of
fine obscure artists. Among the best known names here are Marvin
Rainwater (one side of his first single from 1955), Kenny Roberts
(three novelty songs including a cover of Billy Brigg's obnoxious
The Sissy Song) and Tommy Duncan (a fine 1955 rendition of
San Antonio Rose). Other artists include Doug Bragg (two songs
including the fine train song Texas Special), Red Smith (the
bluesy Whoah Boy), Blackie Crawford, Lloyd Weaver, Jim Atkins
(a fine cover of Lattie Moore's Juke Joint Johnny), Chuck
Murphy (an answer song to hank Williams - My Bucket's Been Fixed),
Joe Martin, Marty Roberts, Slim Williams, Tabby West and others.
Usual fine sound and lack of notes. (FS)
JIM ATKINS: Juke Joint Johnny/ DOUG BRAGG: Barbed
Wire Love/ Texas Special/ DANNY BROWN: Love 'Em & Let 'Em Be/ BILL
CASON: City Slicker/ BLACKIE CRAWFORD: Baby Buggy Blues/ Jump Jack
Jump/ MILT DICKEY: Checkbook Baby/ TOMMY DUNCAN: San Antonio Rose/
RUSTY KEEFER: I'm Just Here To get My Baby Out of Jail/ JOE MARTIN:
Milk Cow Blues/ LEON MERRITT: Wishin' I Was Kissin' You/ CHUCK
MURPHY: My Bucket's Been Fixed/ MARVIN RAINWATER: I Gotta Go Get My
Baby/ JOHNNY RECTOR: Have You Ever Been Kissed/ If They Ever Get
Together/ DEWEY RITTER: When My Day Rolls Around/ KENNY ROBERTS:
F.O.B. Tennessee/ Hush Puppies/ MARTY ROBERTS: A Gambler's Love/
Brand New Love Affair/ KENNY ROBERTS & TOMMY SOSEBEE: The Sissy
Song/ AL RUNYON: Bonita Chiquita Senorita/ RED SMITH: Whoa Boy/
TOMMY SOSEBEE: All Night Boogie/ Barbershop Boogie/ TEXAS BILL
STRENGTH: Paper Boy Boogie/ LOYD WEAVER: One Wheel Draggin'/ TABBY
WEST: Inchin' Up/ Let's Make Love or Go Home One/ SLIM WILLIAMS:
Lovin' Overtime/ Yoke of Oxen
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Cactus STACD 3 |
Starday Hillbilly, Vol. 3 |
● CD $15.98 |
32 tracks, highly recommended
Subtitled "32 great hillbilly boppers and honky tonks" this third
collection from the great Starday label certainly lives up to it's
title with lots of soulful singing, sawing fiddles and soaring steel
guitar. About 50% of the tracks have been out before (on Jasmine and
Dixie) but this is well worth while for the rest. Artists are mostly
obscure but the musical standard is very high featuring tracks by
Pat Patterson, Blackie Crawford, Mary Joe Chelette (the raucous
Cat Fishing with Wanda Jackson like growls), Tommy Castle (the
fine minor key Wanderlust), Ken Clark (a great blend of
bluegrass and honky tonk on Big Man), Jimmie & Dorothy
Blakely, Red Mansel, Bob Jones, KIng Sterling, Joe Price, Jim
Cunningham, Joe Gibson, Patsy Elshire, Johnny Sutherland, Lucky Hill
and others. (FS)
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Cactus KINCD 4 |
King Hillbilly, Vol. 4 |
● CD $15.98 |
32 tracks, highly recommended
Another great collection drawn from the extensive King catalog
featuring up tempo hillbilly, honky tonk, country boogie and more.
Includes Boots Woodall, Jimmy Thomason, Luke McDaniel, Jimmie
Osborne (the great honky tonker It Just Tears Me To Pieces),
Moon Mullican (two songs including the rocking Grandpa Stole My
baby), Billy Hughes (the remarkable Cocaine Blues), Redd
Stewart, Joe Wheeler, Hawkshaw Hawkins (a fine cover of Hank
Williams' Pan American), Ray Baker (fine bluegrass gospel),
Wade Mainer and more. (FS)
RAY BAKER: Preach The Word/ JACK CARDWELL: Day
Done Broke Too Soon This Morning/ COWBOY COPAS: Texas Red/ THE
DELMORE BROTHERS: Gotta Have Some Lovin'/ CHARLIE GORE: Who's Been
Draggin' Your Little Red Wagon/ HAWKSHAW HAWKINS: Pan American/
BILLY HUGHES: Cocaine Blues/ LOUIE INNIS: Let's Make Up Tonight
Honey/ There's A Red Hot Fire In The Old Locomotive/ WADE MAINER:
The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee/ LUKE MCDANIEL: I Can't Go/ Money
Bag Woman/ LATTIE MOORE: 100,000 Women Can't Be Wrong/ I'm Gonna
Tell You Something/ MOON MULLICAN: A Thousand & One Sleepless
Nights/ Grandpa Stole My Baby/ BOB NEWMAN: Give You A Dose Of Your
Own Medicine/ MATTIE O'NEIL & SALTY HOLMES: Stuck With Love/ JIMMIE
OSBORNE: It Just Tears Me All To Pieces/ Tissue Paper Heart/ WAYNE
RANEY: Adam Come & Get Your Rib/ FLOYD ROBINSON: G-I-R-L Girls/
TOMMY SCOTT: Gonna Paint The Town Red/ REDD STEWART: Brother Drop
Dead (Boogie)/ JIMMY THOMASON: Honey Baby/ ZEB TURNER: Hung Down My
Head & Cried/ BOB & WANDA WAYNE: Home Made Wine/ JOE WHEELER: Do I
Love Her, Deed I Do/ Shut My Mouth Wide Open/ BOOTS WOODALL: Rattle
Snakin' Daddy/ THE YORK BROTHERS: Gravy Train
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Cactus 052 |
High On The Hog: Honky Tonk &
Hillbilly Bop, 1958-68 |
● CD $15.98 |
30 tracks, highly recommended
Another great collection of up tempo country from Cactus - this time
featuring artists recorded for tiny independent
labels who mostly released only a handful of releases - often
produced by the artists themselves. Though not as polished as their
major label counterparts the music is often more raw and honest and
there are some very fine performances including the title song by
Jimmy & Russ Williams, the hot Shotgun Wedding by E. Johnson,
a fine rendition of Jimmie Rodger's T For Texas by Bill
Lanham, two gorgeous laid back sides by Otis Pierce, a talented
California based performer, who recorded a superb folk album for Bay
Records in 1975 plus sides by Howard Western, Johnny Acton, Gene
Smith (the fine bluegrass flavored Old Man Stone), James D.
Burhus (the great Don't Monkey With My Widder), Ken Patrick
(the bluesy Night Train), Carl Stevens, Sharlet Sexton (her
superb Since My Baby Put Me Down is almost pure rockabilly)
and others. The only artist here who had any kind of extensive
career are The York Brothers with the Monday Morning Blues
recorded for their own York label. Another winner from Cactus. (FS)
JOHNNY ACTON: Snuffy Smith/ ARNOLD BENNETT: Wahoo/
PAULA BERRY: Third Angle/ WALLY BLACK: I’m A Country Boy/ BUDDY
BRUCE: Rolling On/ JAMES D. BURHUS: Don’t Monkey With My Widder/
LARRY BUTLER: 13th Notch/ RUDY GADDIS: Stranger With A Colt 45/
WOODY & LENA HIX: Lovely Little Baby/ CHARLES HUFF: Legend Of Hole/
E. JOHNSTON: Shotgun Weddin’/ DUB JONES: A Hundred Times This Week/
BILL LANHAM: T For Texas/ DOTTIE MAE: A Good Man Is Hard To Find/
JIM NESBITT: A Tiger In My Tank/ KEN PATRICK: Night Train/ OTIS
PIERCE: Annabelle/ Blue Eyed Darlin’/ TONY SENN: You Can’t Kiss Me/
SHARLET SEXTON: Since My Baby Put Me Down/ GENE SMITH: Old Man
Stone/ CHUCK STACEY: You Think It’s Funny/ BILLY STARR: I Wanta/
CARL STEVENS: Big Eyed Blonde/ WALLACE WALTERS: There’s Not Room For
Two/ HOWARD WESTERN: Sawmill Boogie Blues/ JIMMY & RUSS WILLIAMS:
High On The Hog/ RAY WILSON: Heart Stealer/ THE YORK BROTHERS:
Monday Morning Blues/ ROBERT ZEHM: Satan’s Suitcase
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
El Toro CH 103 |
Collector's Choice, Vol. 3 -
Firecracker Stomp |
● CD $16.98 |
The third volume of rare up tempo country and
hillbilly boogie in El Toro's "Collector's Choice" series features
another 20 choice sides from the early/ mid 50s including tracks by
Jimmie Lane, Shorty Long & Dolly Dimple, Jeanne Gayle, Marty
Robbins, The Andrews Brothers, Opal Jean, Carolyn Bradshaw, Texas
Bill Strength, Eddie Star, Elaine Gay and others.
THE ANDREWS BROTHERS: Store Bought/ CAROLYN
BRADSHAW: Oh, I Like It!/ JIMMY DEAN: Freight Train Blues/ ELAINE
GAY: Rock Love/ JEANNE GAYLE: I'm Movin' On/ OPAL JEAN: Tennessee
Courtin' Time/ That Done It/ JIMMY LANE: Firecracker Stomp/ PETE
LANE: One-Two-Three Skidoo/ SHORTY LONG: Standing In The Station/
Hillbilly Wedding/ LONZO & OSCAR: Wild Oats/ BOBBY LORD: Hawk-Eye/
MYRNA LORRIE & BUDDY DE VAL: I'm Your Man/ THE RHYTHM ROCKERS: Dig
These Blues/ BOBBY ROBERTS: I'm Gonna Comb You Outta My Hair/ MARTY
ROBERTS: A Gambler's Love/ EDDY STAR: Love Me, Love Me/ TEXAS BILL
STRENGTH: Cry, Cry, Cry/ BILL TAYLOR: Jack & Jill
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Fremeaux & Associes 5179 |
Banjo - An American Five String
History |
● CD $37.98 |
Two CD set with 40 tracks of five string banjo music
covering the period 1901 through 1956. The first eight tracks
covering the period 1901 through 1925 present early styles of
popular, semi classical and ragtime featuring artists like John
Pidoux, Fred Bacon, "Vess" Ossman, Olly Oakley and others. Most of
the rest drawing on commercial and field recordings features in the
banjo in the context of old time music, bluegrass and folk music
featuring performers like Richard Burnett, Uncle Dave Macon, Dock
Boggs, Rufus Crisp, Charlie Lowe, Pete Steele, Charlie Poole, Pete
Seeger, Wade Ward and others. Considering the importance of the
banjo in African-American music only a handful of recordings by
African-American artists is featuring. Notwithstanding that this is
a fine and varied collection with a fair number of tracks not
readily available elsewhere.
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