NEWSLETTER #136
Country, Bluegrass & Old Timey
Jethro Burns & Tiny Moore ->
Skeets Yaney
| NOTE: Unless otherwise noted all
DVDs offered are in NTSC format which means that they will not play on a
European DVD players unless you have a multiple format player. |
| JENKS "TEX"
CARMAN |
Bear Family DVD 20006 |
At Town Hall Party |
● CD $26.98 |
The idiosyncratic singer and steel guitarist performing 16
songs and tunes live on Town Hall Party in the late 50s including four
versions of his popular Hillbilly Hula - two with vocals by the
delightfully nameD Quincy Snodgrass.
JENKS "TEX" CARMAN: Beach Of Waikiki/ Build A Highway To Your Heart/ Dixie
Cannonball (1)/ Dixie Cannonball (2)/ Don't Feel Sorry For Me/ El Rancho
Grande/ Geisha Girl/ Highway To Your Heart/ Hillbilly Hula (& Quincy
Snodgrass: Vocal -1)/ Hillbilly Hula (& Quincy Snodgrass: Vocal -2)/
Hillbilly Hula (1)/ Hillbilly Hula (2)/ My Pretty Snow Dear/ Tijuana Rose
(1)/ Tijuana Rose (2)/ Wabash Cannonball (1)/ Wabash Cannonball (2)/
Wildwood Flower
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Bear Family 20027 |
Town Hall Party - November 6, 1954 |
● CD $26.98 |
First in a series of DVDs from Bear Family featuring a
complete Town Hall Party Show. This one is devoted to the show of November
6, 1954 where you can see live performances by Tommy Duncan, Merle Travis,
Joe Maphis, Wesley Tuttle, Tex Ritter, The Rangers Quartet, Dick Stubbs,
Wesley Tuttle, Judy Hayden, Les "Carrot Top" Anderson, Johnny Bond,
Fiddlin' Kate and Larry Collins & Joe Maphis.
LES "CARROT TOP" ANDERSON: The Bunny Hop/ JOHNNY BOND: It Makes No
Difference Now/ LARRY COLLINS & JOE MAPHIS: Mutt And Jeff Boogie/ TOMMY
DUNCAN: Medley Of Country Songs/ JUDY HAYDEN, ROSE LEE MAPHIS, MARYLIN
TUTTLE: Rock-a-bye-boogie/ JOE MAPHIS & QUINCY SNODGRASS: The Audience
Song/ JOE MAPHIS & ROSE LEE MAPHIS: Half As Much/ JOE MAPHIS, FIDDLIN’
KATE, MERLE TRAVIS: Turkey In The Straw/ THE RANGERS QUARTET: Rock Of
Ages/ TEX RITTER: There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder/ DICK STUBBS,
FIDDLIN' KATE, BILLY HILL: Instrumental/ MERLE TRAVIS & JOE MAPHIS: Cannon
Ball Rag/ MERLE TRAVIS & JUDY HAYDEN: John Bolin/ WESLEY TUTTLE:
Footprints In The Snow/ Tennessee Waltz/ That Little Boy Of Mine
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Bear Family 20028 |
Town Hall Party - November 29, 1958 |
● CD $26.98 |
| WANDA JACKSON: Alone With You/ Hard Headed Woman/ Mean, Mean, Man/ Pick Me
Up On Your Way Down/ Queen For A Day/ Rock Your Baby/ BOB LUMAN: A Lover's
Question/ Rockin' Robin/ JOE & ROSE LEE MAPHIS: Tell Her Lies And Feed Her
Candy/ JOE MAPHIS AND THE ENTIRE CAST: Goin' Down That Road Feelin' Bad/
Rainin' On The Mountain/ SKEETS MCDONALD: What Am I Doing Here/ BILLY MIZE
& CLIFF CROFFORD: Gotta Travel On/ Gotta Travel On (2)/ NORMA & LINDA:
Lookin' Back To See/ JOHNNY O'NEILL: Wagon Train/ Tom Dooley/ JIMMY
PRUETT: St. Louis Boogie/ Sweet Georgia Brown/ TEX RITTER: Jealous Heart/
Rye Whiskey/ The Wayward Wind/ JEANNIE STERLING: The Day The Rains Came/
MERLE TRAVIS: Way Down Yonder In New Orleans/ FIDDLIN' KATE WARREN: Fiddle
Instrumental/ Maiden's Prayer
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Bear Family 20030 |
Town Hall Party - February 14, 1959 |
● CD $26.98 |
| JOHNNY BOND: Broken Doll/ You Ain't Gonna Bring No Trouble Anymore/ Take
Me Back To Tulsa/ CLIFF CROFFORD AND BILLY MIZE: Which One Of Us Is To
Blame/ TOMMY DUNCAN: Birth Of The Blues/ Ida Red/ My Adobe Hacienda/ Roly
Poly/ THE FLAIRS: Johnny B. Goode/ Mean Mean Woman/ Rebel's Inn/ ROSE LEE
MAPHIS: Every Step Of The Way/ SKEETS MCDONALD: Baby Wait/ What A Lonesome
Life It's Been/ BILLY MIZE, CLIFF CROFFORD & QUINCY SNODGRASS: Charlie
Brown/ JOHNNY O'NEILL: Marianne/ That Lucky Old Sun/ White Silver Sands/
JIMMY PRUETT: Guitar Instrumental/ JIM REEVES: Am I Losing You/ Anna
Marie/ Billy Bayou/ Bimbo/ Blue Boy/ Medley of waltzes/ QUINCY SNODGRASS:
Guitar Instrumental/ JEANNIE STERLING: Stupid Cupid/ There Goes My Heart
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Bear Family 20035 |
Town Hall Party - July 18, 1959 |
● CD $26.98 |
| JOHNNY BOND: The Long Tall Shadow/ We're Diggin' For Gold/ Lil' Liza Jane/
MARTHA CARSON: Do Lord Remember Me/ Let The Light Shine On Me/ GEORGE
JONES: I'm Ragged But I'm Right/ Medley/ Seasons Of My Heart/ The Girl I
Love/ Treasure Of Love/ White Lightnin'/ Who Shot Sam/ You Gotta Be My
Baby/ ROSE LEE MAPHIS: Bury Me Beneath The Willow Tree/ I Don't Want It On
My Conscience/ SKEETS MCDONALD: Hawaiian Sea Breeze/ Mona Lisa/ BILLY
MIZE: Blue Boy/ Steel Guitar Rag/ Waterloo/ JOHNNY O'NEILL: Jambalaya/
She's My Truly Fair/ JIMMY PRUETT: Boogie Woogie/ Casey Jones/ LEON
'QUINCY SNODGRASS' SILBY: Bile'em Cabbage Down/ JEANNIE STERLING: Lonesome
Road/ What A Difference A Day Makes/ GORDON TERRY: Johnson's Old Grey
Mule/ Old Joe Clark/ CHARLIE WILLIAMS: I Got Stripes
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| JETHRO BURNS &
TINY MOORE |
Acoustic Disc 060 |
Back To Back |
● CD $19.98 |
CD debut of long out of print Kaleidoscope album
originally issued in 1979 featuring a stellar line-up of Tiny Moore, Eldon
Shamblin, Ray Brown and Shelly Manne on a selection of hot instrumentals.
Not so much a Western Swing effort but a straight-ahead jazz album
featuring two of the finest jazz mandolinists of all time. Particularly
worthwhile is Bock to Bock, a remake of the old Wes Montgomery
classic. This is a two CD reissue with one bonus tune (Maiden's Prayer
and a whole CDs worth of alternate takes.
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| WILF CARTER |
ASV CDAJA 5593 |
I'm Hittin' The Trail |
● CD $11.98 |
26 of the most popular tracks recorded by Canada's most
popular country singer in the 30s and 40s ranging from his earliest and
biggest hit My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby through to his 1950
recording of The Little Shirt My Mother Made For Me with The Big
Hole Bronco Busters.
WILF CARTER: Calgary Round-Up/ Cowboy Blues/ Dreamy Prarie Moon/ Fate of
Old Strawberry Roan/ Golden Lariat/ Hobo's Song to the Mounties/ I Bought
a Rock for a Rocky Mountain Gal/ I'm Gonna Ride to Heaven on a Streamlined
Train/ I'm Hittin' the Trail/ It Makes No Difference Now/ Little Old Log
Shack I Always Call My Home/ Little Shirt My Mother Made for Me/ My Little
Yoho Lady/ My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby/ Old Shep/ Rattlin' Cannonball/
Ridin' a Maverick/ Rootin' Tootin' Cowboy/ Round-Up in the Fall/ Smoke
Went Up the Chimney Just the Same/ Take Me Back to Old Montana/ There's a
Love-Knot in My Lariat/ When the Ice Worms Nest Again/ Wilf Carter Blues/
Yodelling Hillbilly/ Yodelling Memories
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| JOHNNY CASH |
Varese 66369 |
With His Hot And Blue Guitar |
● CD $13.98 |
17 tracks, highly recommended Reissue on CD of Johnny's
first Sun album #1220 issued in 1957 with five bonus cuts. This album has
some of his early hits like Cry! Cry! Cry!/ So Doggone Lonesome/ Folsom
Prison Blues and his first country number one and pop crossover I
Walk The Line. The original album included other great sides like
Rock Island Line/ Country Boy/ Remember Me/ I Was There When It Happened/
The Wreck Of The Old '97 and more. The bonus cuts include two flip
sides of songs that were on the original LP and three alternate takes of
songs on the album. With original cover art and new notes by the
knowledgeable Bill Dahl this rounds the reissue of a classic album. (FS)
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| BETTY CODY |
Cattle 306 |
The Succesful Hillbilly Era |
● CD $18.98 |
28 tracks recorded between 1952 and 1954 by this fine
singer from Canada who settled in the USA and married Hal "Lone" Pine.
This CD includes recordings made in Canada and the USA including sides
with Pine and his band plus some with Chet Atkins on guitar.
BETTY CODY: A Letter I Should Never Have Mailed/ Always A Bridesmaid/ Can
You Live With Yourself/ Columbus Stockade Blues/ Dear Sister/ Don't
Believe Everything That You Read About Love/ Don't Stop - I Like It/ Heart
To Heart Talk (let's Talk It Over)/ How To Get Married/ I Found Out More
Than You Ever Knew/ I Hate Myself For Loving You So Much/ I Really Want
You To Know/ I'm Talkin', Start Walkin'/ In Sunny Tennessee/ Jealous Love/
Keep Your Promise, Willie Thomas/ Keep Your Shirt On John/ O Mama Come
Home/ Of All The Songs We Ever Sang/ Pale Moon/ Phonograph Record/ Please
Throw Away The Glass/ Tear Down The Mountains/ The Kiss That Made A Fool
Of Me/ Tom-tom Yodel/ You Broke My Heart In 15 Million Pieces/ You Can't
Feel The Way I Do/ You Want More Of Me (than I Can Give To You)
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| DOUGLAS DILLARD |
Rural Rhythm 1022 |
The Banjo Album |
● CD $12.98 |
11 tracks, 42 min, recommended
CD reissue of an album
originally recorded in 1970, this disc features the decidedly progressive
treatment of a mostly traditional repertoire of banjo tunes performed by
Doug Dillard, banjo player for the Dillards, and a host of other talented
bluegrassers including John Hartford (f), Don Beck (dobro), Red Mitchell
or Roger Bush (b), Byron Berline (f & g), and Billy Raty Lathum (g). Tunes
include Train 4500/ Turkey Knob/ Hard Times/ Home Sweet Home/ Foggy
Mountain Breakdown/ Clinch Mountain Backstep, and others. (RP)
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| THE DOWN HOMERS |
B.A.C.M. 092 |
Uncle Noah's Ark |
● CD $13.98 |
30 tracks from radio transcriptions in the 40s by this
East Coast group who were considered the East Coast equivalent of The Sons
Of The Pioneers. The group started in the 30s and were active through the
40s and at various times included among its members Kenny Roberts & Bill
Haley though I don't believe that Haley is on any of these tracks.
THE DOWN HOMERS: An Old Dusty Saddle For Sale/ Are You Tired Of Me
Darling/ Blue Days/ Cowpuncher‘s Blues/ Dear It‘s A Crying Shame/ Four
Walls Around Me/ Goodbye To The Old Empty Ranch House/ How Many Miles To
Heaven/ I Want To Be Loved By You/ I Wish I Was Single Again/ I‘ll Die
Before I Tell You Goodbye/ I‘m Happy-go-lucky And Free/ I‘m Hitchin‘ My
Wagon To A Star/ Lane County Bachelor/ Let‘s Pretend We‘re Sweethearts
Again/ Little Sweetheart Of The Saddle/ Me And My Burro/ My Mother/ My
Rocky Mountain Sweetheart/ Prairie Moonlight And You/ They Laid Him In The
Ground/ Those Boots That I Wore On The Range/ Trail Of Tears/ Uncle Noah‘s
Ark/ Were You Sincere/ When The Cactus Is Blooming At Home/ When The
Golden Rods Are Blooming/ When The Roundup Days Are Over/ When You Wake Up
In The Morning I‘ll Be Gone/ White Waterfall
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| BOOTS FAYE &
IDAHO CALL |
Cattle 303 |
You Tried To Ruin My Name |
● CD $18.98 |
18 tracks from late 40s and early 50s by California based
husband and wife duo including sides by Speedy West on steel guitar and
Harold Hensley on fiddle.
BOOTS FAYE & IDAHO CALL: Asleep At The Switch/ Baby Sitter's Blues/ Cry,
Cry, Cry/ Cryin' My Heart Out/ Grinnin' Like A Possum (bawlin' Like A
Hound)/ I Can't Fool My Heart/ I'll Step Aside/ I'm Losing Your Love/ I'm
Sinkin' In A Hole/ I'm Tired Of Living A Lie/ Shifting Sands/ Stranded (on
The Sea Of Life)/ That's My Heart Talkin'/ The Sinful Song/ The Waltz Of
The Wind/ You Tried To Ruin My Name
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| RED FOLEY |
B.A.C.M. 095 |
Yodeling Radio Joe |
● CD $13.98 |
28 radio transcriptions recorded in the mid 40s with The
Mountain Rangers.
RED FOLEY: An Old Fashioned Shack/ Back Home In The Blue Ridge Mountains/
Chiquita/ Crawdad Hole/ Dear Old Western Skies/ Down A Covered Wagon
Trail/ Feelin‘ Low And Lonely/ Get On Board Little Children/ Going Down
The River/ Goodbye Maggie/ Guns & Guitars/ Home On The Range/ I Won‘t Need
My Six Gun In Heaven/ I‘ll Go Ridin‘ Down That Texas Trail/ I‘m Always
Running After Rainbows/ Lonely World/ Mexicali Rose/ Pals Of The Saddle/
Quilting Party/ Sitting Round The Old Fireside/ Take Me Back To Renfro
Valley/ Timber Winds/ Wagon Train/ When The Corn‘s Laid By/ When The
Work‘s All Done This Fall/ Yellow Rose Of Texas/ Yodeling Radio Joe/
You‘re Still My Blue Bonnet Girl
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| LEFTY FRIZZELL |
Proper Intro 2076 |
Shine Shave Shower - A Proper Introduction |
● CD $9.98 |
29 great early sides (1950-1953) including all of his hits
from this period including five number ones. Includes I Love You A
Thousand Ways/ Look What Thoughts Will Do/ I Want To Be With You Always/
Mom And Dad's Waltz/ Brakeman's Blues/ My Rough And Rowdy Ways/ A King
Without A Queen/ Bring Your Sweet SElf Back To Me/ Never No Mo' Blues/ Run
'em Off and other gems.
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| THE
INTERNATIONAL SUBMARINE BAND |
Sundazed 6206 |
Safe At Home |
● CD $12.98 |
10 tracks, highly recommended
"Safe At Home" is often
credited as the first true country rock album, and while that distinction
may produce arguments, it is not without merit. Gram Parsons spent more of
his short career combining rock with country, recording briefly with The
Byrds after the breakup of I.S.B., and with The Flying Burrito Bros. for a
longer time. This, their only album, (LHI 12001) was a flop when it was
released in 1968, but has been booted many times since. The way Folsom
Prison slides into That's All Right leaves little doubt about
Parsons' approach; the strongest songs however are his Luxury Liner/
Blue Eyes/ Do You Know How It Feels To Be Lonesome. Not as good as "Grevious
Angel", but full of bright moments and historical importance. This new
Sundazed release has been mastered from recently unearthed stereo LHI-label
master tapes and include the previously unissued Knee Deep In the Blues.
The set includes reproductions of the original artwork, rare photos and a
new essay by Sid Griffin. (JC/ FS)
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| THE LIGHT CRUST
DOUGHBOYS |
B.A.C.M. 094 |
Guitar Jump |
● CD $13.98 |
25 tracks from 1947 commercial recordings and previously
unissued 1948 radio transcriptions. A mix of hot western swing, novelty
songs and pop flavored numbers with Mel Cox & Carroll Hubbard/ fiddles,
Lefty Perkins /lead & steel guitar, Marvin Montgomery/ tenor banjo &
rhythm guitar, Knocky Fodwin/ accordion and others.
THE LIGHT CRUST DOUGHBOYS: A Tear For A Tear/ Billy Goat Rag/ Don‘t Make
Me Cry/ Ezra‘s Waltz/ Fisherman‘s Polka/ Get Away Little Gal Get Away/
Guitar Jump/ Honolulu Lou/ I Cried And Cried And Cried/ I Never Done That
Before/ It‘s A Dirty Shame/ It‘s Cold In Here/ I‘m Gonna Be Gone, Gone,
Gone/ Jean From Abilene/ Move On Gal/ New Sow Song/ No Suh/ Oklahoma
Waltz/ One Time Too Many/ Pappy‘s Banjo Boogie/ Smokey Joe From El Paso/
Starlight Waltz/ The Waltz That Broke My Heart/ There Ain‘t No More/ Truck
Driver‘s Boogie
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| THE LOUVIN BROTHERS |
Capitol (UK) 99028-2 |
Country Love Ballads/ Tribute To The
Delmore Brothers |
● CD $13.98 |
24 tracks, 70 mins, highly recommended
Back in stock. Two
classic LPs from 1959 and '60 on one CD. "Ballads" features 12 great songs
including Are You Wasting My Time?/ If I Could Only Win Your Love/ I
Wonder If You Knew/ On My Way To The Show/ She Will Get Lonesome/ Blue
and others. "Delmore" features a tribute from the last great brother duet
in country music to their counterparts from the 30s and 40s. The Louvins,
like the Delmores natives of Alabama, here acknowledge their musical debt
to their musical forebears, with heartfelt renderings of 12 classics from
the Delmore's repertoire. Ira Louvin, he of the trademark achingly pure
and wild tenor voice, normally played mandolin on the Louvin's records,
but here he plays Rabon Delmore's tenor guitar, loaned by surviving
Delmore brother Alton. The haunting melancholy melodies and syncopated
guitar rhythms lend themselves particularly well to the Louvin sound.
Their instrumental work here is augmented by guitarist Jimmy Capps, and
every track is a delight. Songs included are Weary Lonesome Blues/
Blues Stay Away From Me/ Southern Moon/ Brown's Ferry Blues/ Freight Train
Boogie/ The Last Old Shovel, etc. (RP/FS)
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| THE MADDOX
BROTHERS & ROSE |
Proper Intro 2075 |
That'll Learn Ya Durn Ya - A Proper
Introduction |
● CD $9.98 |
30 tracks recorded between 1947 and 1953 by this wonderful
and raucous group.
THE MADDOX BROTHERS & ROSE: (Pay Me) Alimony/ Choc'late Ice Cream Cone/
Cocquita Of Laredo/ Detour No. 2/ Eight Thirty Blues/ Gosh I Miss You All
The Time/ Hangover Blues/ Honky Tonkin'/ I Couldn't Believe It Was True/ I
Wish I Was A Single Girl Again/ It's Only Human Nature/ Kiss Me Quick And
Go/ Mama Says It's Naughty/ Mean & Wicked Boogie/ Move It On Over/ New
Mule Skinner Blues/ New Step It Up & Go/ No Help Wanted/ Oklahoma
Sweetheart Sally Anne/ Philadelphia Lawyer/ Sally Let Your Bangs Hang
Down/ Shimmy Shakin' Daddy/ Small Town Mama/ Sugar Pie/ Texas Guitar
Stomp/ That'll Learn Ya Durn Ya/ The Hiccough Song/ Whoa Sailor/ Why Don't
You Haul Off And Love Me/ Why Not Confess
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| JUDY MARTIN |
B.A.C.M. 096 |
Straight Shootin' Cowgirl |
● CD $13.98 |
25 tracks recorded for radio transcriptions in the mid
40s, often with a Western flavor, by Eva Overstake aka Judy Martin
accompanied by The Mountain Rangers which included her husband Red Foley -
Keep A Little Sunshine In Your Smile/ Love That Wasn't Mean To Be/ Put
Me To Sleep With A Western Lullaby/ I Want To Be A Real Cowboy Girl
(her reworking of Patsy Montana's I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart)/
God Bless You Sweetheart/ She Buckaroo/ Sandy Headed Love/ She's
Somebody's Old Fashioned Sweetheart/ Letter Sealed With A Kiss, etc.
JUDY MARTIN: Down In My Cabin Home/ East Bound Train/ God Bless You
Sweetheart/ Hand In Hand We'll Walk Together Again/ I Hate To Say Goodbye
To The Prairie/ I Want To Be A Real Cowboy Girl/ I'll Never Be The Same
Again/ I'll Never Cry Again Over You/ I'll Never Love Again/ I'm Getting A
Moon's Eye View Of The World/ Keep A Little Sunshine In Your Smile/ Letter
Sealed With A Kiss/ Little Rag Doll/ Love That Wasn't Meant To Be/ Me And
My Cowboy Sweetheart/ My Little One/ Put Me Sleep With A Western Lullaby/
Sandy Headed Lad/ She Buckaroo/ She's Somebody's Old Fashioned Sweetheart/
Shine On My Boots/ Straight Shootin' Cowgirl/ Texas Plains/ There's A
Wreath On The Door/ When The Sun Goes Down In Laredo
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| BILL
MONROE & THE BLUEGRASS BOYS |
Acoustic Disc 59 |
Live At Mechanics Hall |
● CD $16.98 |
The king of bluegrass and his group (Del McCoury, Bill
Keith, Joe Sturat and Bessie Lee) recorded live in 1963 at The Mechanics
Hall in Worcester, Mass. - one of America's finest pre-Civil War concert
halls. Features 19 songs and tunes and includes two songs featuring Bill's
daughter Melissa and the only recorded duet with Bea Lilly Of The Lilly
Brothers. Includes Watermelon Hangin' On That Vine/ Panhandle Country/
On And On/ Love's Gonna Live Here/ Muleskinner Blues/ Blue Moon Of
kentucky/ John Henry/ Waiting For Bea/ Uncle Pen/ Y'All Come and
others. Features 24 page booklet with extensive notes by bluegrass
historian Neil Rosenberg and previously unpublished photos.
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| TEX MORTON |
B.A.C.M. 101 |
Across The Great Divide |
● CD $13.98 |
22 tracks recorded between 1936 and 1943 by one of the
great pioneers of country music in Australia and New Zealand. Originally
performing American and American influenced songs he started incorporating
more original songs about Australia into his repertoire and helped develop
the bush-ballad genre of Australian country music. Most of the tracks here
feature Tex accompanied only by his own guitar with occasional added
fiddle and bass and many tracks feature some fine yodeling. Includes
Story Of Parson Joe/ Good Old Droving Days/ Freight Train Yodel/ Ned Kelly
Song/ When The Cactus Is In Bloom/ Wyomin' Willie/ Oregon Trail/Rocky Ned
The Outlaw, etc. Interesting notes by Paul Hazell mention that for a
period of time in the 50s and early 60s Morton traveled the world with a
hypnosis and mind-reading act as "The Great Morton!"
TEX MORTON: Across The Great Divide/ All Set And Saddled/ At The End Of A
Hobo's Trail/ Black Sheep/ Crime Does Not Pay/ Drover's Wife/ Freight
Train Yodel/ Good Old Droving Days/ I Left My Heart In Red River Valley/
Move Along Baldy/ Ned Kelly Song/ Old Man Duff/ Old Pal Of My Boyhood
Days/ On The Gundagai Line/ Oregon Trail/ Rocky Ned The Outlaw/ She Came
Rolling Down The Mountain/ Story Of Parson Joe/ Texas In The Spring/ The
Martins And The Coys/ When The Cactus Is In Bloom/ Wyomin' Willie
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| RED MURRELL |
Jasmine 3544 |
Sittin' On Top Of The World |
● CD $11.98 |
24 tracks, recommended
Excellent collection of California
Western Swing from the 40s featuring band led by vocalist Joyce "Red" Murell which included sidemen like Porky Freeman, Cliffie Stone, Wade Ray
and others. Includes both originals and covers including a fine version of
the traditional blues title song. Includes songs recorded for a number of
different labels including Sittin' Here Alone And Feeling Blue/ Steel
Guitar Rag/ I Learned My Lesson Too Late Git Fiddle Boogie/ I Want To Be A
Cowboy's Sweetheart (with an unidentified female vocalist)/ I've
Got A New Baby/ Hide Your Face and others. Excellent sound and brief
notes by Al Turner. (FS)
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| THE NITE OWLS |
Cattle 302 |
The Swingin' Western Style Of The Nite
Owls |
● CD $18.98 |
24 tracks from 1937/ 38 by western swing
trio (guitar, steel guitar, bass) from Texas who backed up Al Dexter at
the beginning of his career. Includes vocals by Luke Ownes, Jack True,
Helen Hunt and steel guitarist Bob Symons.
THE NITE OWLS: Ain't That Too Bad/ Blue Hawaiian Moonlight/ Cielito Lindo
(beautiful Heaven)/ Coquette/ Do You Ever Think Of Me/ Egyptian Ella/ Get
Hot (for Your Lovin' Daddy)/ I Lost My Gal Again/ I Saw Your Face In The
Moon/ I Wish You Were Jealous Of Me/ I'm Getting Absent Minded Over You/
I've Lost You So Why Should I Care/ If I Had My Way/ In The Royal Hawaiian
Hotel/ It's A Lonesome Old Town (when You're Not Around)/ Jealous/ Ma!
(she's Making Eyes At Me)/ Married Man Blues/ Mistakes/ Please Don't Do
That/ Rancho Grande (my Ranch)/ Think It Over/ You Fooled Around And
Waited Too Long/ Yum-yum Blues
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| THE OVERSTAKE SISTERS |
B.A.C.M. 098 |
Volume 1 - I'm Riding On A Rainbow |
● CD $13.98 |
28 tracks from mid 40s radio transcriptions by Evelyn,
Lucille and Eva Overstake originally known as "The Three Little Maids" and
later, when they recorded these transcriptions, as "The Little Country
Girls". Eva married Red Foley and adopted the name Judy Martin, Lucille
recorded some risque material with The Sweet Violet Boys (The Prairie
Ramblers) as Lucille Lee and later changed her name to Jenny Lou Carson
and became a succesful songwriter. They perform a collection of popular
country songs with sweet harmonies accompanied by guitar, accordion,
fiddle and bass.
THE OVERSTAKE SISTERS: Don't Let Me Know/ Down By The River/ Empty Mail
Box Blues/ Hold On/ I Am Lonely Too/ I Dreamed Of Mother Last Night/ I
Wish I'd Never Learned To Love You/ I'm Headin' For The Rockies/ I'm
Riding On A Rainbow/ In My Dreams There's An Old Fashioned Garden/ It's
Never Too Late/ Just Tell Them That You Saw Me/ Let Me Sleep Beneath A
Rose/ Little Cowboy/ Little Darlin' Let Me Pin A Rose On You/ Little Old
Hillbilly Town/ Little Shoes Laid Away/ Lonesome Road/ Long, Long Ago/
Mission Bells Are Calling Me/ My Old Kentucky Home In The Sky/ Silver
Stars, Silver Spurs/ Someday You'll Be Sorry/ Underneath The Willow On The
Hill/ What Will Cheer My Weary Soul/ When It's Springtime In The Hills/
You Tell Me Your Dream & I'll Tell You Mine/ Your Picture In The Sky
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| THE OVERSTAKE SISTERS |
B.A.C.M. 099 |
Volume 2 - End Of The Trail |
● CD $13.98 |
28 more sides from radio transcriptions.
THE OVERSTAKE SISTERS: Answer To Prisoner's Dream/ Birmingham Jail/
Convict's Dream/ Dear God Watch Over Joe/ End Of The Trail/ Girl Of The
Hills/ Goodbye To Old Mexico/ Gosh, I Miss You All The Time/ Hold On
Little Dogies, Hold On/ I Found My Straight Shootin' Cowboy/ I Hate To Say
Goodbye To The Prairie/ I Left My Heart In Texas/ I Never Wanted A
Sweetheart/ I'd Love A Home In The Mountains/ Last Letter/ Little Old
Locket Of Gold/ Lullaby Lady In Slumbertime Town/ Music Mountain/ My Daddy
Was A Cowboy/ Old Wooden Rocker/ Red River Valley/ Roundup In Cheyenne/
Someday, Somewhere Sweetheart/ That Dear Little Sister Of Mine/ Ti Yippi
Ty Ee/ When The Sun Goes Down In Laredo/ When The Tumbleweeds Come
Tumbling Down Again/ Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Feet
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| DOLLY PARTON |
Raven 121 |
Mission Chapel Memories, 1971-1975 |
● CD $17.98 |
24 track collection of sides drawn from recordings made by
Dolly for RCA between 1971 and 1975 which is usually considered her most
productive and creative period. In addition to some of her hits it
includes obscure but fine LP sides - some not previously on CD. Includes
Coat Of Many Colors/ She Never Met A Man (She Didn't Like)/ Loneliness
Found Me/ Oh, He's Everywhere/ My Kind Of Man/ When Someone Wants To
Leave/ Highway Headin' South/ The Bargain Store, etc.
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| JOHNNY PAYCHECK |
Koch 9835 |
On His Way |
● CD $12.98 |
Koch's second volume of the Little Darlin' recordings of
this maverick country star includes I'd Rather Be Your Fool/ Where In
The World/ Help Me Hank, I'm Falling/ Don't Tell My Wife/ Pride Covered
Ears/ He's In A Hurry/
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| PIE PLANT
PETE & BASHFUL HARMO |
Cattle 305 |
NICA JOE: Sing And Play Their Hillbilly
Favorites |
● CD $18.98 |
Pie Plant Pete (Claude Moye) started his musical career in
the late 20s and teamed up with Bashful Harmonica Joe (Joe Troynan) in the
mid 30s. The 20 tracks here are from rare recordings made for the Process
label in 1947.
PIE PLANT PETE & BASHFUL HARMONICA JOE: Boy Am I Glad/ Bury Me Beneath The
Willow/ Come Back To My Heart/ Down By The Railroad Tracks/ Gonna Have A
Big Time Tonight/ Goodbye My Lover Goodbye/ I Miss You Sweetheart/ I'm
Gonna Ride That Train To Heaven/ I'm Gonna Take My Linda Home To Stay/ My
Blue Skies Have Turned To Grey Skies Now/ Over Yonder Over There/ Railroad
Blues-barnyard Blues/ Shadows Of Night/ That Mother-in-law/ The Rooster
Serenade/ The Story Has Ended/ Tritzem Yodel/ Winding/ You Go To Your
Church And I'll Go To Mine/ You Wouldn't Know The Whitewashed Stable Now
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JIMMY REVARD & THE OKLAHOMA PLAYBOYS |
B.A.C.M. 100 |
Naughty, Naughty |
● CD $13.98 |
Collection of 24 tracks recorded between 1936 and 1940 by
this excellent and popular Texas Western Swing band led by singer/ bassist
Jimmie Revard and that included, at various times during this period,
Adolph Hofner/ guitar & vocal, Emil "Bash" Hofner/steel guitar, Joe
Malloy/ guitar & vocal, Ben McKay/ fiddle & vical, Leon Seago/
fiddle and others.
JIMMIE REVARD & HIS OKLAHOMA PLAYBOYS: A Bundle Of Old Southern Sunshine/
Am I Blue/ Cats Are Bad Luck/ Come Up And See Me Some Day/ Don't Waste
Your Tears Over Me, Little Girl/ Fox And The Hounds (instr.)/ Gee! But
It's Great Walking Back Home/ Hill Billy Swing/ I'll Take Her Back/ I'm
Waitin' Mabel/ It's All So Sweet/ Just A Good Time Gal/ Let Me Live And
Love You/ My Ozark Mountain Home/ Naughty Naughty/ Old Waterfall/
Playboy's Breakdown (instr.)/ Smiles/ There's A Picture In My Heart/
There's A Picture In My Heart/ Tulsa Waltz (instr.)/ Under The Moon/
You're As Pretty As A Picture/ You're Mean To Me
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DAVID
GRISMAN, PETER ROWAN, CLARENCE WHITE, RICHARD GREENE |
DBK Works 503 |
GREENE : Muleskinner |
● CD $15.98 |
11 tracks, highly recommended Available again. Originally
released on Warner Bros. in '74 "Muleskinner" documents some of Clarence
White's (Byrds, Kentucky Colonels) last session work. Subtitled "A
Potpourri Of Bluegrass Jam," this collection of talented musicians blows
the bluegrass tag to smithereens. There's Grisman's Opus 57 In G Minor,
some chilling lead electric guitar by maestro White on the opening Mule
Skinner Blues as well as Richard Greene's jazzy left-of-center violin
excursions. Peter Rowan can play it & sing it either way, the traditional
- Blue & Lonesome, Dark Hollow, Footprints In The Snow
or the cosmic cowboy - Runways Of The Moon , at which he's very
adept. The four part harmony, stellar musicianship, infectious brotherly
spirit, and Rowan's vocal chops combine to make this album one joyous,
swinging affair from the get-go. (SG)
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| THE SONS OF THE
PIONEERS |
ASV CDAJA 5421 |
Cigareets, Whusky .. And Cool, Cool Water |
● CD $11.98 |
Not a new release but one we haven't listed before. A 25
track compilation featuring some of the most popular sides of this fine
Western group recorded between 1937 and 1951 including four with their old
saddle pal Roy Rogers.
THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS: A Room Rull Of Roses/ Blue Prairie/ Blue Shadows
On The Trail/ Chant Of The Wanderer/ Ciagareets, Whusky And Wild, Wild
Women/ Cool Water/ Cowboy Camp Meetin'/ Cowboy Country/ Home On The Range/
Lie Low, Little Doggies (the Cowboy's Lament)/ No One To Cry To/ Out In
Pioneer Town/ Out Of California Way/ Pecos Bill/ Red River Valley/ Santa
Fe, New Mexico/ Serenade To A Coyote/ Song Of The Bandit/ Stars And
Stripes On Iwo Jima/ Teardrops In My Heart/ The Everlasting Hills Of
Oklahoma/ The Last Round Up Label/ The Timber Trail/ Tumbling Tumbleweeds/
Wagons West/ Wind
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| HANK THOMPSON |
Proper Intro 2074 |
The Wild Side Of Life - A Proper
Introduction To Hank Thompson |
● CD $9.98 |
Hank Thompson had lots of hits for Capitol in the 40s and
50's, selling many records with his clear tenor vocalizings, solid
songwriting, and rootsy Texas style and the top notch blend of honky tonk
and western swing instrumental stylings from his band The Brazos Valley
Boys. This fine collection features 30 of his early recordings recorded
between 1946 and 1953 including California Women from his very
first session for Globe in 1946 as well as many of his early hits like
Humpty Dumpty Heart/ Green Light/ Whoa Sailor/ The Grass Looks Greener/
The Wild Side Of Life/ The New Wears Off Too Fast/ Rub-A-Dub his
answer to Goodnight Irene called Wake Up Irene and others as
well flipsides and other non hits. Includes notes by Adam Komorowski and
discographical information, all in Proper's usual appealing packaging.
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| HANK THOMPSON |
Sundazed 9005 |
A Six Pack To Go |
● CD $12.98 |
Reissue of Hank's classic 1966 album devoted to drinkin'
songs including Honky Tonk Town/ Beer Barrel Polka/ Bubbles In My Beer/
The Wild Side Of Life/ Anybody's Girl/ A Broken Heart And A Glass Of Beer.
Most of the tracks feature Merle Travis on guitar.
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And More Bears 25013 |
Greeting From Oklahoma |
● CD $19.98 |
This volume in series devoted to specific states is
devoted to Oklahoma with three versions of Oklahoma Hills (by its
writer Jack Guthrie plus Hank Thompson and Marvin Rainwater) plus other
lesser known songs from Bobby Barnett, The Sons Of The Pioneers, Bob
Wills, Ella Mae Morse, Johnny Bond, Shb Wooley, Luke Wills, Wilf Carter,
Merle Haggard, Leon McAuliffe and others.
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
B.A.C.M. 093 |
A Taste Of King |
● CD $13.98 |
An excellent selection of sides recorded for the King
label between 1946 and 1954 - most of them making their first appearance
on CD. Includes sides by Cliff Carlisle, The Carlisle Brothers (the goofy
Maggie Get The Hammer), Charlie Lindville & The Fiddlin' Linvilles,
Jimmy Widener (hot Western Swing), Minnie Pearl, Bill Carlisle (the
original 1946 recording of Rockin' Chair Money with Lonnie Glosson
on harmonica that was later covered by Hank Williams), Billy Hughes,
Fiddlin' Red Herron, Curley Fox, Red Perkins, Ann Jones, Howdy Kemp,
Johnny Grimes, Redd Stewart, Carolina Cotton and others.
BILL CARLISLE: Rockin' Chair Money/ CLIFF CARLISLE: Stay Away Don't Bother
Me/ THE CARLISLE BROTHERS: Maggie Get The Hammer/ CAROLINA COTTON ACC.
HANK PENNY ORCH.: Singing On The Trail/ THE COUNTRY CATS: Hot Strings
(instr.)/ CURLY FOX: Black Mountain Rag (instr.)/ CHARLIE GORE: Who's Been
Draggin' Your Little Red Wagon/ JOHNNY GRIMES: Who Will You Cry To Then/
HAWKSHAW HAWKINS: Blue Skies In Your Eyes/ HERB & KAY: This Ole House/
FIDDLIN’ RED HERRON: Sally Gooden (instr.)/ FAIRLEY HOLDEN: Sweet Mama Put
Him In Low/ PAUL HOWARD ACC. RED PERKINS: Hora Sta Cotton Picker (instr.)/
BILLY HUGHES: My Adobe Hacienda/ ANN JONES: Love Is A Losing Game/ HOWDY
KEMP: So Blue/ CHARLE LINDVILLE & THE FIDDLIN’ LINDVILLES: You're Gonna Be
Sorry/ J.E. MAINER: John Henry/ BOB NEWMAN: Left Over Hash/ MINNIE PEARL:
On Top Of Old Smokey/ HANK PENNY: Wouldn't It Be "Pun"/ RED PERKINS:
Crocodile Tears/ WAYNE RANEY: I Love My Little Yo Yo/ REDD STEWART ACC.
KENTUCKY COLONELS: Drop Dead Boogie/ JOE WHEELER: Do I Love Her Deed I Do/
JIMMIE WIDENER: What A Line/ BOOTS WOODALL'S RADIO WRANGLERS V. BOB
STODDAR: Since You've Been Gone
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Dualtone 1137 |
Lonesome, On'ry And Mean - A Tribute To
Waylon Jennings |
● CD $13.98 |
15 artists pay tribute to the late great country outlaw
singer with Guy Clark doing Good Hearted Woman, Dave Alvin doing
Amanda, John Doe doing Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line, Robert
Earl Keen with Are Your Sure Hank Done It This Way? and more from
Radney Foster with Roger Creager, Kris Kistofferson, The Crickets, Nanci
Griffith and others.
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
JSP 7742 |
Western Swing & Country Jazz |
● CD $28.98 |
Due late February. Four CD set with 100 tracks of western
swing from the 30s with an emphasis on the more jazz flavored groups -
often featuring horns.
CLIFF BRUNER & HIS TEXAS WANDERERS: Bring It On Home To Grandma/ I Wish I
Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate/ Old Joe Turner Blues/ BOB DUNN'S
VAGABONDS: Graveyard Blues/ Juke Box Rag/ Stompin' At The Honky Tonk/
Wednesday Rag/ You Don't Know My Mind/ MODERN MOUNTAINEERS: Dirty Dog
Blues/ Drifting Along/ Everybody's Truckin'/ Gettin' That Low Down Swing/
Loud Mouth/ Mississippi Sandman/ Never Slept Last Night/ Sweet Little Girl
Of Mine/ Who Cryin' Sweet Papa Now/ You Got To Know How To Truck And
Swing/ ROY NEWMAN AND HIS BOYS: 12th Street Rag/ Black And Blue/ Dinah/
Downhearted Blues/ Drag Along Blues/ Garbage Man Blues/ Hot Dog Stomp/
Kansas City Blues/ Match Box Blues/ Mississippi Mud/ My Baby Rocks Me/
Rhythm Is Our Business/ Sadie Green (the Vamp Of New Orleans)/ Takin' Off/
Tin Roof Blues/ THE RANGE RIDERS: Five Foot Two, Eyes Of Blue/ How Come
You Do Me Like You Do/ It Don't Mean A Thing/ No Foolin'/ The Range
Rider's Stomp/ Who Calls You Sweet Mama Now?/ JIMMIE REVARD & HIS OKLAHOMA
PLAYBOYS: After Hours Blues/ At The End Of The Lane/ Big Daddy Blues/
Blues In The Bottle/ Bound To Look Like A Monkey/ Cats Are Bad Luck/
Crafton Blues/ Daddy's Got The Deep Elm Blues/ Dirty Dog/ Everything's
Gonna Be Alright/ Fox And The Hounds/ Holdin' The Sack/ I've Got Trouble
In Mind/ It's A Long Way To Tipperary/ Let Me Live And Love You/ Lose Your
Blues And Laugh At Life/ My Little Girl/ Oh! Swing It/ Old Waterfall/ Ride
’em Cowboy/ Riding Down The Canyon/ Someone Else You Care For/ Thinking/
Triflin' Gal/ We Played A Game/ OCIE STOCKARD & THE WANDERERS: (bring It
On Down) To My House/ Ain't Nobody Truck Like You/ Black And Blue/ How
Come (you Do Me Like You Do Do Do)/ Just Blues/ Long Ago/ One Of Us Was
Wrong/ Please Sing For Me (doodle-lee-doo)/ Same Thing All The Time/
There'll Be Some Changes Made/ Turn Your Lights Down Low/ Wabash Blues/
What's The Matter?/ Why Shouldn't I?/ SWIFT JEWEL COWBOYS: Bug Scuffle/
Chuck Wagon Swing/ Coney Island Washboard/ Dill Pickle Rag/ Fan It/ Little
Willie Green (from New Orleans)/ Memphis Blues/ Memphis Oomph/ My Untrue
Cowgirl/ Raggin' The Rails/ Rose Room/ Swingin' At The Circle S/ Willie
The Weeper/ You Got To Hi-de-ho (to Get Along With Me)/ SMOKY WOOD & HIS
WOOD CHIPS: Carry Me Back To Virginny/ I'm Sorry/ Keep On Truckin'/ Lonely
Heart Of Mine/ Moonlight In Oklahoma/ Riding To Glory/ Wood's Travelling
Blues/ Woodchip Blues
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King 0952 |
Best Of King & Starday Bluegrass |
● CD $44.98 |
Four CDs, 100 tracks, highly recommended
A terrific
collection of bluegrass (and occasional old timey) drawn from the vaults
of King and Starday featuring recordings made between 1946 and 1973. It
includes recordings by J.E. Mainer and his brother Wade whose music was
basically old time but pointed the way to the music that became known as
bluegrass. There are recordings by some of the all time legends of
traditional bluegrass of the 50s and 60s like Jimmy Martin, The Stanley
Brothers, Reno & Smiley, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain, Jim & Jesse,
Carl Storey and others as well as fine lesser known artists like Tommy
Magness & His Tennessee Buddies (featuring the first recordings of Don
Reno & Red Smiley), Shannon Grayson & The Golden Valley Boys, Mac O'Dell,
The Green Valley Quartet (aka The Easter Brothers), Bill Duncan, The
Wright Brothers and others. Also included are some of the fine artists who
emerged in the late 50s and 60s to continue the tradition like Charlie
Moore, Vern & Ray, The Country Gentlemen and Larry Sparks and ends up with
recordings from the early 70s by groups like 11 Generation and New Grass
Revival who were to change the direction of bluegrass (for better or
worse). Sound quality is superb and the set includes a few previously
unissued cuts including the beautiful <You Could Have Called by
Larry Sparks. Set includes 30 page 5 1/2" x 11" full color booklet with
informative notes by bluegrass expert Gary Reid, profiles and photos of
all the performers and full discographical information. (FS)
RED ALLEN: Trouble Round My Door/ Will The Circle Be Unbroken/ EASTER
BROTHERS: Bible On The Table/ John Saw The Kingdom/ Singing With The
Angels/ There's Rest Just Ahead/ HYLO BROWN: Hills Of Georgia/ Sad Prison
Song/ BUZZ BUSBY: Cold and Windy Night/ Reno Bound/ BILL CLIFTON: Give Me
Your Love/ Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia/ CONNIE & JOE: Home Is Where
The Heart Is/ Toil, Tears, and Trouble/ THE COUNTRY GENTLEMEN: Down Where
The Still Waters Flow/ Silence Or Tears/ J.D. CROWE: Leaves That Are
Green/ You Can Have Her/ BILL DUNCAN: Country Home/ Daisies Never Tell/
Just Being You/ Slippin' Banjo/ JIM EANES: I Wouldn't Change If I Could/
Orchids of Love/ THE FLATT MOUNTAIN BOYS: Choo Choo/ I Could Love You/
SHANNON GRAYSON: I Like The Old-Time Way/ I'm Gonna Walk On/ Let Me Travel
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