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NEWSLETTER #132
Country, Bluegrass & Old Timey
Roy Acuff -> Mac Wiseman
| SOUTHWEST SHUFFLE PIONEERS OF HONKY-TONK WESTERN SWING & COUNTRY JAZZ by Rich Kienzle | ● CD $19.98 |
| BOOK 288 pages, paper, counts as four CDs for shipping, highly
recommended Rich Kienzle's collection of profiles focuses on artists from
the axis stretching from Texas to California. Similar to Colin Escott's
"Tattooed on their Tongues," Kienzle, who's researched country
instrumentalists and West Coast country and Western Swing acts since the
1970s, draws on nearly three decades of of interviews and research to
produce definitive essays on well known names like Spade Cooley, Hank Penny,
Hank Thompson, Jimmy Bryant-Speedy West, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Willie Nelson
and Ray Price. Underdocumented acts like Luke Wills, Tommy Duncan's
post-Texas Playboy career, Duncan, Wade Ray and the Whippoorwills all
receive long-overdue coverages, as does guitarist Jimmy Wyble. Kienzle
devotes an entire section to Capitol Records' early country activities, in
chapters on their earliest country producer Lee Gillette, his friend and
successor, Ken Nelson and an indepth profile of Cliffie Stone. While some of
this research appeared on various reissue projects and articles, it's been
substantially rewritten. This wasn't intended to be a definitive history of
Southwestern country, just a look at some of those aside from Bob Wills who
played a role in shaping it. One hopes Rich isn't done with Bob yet, given
his work on the Bear Family Columbia box. (AK) |
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| MARTY ROBBINS | Bear Family DVD 20007 | At Town Hall Party | ● CD $31.98 |
| DVD Songs and an interview from two shows in 1959 including
songs with Tompall & The Glaser Brothers as well as solo performances by
Tompall and The Glaser Brothers and Joe Hudgins - I Can't Quit/ Pretty
Words/ A White Sport Coat/ Just Married/ My Isle Of Golden Dreams
(twice)/ When I've Learned (Old Enough To Cry)/ Stairway Of Love, etc. |
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| DOC WATSON | Vestapol DVD 13023 | Rare Performances, 1963-1981 | ● CD $23.98 |
| DVD 60 min., highly recommended Now on DVD. A solid look at the
film footage available of this country/folk giant in performance. The
program opens with a grainy, black and white look at the Hootenanny
television series in 1963, with Doc singing Deep River to his own
accompaniment. Subsequent early installments include Nine Pound Hammer
and St. James Hospital, both filmed with minimal audiences in 1967,
and Shady Grove and Black Mountain Rag, filmed in Los Angeles
in 1970. But the heart of the program from both a visual and an aural point
of view, are the nine numbers taken from a 1978 Austin City Limits program,
with son Merle and other sympathetic friends performing Way Downtown,
Lonesome Road, I Wish I Was a Mole in the Ground, Will the
Circle Be Unbroken, and Tennessee Stud before a warmly
enthusiastic audience. Well worth seeing. (DH) |
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| DOC WATSON & FRIENDS | Vestapol DVD 13055 | Doc's Guitar Jam | ● CD $23.98 |
| DVD Now on DVD. 60 minute video. Recorded at the 1992 Merle
Watson Festival - a jam session featuring Watson, Tony Rice, Dan Crary,
Stece Kaufman & Jack Lawrence plus two bonus tracks. |
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| THE BLACKWOOD BROTHERS | Bear Family BCD 16308 | Rock-A-My-Soul | ● CD $129.98 |
| Not a new release but one we haven't listed before. 5 CD box
set with 82 page book featuring all the recordings made by this popular
country gospel group for RCA between 1952 and 1959. The Blackwoods were
favorites of Elvis and this set includes their versions of several songs
later popularized by Elvis. |
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| HYLO BROWN | Starday 0124 | Lovesick And Sorrow - 16 Greatest Starday Recordings | ● CD $9.98 |
| 16 tracks recorded for Starday in the early 60s by this fine
bluegrass vocalist accompanied by sidemen like Josh Graves, Shot Jackson,
Curtis McPeak, Chubby Wise and others - Hills Of Georgia/ Cabin On The
Hill/ Bring A Little Water, Sylvie/ Cocaine Blues/ Footprints In The Snow/
Silent Partner/ take A Look At That Rain/ Sad Prison Song, etc. Includes
8 page booklet with detailed notes by Gary REid. |
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| JIMMY BRYANT | Sundazed 11134 | Frettin' Fingers - The Lightnin' Guitar Of Jimmy Bryant | ● CD $41.98 |
| Wonderful three CD set providing a retrospective of the
recordings career of the brilliant and influential country guitarist Jimmy
Bryant featuring 75 tracks recorded between 1960 and 1967. This set includes
some of his incredible duets with steel guitar wizard Speedy West, the
never-reissued solo sides for Imperial and Dolton, super rare singles and
half a dozen unissued tunes or alternate takes. Includes 32 page booklet
with extensive notes by country guitar expert Rich Kienzle plus rare photos
and memorabilia from the Bryant Family archives and a sessionography. |
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| CRAIG CHAMBERS | WR 0016 | Goin' To Town | ● CD $15.98 |
| Fine western swing album featuring vocalist Chambers
accompanied by acclaimed group Tom Morrell & The Time Warp Tophands. They do
15 songs including Crazy 'Cause I LOve You/ Travelin' Light/ Thre Quarter
Moon, 3/4 Time/ Prairie Serenade/ The Place Where I Worship/ In My Dreams/
Louisiana Moon/ Texas Is Still Home To Me, etc. |
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| WILMA LEE & STONEY COOPER | Cattle 291 | The Golden Age Of Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper | ● CD $18.98 |
| 20 tracks, 55 mins, highly recommended Wonderful, though too
brief, collection by this superb duo with their group The Clinch Mountain
Clan recorded between 1946 and 1953. The five earliest tracks were recorded
for the hard to find Rich-R-Tone label around 1946 and the rest were
recorded for Columbia between 1949 and 1953. Beautiful old time country and
gospel featuring superb vocals and instrumental accompaniment with mandolin,
Dobro, fiddle (usually played by Stoney) and occasional banjo played by
Wilma Lee. With over 50 tracks
recorded during this period it's a shame that Cattle only used 20. Sound
quality is fine. (FS) WILMA LEE & STONEY COOPER: Don't Play That Song (on The Juke Box Tonight)/ He Will Save Your Soul/ I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow/ I Dreamed About Mom Last Night/ I'm Taking My Audition/ Idle Gossip, Idle Words/ Moonlight On West Virginia/ Mother's Prayer/ Stoney (are You Mad At Your Gal)/ The Clinch Mountain Waltz/ The Little Rosewood Casket/ The West Virginia Polka/ This World Can't Stand Long/ Two Little Orphans/ What Can I Say/ What Will I Do/ What's The Matter With This World/ Wicked Path Of Sin/ Will The Lord Let You In/ You Belong To Somebody Else |
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| SLIM DUSTY | B.A.C.M. 060 | The Dusty Trail Rider | ● CD $14.98 |
| 22 tracks recommended For more than 50 years David Gordon
Kirkpatrick aka Slim Dusty, who passed away in September 2003, was
Australia's most popular and beloved country artist. He was also the first
Australian country artist to have a worldwide hit with his 1958 recording of
A Pub With No Beer. Australian country music was obviously inspired
the American model but dealt with themes and locations distinctly
Australian. Dusty was an excellent and distinctive singer and superb
yodeller and this fine collection features 22 of his earliest recordings
ranging from 1943 when he was only 16 years old to 1951. Accompanied only by
his own guitar he performs songs like Been A Fool Too Long/ A Song Of
Granny/ You Made Me Live Love And Die/ How Can I Smile When I'm Lonely/
Lover's Lament/ Modern Yodeling Song/ My Aussie Home and others
including his first hit When The Rains Tumble Down In July - a song
Slim was inspired to write in 1946 after some devastating floods and was to
become his theme song. Sound quality is excellent and there are informative
notes by Nick Strutt. (FS) SLIM DUSTY: A Song Of Granny/ Been A Fool Too Long/ Give Me One More Chance/ Happy Drover/ Heading For That Brumby Trail/ How Can I Smile When I‘m Lonely/ I Bet You Feel The Same/ Lover‘s Lament/ Modern Yodeling Song/ My Aussie Home/ My Faded Dream/ My Happy Valley Home/ My Moonlight Trail To You/ My Pony Whipstick/ Sat‘day In The Saddle/ Soldier‘s Wife/ Springtime On The Range/ Stay Away From Me/ Sun Valley Rose/ When The Rains Tumble Down In July/ You Don‘t Know How Sad I Feel/ You Made Me Live Love And Die |
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| THE GOSDIN BROTHERS | Big Beat CDWIKD 235 | Sounds Of Goodbye | ● CD $18.98 |
| 24 tracks recorded between 1966 and 1968 by West Coast
country rock pioneers Vern and Rex Gosdin. It features their only LP
(Capitol 2852), their only hit(Hangin' On, 1967) plus rare singles
and unreleased tracks including tracks where they are backed by The Byrds
and Clarence White. Includes detailed 24 page booklet with rare photos and
more. |
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| SALTY HOLMES & MATTIE O'NEIL | Cattle 289 | With The Amber Sisters & Joe Maphis | ● CD $18.98 |
| 26 tracks from the late 40s and early 50s featuring singer/
guitarist/ harmonica player Floyd "Salty" Holmes plus tracks by Mattie
O'Neil who later recorded for Sun as Jean Chapel, The Amber Sisters and Joe
Maphis. THE AMBER SISTERS: Cherokee Eyes/ I've Waited Too Long/ Lonesome Road Blues/ Look What Followed Me Home/ One More Time/ So Tired Of Your Runnin' Around/ Useless/ When I Want Lovin', Baby, I Want You/ SALTY HOLMES: Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain/ Don't Shed Your Tears After I'm Gone/ Just An Old Farm For Sale/ Nine Times Out Of Ten/ Swanee Swing/ Wabash Blues/ JOE MAPHIS: Cannonball Special/ MATTIE O'NEILL: Divorces/ Don't Sell Daddy Any More Whiskey/ Echoes Over The Smokeys/ I Found My Mama/ Little Rusty/ Long Time Gone/ My Worst Mistake/ Our Love Is Gone/ Shackles And Chains/ Stuck With Love/ Wake Up, Little Boy Blue |
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| HOMER & JETHRO | B.A.C.M. 061 | Unhappy Day | ● CD $14.98 |
| The second volume on BACM by this popular duo features 24
tracks from the late 40s and early 50s and is almost exclusively devoted to
their parodies of popular and country favorites of the day along with a
couple of original novelty songs. Some of it is clever and some just dumb
but if you like this sort of thing then you might enjoy it. I find that a
little goes a long way. HOMER & JETHRO: A Screwball‘s Love Song/ Alabama Jubilee/ Baby It‘s Cold Outside/ Disc Jockey‘s Nightmare/ Does Your Spearmint Lose Its Flavour/ Gambler‘s Git Box/ I‘m Gettin‘ Older Every Day/ I‘m Moving On No. 2/ I‘m Walking Behind You-all/ Little Ole Kiss Of Fire/ Mexican Joe/ Oh Babe/ Pizen Pete/ Pore Ol‘ Koo Liger/ Put That Knife Away Nellie/ Settin‘ The Woods On Fire No. 2/ Slow Poke No. 2/ So Long It‘s Been Good To Know You No. 2/ Sound Off No. 2 (Duckworth Chant)/ Tennessee Border No. 2/ Too Young/ Unhappy Day/ When It‘s Tooth Pickin‘ Time In False Teeth Valley/ You Tell Her, I Stutter |
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| DUDE MARTIN & HIS ROUNDUP GANG | Cattle 288 | Dude Martin & His Roundup Gang | ● CD $18.98 |
| 24 tracks from the late 40s/ and early 50s by this deep
voiced singer with a style similar to Tex Williams. Sidemen on these
sessions include Speedy West/ steel guitar and Harold Hensley/ fiddle -
Roundup Days In Cheyenne/ My Home On The Montana Range/ My Sun Bonnet Girl
Of The Prairie/ My Pal Of My Mountain Days/ Silvery Moon Guide Me Back
Homeward/ I Miss You Dear Old Dad, etc. |
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| RENO & SMILEY | King KG 0338 | Stonewall's Brigade | ● CD $9.98 |
| 10 songs and tunes recorded by this fine bluegrass duo for
King - Springtime In Dear Old Dixie/ Carry Me Back To Old Virginia/
Confederate Flag/ Cumberland Gap/ Dixie Breakdown, etc. |
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| THE SCOTTSVILLE SQUIRREL BARKERS | Big Beat CDWIKK 237 | Blue Grass Favorites | ● CD $11.98 |
| CD reissue of 1963 Crown LP - the first recordings featuring
Chris Hillman and Kenny Wertz and influential on many West Coast country
rockers - most notably Gram Parsons. |
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| JIMMIE SKINNER | Bear Family BCD 16613 | Doin' My Time | ● CD $149.98 |
| 6-CD box set with 92 page hardcover book devoted to this
fine and unique performer. It includes all of his studio recordings from
1947 through 1962 for Red Barn, Radio Artists, Capitol, Decca and Mercury
along with acetates and rare bluegrass tracks sold exclusively through the
Jimmie Skinner Music Center. |
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| THE STANLEY BROTHERS | King KG 0540 | Songs Of The Carter Family | ● CD $9.98 |
| 12 tracks, highly recommended. Countless performers have
recorded the timeless songs originated by the great Carter Family in the 20s
and 30s but few can bring as much power and conviction as Carter & Ralph
Stanley and their great band. Drawn from their various King and Starday
albums we have 12 superb renditions of songs like Little Darling, Pal Of
Mine/ Will The Circle Be Unbroken/ Wildwood Flower/ We Shall Rise/ Village
Church Yard/ Little Joe and others. Includes six page booklet with notes
by Gary Reid. (FS) |
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| WYNN STEWART | Varese 66231 | The Very Best Of Wynn Stewart, 1958-1962 | ● CD $13.98 |
| 18 tracks, 45 mins, highly recommended Although not as
extensive as the now deleted AVI release this is a fine introduction to one
of the greatest West Coast country artists of the late 50s and 60s who has
been poorly represented on reissues. His style and songs were to have a big
impact on artists like Buck Owens and Merle Haggard. The 18 sides here were
recorded for the Challenge label and its subsidiary Jackpot between 1958 and
1962 including hits like Wishful Thinking/ Big Big Love/ Wrong Company
as well as equally fine non-hits like Above And Beyond/ Playboy/ I Don't
Feel At Home as others including his fine stab of rockabilly on Come
On. Wynn was a wonderfully expressive honky tonk singer and was usually
accompanied by some of the best musicians on the West Coast including Roy
Nichols/guitar, Gordon Terry/ fiddle and the great Ralph Mooney on steel.
Nice booklet with informative notes by Colin Escott. Very little else by
Wynn is currently available except for Bear Family's massive 10-CD box set
"Wishful Thinking" which features everything he recorded including loads of
unissued material (BCD 15886 - $204.98) (FS) |
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| POP STONEMAN | King 0529 | Gospel Music Treasures | ● CD $9.98 |
| A charming collection of previously unissued gospel sides
recorded for Stardy in 1961 and '62 by the patriarch of the great Stoneman.
Accompanied only by his autoharp Pop performs songs like The Royal
Telephone/Uncloudy Day/ Where We Never Grow Old/ Golden Bye And Bye/ Great
Reaping Day/ I'll Live On/ How Will It Be With Your Soul and others. |
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| MERLE TRAVIS | Country Routes 29 | Boogie Woogie Cowboy | ● CD $16.98 |
| Collection of 29 Travis rarities - mostly from the mid 40s
and mostly featuring Merle in an accompanying role. These tracks from radio
Transcriptions and film soundtracks features Merle with The Red River Trio,
Jimmie Dean & His Trail Riders, Wesley Tuttle & His Coonhunters, Cliffie
Stone's Western Stars and others. Includes 16 page booklet with extensive
notes by Kevin Coffey and full discographical details. |
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| WESLEY TUTTLE | Bear Family BCD 16416 | Detour | ● CD $129.98 |
| Not listed when it first came out. Four CD box set with DVD
and 84 page book. Long overdue collection of this popular and important West
Coast country artist. It includes all his Capitol recordings along with rare
radio transcriptions. The DVD features the Western movie "Song Of The
Sierras" which features Tuttle in a supporting role and also includes
several Snader film transcriptions with songs like Red River Valley/ When
Payday Rolls Around/ Yodelling Boogie and others. |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Bear Family BCD 16673 | I Am Sad & Weary | ● CD $21.98 |
| 27 track collection featuring great country artists, mostly
from the 50s and 60s, performing the songs of Jimmie Rodgers along wth a
couple of tribute songs. Includes Gary Williams, Ernest Tubb, Molly O'Day,
Bill Monroe, Webb Pierce, Hank & Jimmie Rodgers Snow, Jimmie Skinner, Dolly
Parton, Merle Haggard, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tompall Glazer, Bob King, Tex Morton
and others. Beautifully pacakegd ina digipack format with 64 page boot.
ELTON BRITT: Jimmie Rodgers Blues/ JOHNNY DUNCAN: Travelin' Blues/ TOMMY DUNCAN: Sweet Mama Hurry Home Or I'll Be Gone/ LEFTY FRIZZELL: Never No' Mo' Blues/ TOMPALL GLASER: My Mother Was A Lady/ MERLE HAGGARD: Peach Picking Time In Georgia/ WANDA JACKSON: Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues/ GRANDPA JONES: T For Texas (blue Yodel #1)/ BOB KING: You And My Old Guitar/ JERRY LEE LEWIS: Mother, The Queen Of My Heart/ BILL MONROE: My Carolina Sunshine Girl/ TEX MORTON: Treasures Untold/ MOLLY O'DAY: (fifteen) Years Ago/ DOLLY PARTON: Muleskinner Blues (blue Yodel #8)/ WEBB PIERCE: In The Jailhouse Now/ BILL RAMSEY & PETER ALEXANDER: Missouri Cowboy (muleskinner Blues)/ JIM REEVES: Waitin' For A Train/ JIMMIE SKINNER: Jimmie's Yodel Blues/ My Rough And Rowdy Ways/ HANK SNOW: My Blue Eyed Jane/ HANK & JIMMIE RODGERS SNOW: When Jimmie Rodgers Said Goodbye/ ERNEST TUBB: Frankie And Johnny/ Jimmie Rodgers Last Thoughts/ GARY WILLIAMS: A Tribute To Jimmie Rodgers (narration)/ The Death Of Jimmie Rodgers/ The Life Of Jimmie Rodgers/ BOB WILLS: Mississippi River Blues |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Cotton Town Jubilee CTJCD 5 | Singing Cowboys Of The Silver Screen | ● CD $18.98 |
| Fine collection of 30 western songs ranging from 1932
through 1952 featuring commercial recordings along with transcriptions and a
track from a film soundtrack. Includes Rex Allen, Ezra Paulette & His
Beverly Hillbillies, Rusty Gill & The Westernaires, Eddie Kirk, Tex Ritter,
Jimmy Wakely, Bob Wills and others. Includes 12 page illustrated booklet
with notes and discographical data. This is essentially a sampler from the
British Archive Of Country Music series since most of these tracks are
duplicated on BACM CDs who provided the recordings here. |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Fremeaux & Associes 5058 | Country Quebec - Les Pionniers Et Les Origines,1925-55 | ● CD $25.98 |
| And now for something completely different! A fascinating
and delightful collection of country music from Quebec, Canada all sung in
French! Material includes French covers of American country favorites (Tumbling
Tumbleweeds/ Red River Valley/ It Ain't Gonna Rain No More/ Prisoner's Song,
etc) but it's mostly original material. Instrumental arrangements are mostly
similar to the American model but vocal approach frequently brings to mind a
Parisian chanson singer. Includes 48 page booklet with notes in French and
English and photos of many of the artists. Intriguing! |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | Krazy Kat 30 | Farewell Blues - Hot String Bands, 1936-1941 | ● CD $16.98 |
| Terrific collection of 25 tracks featuring hot jazzy country
from Clayton McMichen & His Georgia Wildcats, The Hi Neighor Boys, Hugh &
Shug's Radio Pals, Louise Massey & The Westerners, Al Clauser & His Oklahoma
Outlaws, Herald Goodman & His Tennessee Valley Boys, The Rice Brothers Gang,
Sons Of The Ozarks, Tennessee Ramblers, Carl Boling & His Four Aces, Jack
Pierce & His Oklahoma Cowboys and others. Includes 24 page booklet with
extensive notes on each performer and track by Kevin Coffey. |
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS | K-Tel 3684 | Country Roots | ● CD $8.98 |
| Budget priced 20 track compilation of great country
recordings from the 20s through the 40s. Includes The Carter Family, Hank
Williams, Eddy Arnold, Ernest Tubb, Vernon Dalhart, Bob Wills & His Texas
Playboys, Jimmie Davis, Jack Guthrie, Leon Payne, Jimmie Rodgers and others.
Decent sound but no notes. |
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| THE WILLIS BROTHERS | Cattle 290 | The Golden Age Of The Willis Brothers | ● CD $18.98 |
| 22 tracks, 59 mins, highly recommended Splendid collection
of western swing, blues, straight country and novelty songs from this fine
trio - Guy (guitar & vocals), Skeeter (fiddle and vocals) and Vic
(accordion, piano & vocals) with various added musicians. They originally
started performing in the 30s as The Oklahoma Wranglers and with several
interruptions continued through the mid 70s and didn't have their first hits
until the mid 60s! It features two sides from their first session for
Sterling Records in 1946 where they also accompanied Hank Williams on his
first session. The rest of the tracks are from 1947, '51 and '52.
Additional musicians on some of the sessions include Chet Atkins and Little
Roy Wiggins. (FS) THE WILLIS BROTHERS: Alimony/ Back Up And Push/ Came The Dawn/ Candy In A Room With A Baby/ Down Yonder/ Gettin' High, Feelin' Low Over You/ Green Back Dollar/ Hoot Owl Boogie/ I Can't Go On This Way/ I Don't Know/ I Just Want To Be With You/ If I Should Need You (would You Say "yes")/ Old Indians Never Die (from Picture "hollywood Barn Dance")/ Poor Boy/ Savannah River Rag/ Somebody Mentioned Your Name/ The Waltz And That Tennessee Moon/ Unhappy New Year/ Warm Beer And A Cold, Cold Woman/ Wrangler Boogie/ You Don't Have To Worry/ You Don't Want Me |
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| MAC WISEMAN | Bear Family BCD 15976 | 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered | ● CD $149.98 |
| 6-CD set with 76 page hardcover book devoted to this superb
bluegrass and country vocalist featuring all the recordings he made between
1951 and 1962 for Dot and Capitol. Includes a previously unissued Capitol LP
and many cuts that have not appeared on LP or CD before. |
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| MAC WISEMAN | Music Mill 70038 | The Lost Album | ● CD $10.98 |
| 12 tracks recorded by this fine country & bluegrass singer
for Capitol in 1963 for an album that was never released because Capitol was
too busy pressing albums by The Beatles! A few tracks appeared on singles
and compilations but the rest is previously unreleased. Accompanied by top
sidemen like Chubby Wise, Tommy Jackson, Charlie McCoy, Josh Graves and
others he does some new and some old songs including Mother Knows Best/
Sweet Summers Gone Away/ Dark Hollow/ Blue Grass Music's Really Gone To
Town/ The Mole/ Brother Joe and others. |
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