NEWSLETTER #139
Country, Bluegrass & Old Timey
Big Bill Campbell ->
Reno & Smiley
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| BOB WILLS |
View Video 2354 |
Fiddlin' Man - The Life & Times Of Bob
Wills |
● DVD $19.98 |
61 min., recommended
This documentary tells the Wills
story through interviews with former Texas Playboys and others close to
the western swing master, including his sister, Mel Tillis, Eldon Shamblin,
Joe Andrews, Bobby Koefler, Johnny Gimble and others. But much of the
footage is a little on the amateurish side, and the interviews generally
fail to shine new light on the Wills story (although it was interesting to
learn that Wills had seen Bessie Smith perform). Footage of Wills from his
heyday appears only occasionally, leaving the viewer wondering why and
wanting more. Not a bad place to start for those who know little of the
man, but definitely not the definitive look back at the musical pioneer. (JC)
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| BIG BILL CAMPBELL |
B.A.C.M. 119 |
Rocky Mountain Rhythm, Vol. 2 |
● CD $13.98 |
Second B.A.C.M. release featuring British country singer from the
30s.
BIG BILL CAMPBELL: Cowboy/ Dreaming Of My Rocky Mountain
Home/ Empty Saddles/ Headin Home/ Horsey Horsey/ I’m Rockin’ To The
Rockies/ Just Because You’re In Deep Elem/ Knock Knock, Who’s There/ Log
Cabin Melody Pt. 1/ Log Cabin Melody Pt. 2/ Never Let No Worry Worry You/
Peter’s Pop Keeps A Lollipop Shop/ Poor Dinah/ Prairie Lullaby/ Rocky
Mountain Melodies Pt. 1/ Rocky Mountain Melodies Pt. 2/ Roll Along Prairie
Moon/ There’s A Bridle Hangin’ On The Wall/ There’s An Old Log Cabin In
The Hollow/ Trail Of The Lonesome Pine/ Underneath The Old Pine Tree/
Walls Of White/ You Are My Sunshine
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| COWBOY JACK CLEMENT |
Dualtone 1187 |
Guess Things Happen That Way |
● CD $15.98 |
12 tracks, 32 min., highly recommended
He hired on at Sun
Records back in the glory days and produced tracks by Charlie Rich, Johnny
Cash, Roy Orbison, and Jerry Lee Lewis (including Whole Lotta Shakin').
Since then he's produced Waylon Jennings, Townes Van Zandt, Louis
Armstrong, and U2 (on the "Rattle & Hum" CD), to name a diverse few. And
his songwriting credits are at least as impressive. This album is his
second solo release--his first came about 25 years ago. This one opens
with the Rolling Stones' composition No Expectations, previously
covered by Johnny Cash, whose influence is all over this disc. But mainly
Clement sings from his own pen, including Ballad Of A Teenage Queen
(a #14 charter for Cash, who lends his voice and guitar), and the titular
track (a #11 hit for Cash who again lends vocal assistance). Credit his
sense of humor for Drinking Carrot Juice ("it will clean your
goozle out"), though Leavin' Is The Lovin' Thing To Do is more
typical. And political country fans will appreciate Every Place I've
Ever Been, co-written by Zell Miller! It may be a long wait for the
next one. (JC)
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| HANK COCHRAN |
Koch 9846 |
The Heart Of Hank Cochran - The Monument
Sessions |
● CD $12.98 |
15 tracks, 39 min., highly recommended
Best known for his
pen, Cochran co-wrote I Fall To Pieces with Harlan Howard and a lot
of other worthy material, mostly for others to record. But in 1968,
Monument Records released "The Heart Of," made up of songs cut between
1962-66. And though it did not shoot up the charts, it did cement
Cochran's reputation as a singer of some note. This CD reissues that long
out-of-print LP and adds 3 sides originally put out on Gaylord records, a
minor imprint of Monument. Cochran covers three by friend Howard
(including a stellar recording of Has Anybody Seen Me Lately) and
Merle Hagard's great All Of Me Belongs To You. But the rest is all
his own, including I Woke Up, which could stand next to just about
anything cut in Nashville and hold its head up high. For mournful goodness
it's tough to beat Lloyd Green's steel guitar sliding its way through
Cochran lyrics like I Just Burned A Dream, Speak Well Of Me To
The Kids, and Somewhere In My Dreams. (JC)
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| LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS |
Bear Family BCD 16198 |
Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight |
● CD $21.98 |
31 tracks, 71 mins, highly recommended
Terrific collection of 31 sides
recorded between 1950 and 1959 by this great singer concentrating on his
up tempo and boogie numbers and even a bit of rockabilly. Jimmy's band
changed over the years but always featured hot musicians like Buddy
Emmons, Grady Martin, Howard Everett Rhoton, Dale Potter and others.
Includes great tracks like You All Come/ (I Got) A Hole In My Pocket/
Hillbilly Fever/ Wabash Cannonball/ Slow Suicide/ Salty Boogie and
others include four hot instrumentals from the band. A number were
originally unissued and made their first appearance on Bear Family's two
box sets of Jimmy from the late 90s. Includes 32 page booklet with
informative notes by Ronnie Pugh and full discographical info. Hot stuff!
(FS)
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| ROSIE FLORES |
Hightone HCD 8168 |
Bandera Highway |
● CD $13.98 |
12 tracks, 41 min., highly recommended
When Hightone
Records decided to broaden its musical horizons beyond the blues, Rosie
Flores was a smart choice. She cut three fine albums there ("After The
Farm," "Once More With Feeling," "Rockabilly Filly"), so it's no surprise
that this collection is so impressive. Flores writes as well as she sings,
and her guitar is a lot more than a photo prop. No bad songs here, but of
particular note are Love And Danger, a duet with Joe Ely; His
Rockin' Little Angel, which features rockabilly queen Wanda Jackson;
and Blues Keep Callin', a Janis Martin (the so-called Female Elvis)
song with Martin lending her voice. But why is it only 41 minutes? Because
it's a sampler and not a compilation, one suspects. (JC)
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| VERN GOSDIN |
VGM Records 57701 |
The Truly Great Hits Of Vern Gosdin |
● CD $9.98 |
13 music tracks + interview, 63 mins, essential
Vern
Gosdin was one of the greatest honky tonk singers of the 70s and 80s with
an aching, yearning quality that, at times, brings to mind George Jones in
his Epic period. This man puts so much feeling into a song it will raise
the hair on your arms. This collection features 12 of his sides recorded
for AMI and Compleat in the early/ mid 80s including his first number one
hit I Can Tell By The Way You Dance (an unnecessary remix of this
is also included) and one of the greatest honky tonk songs of the 80s
If You're Gonna Do Me Wrong (Do It Right) which Vern co-wrote with Max
Barnes. Other hits featured include Today My World Slipped Away/ Way
Down Deep/ What Would Your Memories Do/ Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud,
Loud Music) and others. There's also a tremendous version of the
gospel song Jesus Hold My Hand and a version of Turn, Turn, Turn
where he shares vocals with Roger McGuinn who also contributes guitar. The
spoken word section is a nice touch with Vern reminiscing for about 30
minutes about his life and career - perhaps not something you'll play
often but it does provide some fascinating insight into this talented and
unassuming performer. (FS)
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| ROY HALL |
Bear Family BCD 16747 |
Rocks |
● CD $23.98 |
27 tracks, 71 min., highly recommended
From Bear Family
comes this collection spanning the career of Roy Hall. Liner noter Martin
Hawkins provides illuminating quotes from Hall, whose autobiographical
comments are occasionally punctuated by moments of truth. Hall is best
known, perhaps, as co-writer of Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On, a
song he claims to have taught to Jerry Lee Lewis. It may even be true.
Hall fits in the Bill Haley school of country-rocking guys whose age
worked against him once the mania of associating rock and roll with youth
became firmly entrenched. But Hall's lifestyle was rock and roll before
such excesses became popular, or at least celebrated. This set includes
many of rollicking pianists sides for the Fortune label, including his
earliest hit, Dirty Boogie. Some of the finest moments come on
Hall's covers of what are now classics, such as Blue Suede Shoes,
All By Myself, and Go Go Little Queenie. A few cuts appear
here for the first time, including a trio of songs recorded at Sun Studio
(Lost My Baby, Sweet Love On My Mind, Christine). A
discography of Hall's 1950s work ends the 54-page booklet. (JC)
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| THE HI-FLYERS |
Cattle 311 |
Western Swing In Its Prime Days, 1937-1941 |
● CD $18.98 |
28 tracks by one of the most popular western swing bands
of the 30s featuring musicians like Sheldon Bennett (fiddle & electric
guitar), Billy Briggs (steel guitar), Dick Reinhart (bass) and others.
THE HI-FLYERS: (pin A Bluebonnet On Your New Bonnet)
Bluebonnet/ Alamo Polka/ Answer To It Makes No Difference Now/ Barn Yard
Romp/ Beer Parlor Jive/ Blonde- Headed Woman/ Dark Bedroom Blues/ Hi-flyer
Stomp/ Honky Tonk Mama/ Joe Turner Blues/ Let's Spend The Night In Hawaii/
Lonesome Mama Blues/ Low Blues/ My Bonnie Lies Over The Ocean/ Our Last
Goodnight/ Reno Street Blues/ Sleepy Waltz/ That's Why I Sigh And Cry/ The
Day You Left Me/ The Five-piece Band/ The Wise And The Owl/ There's A
Little Green Mill (by A Little Green Hill)/ There's Another One Waiting/
Under The Double Eagle/ Unlock This Doghouse Door/ You Can Depend On Me/
You'll Never Admit You're Sorry/ You've Broken My Heart Dear
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| FERLIN HUSKY |
B.A.C.M. 121 |
Early Capitol Recordings, 1953-1955 |
● CD $13.98 |
23 tracks recorded between February, 1953 and January,
1955 before Ferlin started to hit it big.
FERLIN HUSKY: A Hillbilly’s Deck Of Cards/ Dear Mr.
Brown/ Eli The Camel/ Get Me Off The Fence/ Hank’s Song/ How Much Are You
Mine/ I Lost My Heart Today/ I Saw Her Today/ I’ll Always Speak Well Of
You/ I’ll Baby Sit With You/ I’ll Never Have You/ King Of A Lonely Castle/
Let’s Kiss And Try Again/ Little Tom/ Minnie Ha Cha/ My Gallina/ Peter
Weather Bird/ She’s Always There When I Come Home/ Slow Down Brother/
Somebody Lied/ Very Seldom Frequently Ever/ Walkin’ And Hummin’/ You’ll
Die A Thousand Deaths
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FRANK HUTCHISON/ KELLY HARRELL & MORE |
JSP JSPCD 7743 |
Worried Blues |
● CD $28.98 |
4 CDS, 99 tracks, highly recommended
Another wonderful
collection of old time country music from JSP featuring artists based in
Virginia. The first disc and part of the second features the complete
recordings of the brilliant singer/ guitarist and harmonica player Frank
Hutchison. Hutchison was a great singer and a superb guitarist recorded
between 1926 and 1929 with a varied repertoire ranging from blues with
slide guitar to old time ballads to an instrumental version of It's
Long Way To Tipperary. The rest of disc 2 and all of disc 3 features
the complete recordings of Kelly Harrell who played no instruments but was
a fine and engaging singer who concentrated on traditional style ballads
including a number that have become old time standards. Some of his
accompaniments are rather "square" but other feature fine old time
musicians. His recording of The Cuckoo Is A Fine Bird is a real gem
complete with cuckoo sound effects. The fourth disc includes two fine
string bands. There 12 tracks by the Tenneva Ramblers (The Grant Brothers)
from the Tennessee/ Virginia border region recorded in 1927/28. For a
while the group backed Jimmie Rodgers but, unlike Rodgers, nothing more
was heard from them after these sessions. The Blue Ridge Highballers, led
by fiddler Charley La Parde, are featured on 12 fine songs and tunes.
Sound quality varies but is generally excellent and there are informative
notes by Pat Harrison. (FS)
THE BLUE RIDGE HIGHBALLERS: Darling Child/ Darneo/ Flop
Eared Mule/ Fourteen Days In Georgia/ Going Down To Lynchburg Town/ Green
Mountain Polka/ Round Town Girls/ Sandy River Belle/ Skidd More/ Soldier‘s
Joy/ Under The Double Eagle/ Wish To The Lord I Had Never Been Born/ KELLY
HARRELL: All My Sins Are Taken Away/ Be At Home Soon Tonight, My Dear Boy/
Beneath The Weeping Willow Tree/ Blue Eyed Ella/ Bright Sherman Valley/
Broken Engagement/ Butcher‘s Boy/ Butcher‘s Boy/ Bye And Bye You Will Soon
Forget Me/ Cave Love Has Gained The Day/ Charles Giteau/ Charley, He‘s A
Good Old Man/ Hand Me Down My Walking Cane/ Henry Clay Beattie/ I Have No
Loving Mother Now/ I Heard Somebody Call My Name/ I Love My Sweetheart The
Best/ I Want A Nice Little Fellow/ I Was Born About 10,000 Years Ago/ I
Was Born In Pennsylvania/ I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again/ I Wish I Was A
Single Girl Again/ In The Shadow Of The Pine/ I‘m Going Back To North
Carolina/ I‘m Nobody‘s Darling On Earth/ My Horses Ain‘t Hungry/ My Name
Is John Jo Hannah/ New River Train/ New River Train/ O! Molly Dear Go Ask
Your Mother/ Oh, My Pretty Monkey/ Peg And Awl/ Rovin‘ Gambler/ Rovin‘
Gambler/ Row Us Over The Tide/ Seven Long Years I‘ve Been Married/ She Has
Gone And Left Me/ She Just Kept Kissing On/ The Cuckoo She‘s A Fine Bird/
The Dying Hobo/ The Henpecked Man/ The Wreck On The Southern Old 97/ Wild
Bill Jones/ FRANK HUTCHISON: Alabama Girl, Ain‘t You Comin‘ Out Tonight?/
All Night Long/ Back In My Home Town/ C&o Excursion/ Cannonball Blues/
Coney Isle/ Cumberland Gap/ Hell Bound Train/ Hutchison‘s Rag/ Johnny And
Jane:1/ Johnny And Jane:2/ K C. Blues/ Lightning Express/ Logan County
Blues/ Long Way To Tipperary/ Old Rachel/ Railroad Bill/ Stackalee
(instrumental Version)/ Stackalee (vocal Version)/ The Boston Burglar/ The
Burglar Man/ The Chevrolet Six/ The Deal/ The Last Scene Of The Titanic/
The Miner‘s Blues/ The West Virginia Rag/ The Wild Horse/ Train That
Carried The Girl From Town/ Train That Carried The Girl From Town/ Wild
Hogs In The Red Brush/ Worried Blues/ Worried Blues/ THE TENNEVA RAMBLERS:
Darling Where Have You Been So Long/ Goodbye My Honey I‘m Gone/ If I Die A
Railroad Man/ I‘m Goin‘ To Georgia/ Johnson Boy/ Miss Lisa, Poor Girl/
Seven Long Years In Prison/ Sweet Heaven When I Die/ Tell It To Me/ The
Curtains Of Night/ The Longest Train I Ever Saw/ When A Man Is Married
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| WAYLON JENNINGS |
RCA 51855 |
Waylon Live! - The Expanded Edition |
● CD $18.98 |
2 CDs, 44 tracks, 128 min, highly recommended
It's like
this: In 1974 Jennings & Co. recorded three gigs in Texas and used the
material for a live album. It was supposed to be a double LP with 20
songs, but was issued in 1976 as a single piece of wax with only 11 cuts.
In 1999 the Buddha label finally issued the album as Jennings had
conceived it, adding back the 9 missing songs. But this 2 CD set goes
further; it issued all 20 songs from the Buddha release and adds a
stunning 22 previously unreleased tracks from the same concert tapes (from
9/25-27/74)! As every song will testify, the Waylors (including the
amazing Ralph Mooney on steel guitar) blazed brightly on those nights--a
high-energy performance trapped in audio amber. (JC)
WAYLON JENNINGS: Ain't No God In Mexico/ Amanda/ Anita
You're Dreaming/ Band Intros/ Big Ball In Cowtown/ Big, Big Love/ Bob
Wills Is Still The King/ Donna On My Mind/ Freedom To Stay/ Good Hearted
Woman/ Honky Tonk Heroes/ House Of The Rising Sun/ I'm A Ramblin' Man/ If
You Could Touch Her At All/ It's Not Supposed To Be That Way/ Just To
Satisfy You/ Ladies Love Outlaws/ Laid Back Country Picker/ Lonesome,
On'ry And Mean/ Long Way From Home/ Look Into My Teardrops/ Louisiana
Women/ Lovin' Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)/ Me And
Bobby McGee/ Me And Paul/ Mental Revenge/ Mississippi Woman/ Mona/ Never
Been To Spain/ Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line/ Pick Up The Tempo/ Rainy
Day Women/ Slow Rollin' Low/ Stop The World (And Let Me Off)/ T For Texas
(Blue Yodel No.1)/ The Last Letter/ The Taker/ This Time/ We Had It All/
Willie, The Wandering Gypsy And Me/ You Ask Me To/ You Can Have Her
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| JOHNNIE & JACK |
Bear Family BCD 15553 |
Johnnie & Jack And The Tennessee Mountain
Boys |
● CD $139.98 |
6 CDs, 180 tracks, essential
Limited edition repressing of
this long out of print set. Aside from the Louvins and the Delmores, few
other postwar vocal duos had the power and consistently high quality of
the brother-in-law (really!) team of Johnny Wright and Jack Anglin. They
started working together on various southern radio stations before World
War II. The war split them but they reunited afterward with Johnnie's wife
Muriel (future legend Kitty Wells) singing in the band. In 1947 they
joined the Opry and made their first records for the R & B-oriented Apollo
label. This extraordinary collection has literally everything they
recorded for Apollo, RCA and Decca: 180 recordings on six CDs from 1947
through the final 1962 session before Anglin's 1963 death in a car crash
the same day he was to attend Patsy Cline's funeral. Along with the Apollo
sides are the six gospel recordings the duo did with Ray Atkins and Clyde
Moody for King Records as King's Sacred Quartet. Their longest period,
with RCA, yielded all their best known records, from Oh Baby Mine,
Ashes of Love and Poison Love to Cryin' Heart Blues,
Heart Trouble along with 20 unissued tracks. Their 1961-62 Decca
period yielded only one hit: Slow Poison. Though the early RCA
tracks featured accompaniment from their own band, featuring legendary
fiddlers Paul Warren and Benny Martin and dobroist Shot Jackson, over time
they augmented the group in the studio with Nashville session pickers as
they did at Decca. The sound is outstanding, as is the booklet which
features usual trove of rare photos. While Walt Trott's biography is
adequate and factual, the real gold comes from researcher (and Johnson
Mountain Boys fiddler) Eddie Stubbs' superb song notes, done with the full
cooperation of Johnnie Wright. Among the stories revealed are the fact the
famous Latin stick accompaniment on Ashes of Love was done by none
other than RCA producer Steve Sholes. Stubbs' individual profiles of the
best-known members of the Johnnie and Jack band and many of their regular
Nashville studio backup musicians provide substantial insight into
previously-obscure careers. In the case of both this and Charles Wolfe's
notes on the Louvin Brothers set, enough cannot be said of the major
contributions Bear Family's newly-researched booklets make toward
documenting country music history. Country Music Foundation executives,
take note. (RK)
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| JOHNNIE & JACK |
Koch 9882 |
The Best Of Johnnie & Jack |
● CD $14.98 |
18 great sides from this country duo though for a few
dollars more you can get the recent Bear Family single
CD reissue which has 32
tracks (Bear Family 16663 - $19.98). This does have a few tracks not on
the Bear Family issue. Includes Poison Love/ Honey, I Need You/ Ashes
Of Love/ What About Love/ I Can't Tell My Heart That/ Three Way Of Knowing,
etc.
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| DOUG KERSHAW |
Varese 66490 |
Louisiana Man - The Very Best Of Doug
Kershaw Live |
● CD $13.98 |
11 tracks, 52 min, excellent
Back before the yuppies made
Cajun a fancy fad, there was still one Cajun performer that hit middle
America. The "Ragin' Cajun," starting in the late '60s was ubiquitous as
the crazy fiddle guy on many TV variety shows & it seemed if the US knew
nothing else, it at least knew Diggy Liggy Lo & Louisiana Man.
No info on when this was recorded (it has a 2003 copyright), but it was
done at Lake Of The Torches in Lac du Flambeau WI. It does have a version
of the Yuppie standard Toot Toot, but mostly more traditional tunes
like Uncle Pen/ Orange Blossom Special, Bob McDill's Louisiana
Saturday Night & a fine version of Jambalaya. (GM)
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| THE LEWIS FAMILY |
Starday 0953 |
Born of the Spirit |
● CD $12.98 |
Two CD set with 46 tracks by this pioneer bluegrass family
gospel group. 1953-1961: Carry On/ Did You Do What the Lord Said to Do/
The Old Gospel Ship/ At the End of My Journey/ Help Me Understand/ I See
Jesus/ Talking with Death/ Child of the King/ Wings of a Dove..
Includes 16 page booklet with discography, photos, & notes.
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| BONNIE LOU |
B.A.C.M. 130 |
Danger! Heartbreak Ahead |
● CD $13.98 |
Similar to the now out of print Westside CD this set
presents 24 tracks recorded for King between 1953 and 1955 by this pop
flavored country singer. It includes her two big hits Seven Lonely
Days/ Tennessee Wig Walk plus a mix of hillbilly, novelty songs, and
R&B covers.
BONNIE LOU: A Rusty Old Halo/ Blue Tennessee Rain/
Danger! Heartbreak Ahead/ Darling Why/ Finger Of Suspicion Points At You/
Hand Me Down Heart/ Huckleberry Pie/ Just Out Of Reach/ Miss The Love I‘ve
Been Dreaming Of/ No Heart At All/ No One/ Old Faithful And True Love/
Please Don‘t Laugh When I Cry/ Scrap Of Paper/ Seven Lonely Days/ Since
You Said Goodbye/ Tell The World/ Tennessee Wig Walk/ Texas Polka/ Train
Whistle Blues/ Tweedle Dee/ Two Step Side Step/ Wait For Me Darling/
Welcome Mat
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| BOB MALLIN |
B.A.C.M. 120 |
Sings With His Guitar |
● CD $13.98 |
Another British country singer from the 30s.
BOB MALLIN: A Cowboy’s Wedding Day/ Across The Great
Divide (1st Version)/ Across The Great Divide (2nd Version)/ Blue Skies
Are Around The Corner/ Cowboy/ Gee Gee/ Knick Knacks On The Mantel/ Lost
And Found/ My Little Buckaroo/ Nobody’s Darlin’ But Mine/ On The Trail
Where The Sun Hangs Low/ Prairie Romeo/ Saddle Your Blues To A Wild
Mustang/ Silver On The Sage/ The First Time I Saw You/ There’s A Gold Mine
In The Sky/ There’s A Ranch In The Rockies/ There’s Only Five Bullets In
My Old Six Shooter/ When The Organ Played ”O Promise Me”/ When The Sun
Says Goodnight To The Mountains/ With My Little Horse And Wagon
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| BILL NEELY |
Arhoolie 496 |
Texas Law & Justice |
● CD $12.98 |
20 songs, 59 min., highly recommended
Not a new release
but not reviewed before. The only album by this Texas country
singer-songwriter-guitarist, whose most powerful influences include Jimmie
Rodgers (whom he met) and Mance Lipscomb (whom he knew). A rambler during
the Great Depression and a soldier in WWII and Korea, Neely saw a lot of
life and packed much of it into these songs. The title track, written in
1939 by a relative of his, is as actual death-row plea from Ira McKee who
died in the electric chair in Texas...and was later proven innocent. Other
titles include Satan's Burning Hell, On A Blackland Farm,
Skid Row, No Pockets In A Shroud, and Rock & Roll Baby
(written in 1949, before the phrase was popular), a trio of fine
instrumentals, and much more. (JC)
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| JIMMIE OSBORNE |
B.A.C.M. 128 |
Vol. 2 |
● CD $13.98 |
25 tracks, 62 mins, highly recommended
Second Collection
of sides by this superb but little known honky tonk singer whose career
ended with his suicide in 1958. Jimmie had a fine twangy vocal style and
was accompanied by excellent musicians with fine fiddle and steel guitar
and occasional mandolin. These sides were recorded between 1947 and 1954
and include a number of interesting topical songs - a number of which were
hits. Among the topical items his the grim My Saddest Mistake about
a man who lets his young child play with a loaded gun with disastrous
consequences. (FS)
JIMMIE OSBORNE: A Million People Have Died/ A Tennessee
Ocean/ An Empty Old Cottage/ Blue Days & Lonely Nights/ Don‘t Slam The
Door/ Forever Far Apart/ God Please Protect America/ I Did & I Does & I
Do/ I Just Received Word Mom Is Dying Tonight/ It Just Tears Me All To
Pieces/ It‘s Just A Habit With You/ It‘s Me Who Has To Suffer/ It‘s So
Hard To Smile/ Love Me Or Leave Me/ Missing In Action/ My Saddest Mistake/
My Tissue Paper Heart/ Not Unloved Nor Unclaimed/ Old Family Bible/ Son
Please Meet Me In Heaven/ Tell Me Daddy If You Know/ You All Come/ Your
Lies Have Broken My Heart/ Your Lovin‘ & Huggin‘/ You‘re The Only Angel
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| EDDIE PENNINGTON |
Smithsonian Folkways 40146 |
Walks The Strings .. And Even Sings |
● CD $15.98 |
20 tracks, 56 mins., recommended
The tradition of
Travis-picked guitar is safe in the hands of Kentucky picker Eddie
Pennington, a member of the "Masters of Steel String Guitar" that's toured
in recent years. This sweet collection of tunes brings the era of Parlor
Guitar nicely into the 21st century, offering plenty of toe-tapping
Travis-style tracks from the famous Walking the Strings to
Pennington's own Stealing Time along with some amusing novelty
vocals and open-tuned musings like Raindrops with echoes of early
Kottke and Hawaiian slack key. The fat historical booklet makes for
informative reading, too. (DC)
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| DICK REINHART |
B.A.C.M. 124 |
A Broken Heart For A Souvenir |
● CD $13.98 |
24 tracks covering Reinhart's entire career from 1929 to
1947. Includes solo guitar accompanied vocals, tracks with The Wanderers,
The Light Crust Doughboys, his Universal Cowboys, his Lone Star Boys and
others.
DICK REINHART: A Broken Heart For A Souvenir/ Aloha
Means Goodbye/ Always Marry Your Lover/ Cross My Heart/ Don’t Ever Say
Adieu/ Don’t You Remember Me/ Emmaline/ I Trusted You Once Too Often (1)/
I Trusted You Once Too Often (2)/ If I Don’t Love You/ It Won’t Do You No
Good/ I’ll Take Her Back/ I’m Satisfied In Loving You/ Little Brown Eyed
Girl/ Midnight Patrol/ My Mother And Dad/ No One To Say Goodnight/ Oh
Marie, Oh Marie/ Rambling Lover/ Ruck Tuckin’ Baby/ Until We Meet Again/
Utah Trail/ Why Should I Worry Over You
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| RENO & SMILEY |
King 0337 |
Bluegrass Is Timeless - Love, Oh Please
Come Home |
● CD $6.98 |
10 tracks from this great bluegrass duo - Love, Oh
Please Come Home/ Goodbye, Sweetheart, Goodbye/ Blue Is The Way I Feel/
The Road Of Broken Hearts/ Unfaithful One, etc.
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| RENO & SMILEY |
King 2002 |
16 Greatest Gospel Hits |
● CD $6.98 |
16 gospel favorites by these landmark bluegrass artists.
Recorded from 1951 to 1964,includes I'm Using My Bible For a Roadmap/
River of Jordan/ Echoes From the Burning Bush/ I'm Building a Mansion in
Heaven/ Tree Of Life/ The Last Mile, etc.
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