NEWSLETTER #142
Country, Bluegrass & Old Timey
Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys ->
The York Brothers
| STRINGBEAN |
King 0476 |
Front Porch Funnies |
● CD $7.98 |
8 tracks in a whopping 15 minutes and 14 seconds, good
Stringbean was an early star on the Grand Ole Opry who met with an untimely
early death, thus his recorded legacy is brief. This CD captures some
white-hot bluegrass banjo picking coupled with gentle country vocals. The
songs are mostly entertaining novelties, with a little old-timey humor
thrown in between. Unfortunately, there is no biographical information what
so ever, which is a shame; ole Stingbean's story was well worth telling. (JC)
STRINGBEAN: Chewing Gum/ Good Old Mountain Dew/ Goodbye/
Here Rattler Here/ How Many Bisquits Can You Eat/ I'm The Man That Rode The
Mule Around The World/ Run Rabbit Run/ Sweet Thing/ There'll Be Moonshine
In Them Old Kentucky Hills
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THE GLASER BROTHERS |
Collector's Choice 649 |
Lovin' Her Was Easier/ After All These
Years |
● CD $12.98 |
20 tracks, 60 min., recommended
The brothers (Tom Paul,
Chuck, Jim) cut their first record in 1959, sang on recordings with Marty
Robbins, Johnny Cash, and others. Together they saw success in the 1960s,
releasing a number of critically well-received LPs before disbanding in
1973. Tompall's studio became known as the base of Outlaw operations for
Waylon and Willie, and the other brothers had varying degrees of success
going solo. In 1979 the brothers reformed and in 1980 released Lovin' Her
Was Easier on Elektra. In 1981 Elektra issued the brothers' last album
After All These Years. But where "Lovin'" was backward glancing, with its
covers of Don Gibson's Just One Time, Harlan Howard's Busted,
Hank WIlliams' A Mansion On The Hill, and others, the superior
"After" was more forward looking, containing some charming originals,
including the Mexican-flavored Maria Consuela and Rosali. The
song Oh, America offers a somewhat more complicated, and not entirely
flattering, view of the U.S. than Nashville would allow these days. Brother
Jim took a powder after After, so that these final albums from this
talented harmony vocal trio stand as the last hurrah for a popular and
influential group. Booklet notes by Colin Escott. (JC)
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Acrobat ADDCD 3014 |
The Greatest Country Hits Of 1955 |
● CD $13.98 |
Two CD set featuring 55 of the most popular country hits of
1955 based on charts in Billboard for "Most Played On Jukeboxes", "Best
Sellers In Stores" and "Most Played By Jockeys." 1955 was a transitional
year - more and more country records were crossing over into the pop charts
and rockabilly and rock 'n' roll emerged with Elvis's first hits in the
country charts and a number of country artists covering rock 'n' roll and
R&B hits. Includes classic sides by Red Foley, Hank Snow, Lefty Frizzell,
Marty Robbins, Tommy Collins, Faron Young, Hank Williams, Johnnie & Jack,
Jimmie Rodgers (his 1930 recording of In The Jailhouse Now No.2 with
overdubs by Hank Snow & The Rainbow Ranch Boys plus Chet Atkins), Jean
Shpeard, The Wilburn Br, Rusty & Doug, Ernest Tubb,
Tennssee Ernie Ford,
Johnny Cash and more.
EDDY ARNOLD: Cattle Call/ JOHNNY CASH: Cry Cry Cry/ TOMMY
COLLINS: It Tickles/ United/ RED FOLEY: Hearts Of Stone/ RED & BETTY FOLEY:
Satisfied Mind/ TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD: Sixteen Tons/ LEFTY FRIZZELL: I Love
You Mostly/ FERLIN HUSKY: I Feel Better All Over/ I'll Baby Sit With You/
JOHNNIE & JACK: No One Dear But You/ JOHNNY & JACK: S.o.s./ GEORGE JONES:
Why Baby Why/ THE LOUVIN BROTHERS: When I Stop Dreaming/ WEBB PIERCE: I
Don't Care/ In The Jailhouse Now/ Love Love Love/ ELVIS PRESLEY: Baby Let's
Play House/ I Forgot To Remember To Forget/ I'm Left Your Right She's Gone/
Mystery Train/ JIM REEVES: Drinking Tequila/ Yonder Comes A Sucker/ MARTY
ROBBINS: Maybelline/ That's All Right/ Time Goes By/ JIMMIE RODGERS: In The
Jailhouse Now No.2/ RUSTY & DOUG: So Lovely Baby/ JEAN SHEPPARD: Satisfied
Mind/ CARL SMITH: Loose Talk/ HANK SNOW: Born To Be Happy/ Cryin Waitin
Prayin Hopin/ I'm Glad I Got To See You Once Again/ Let Me Go Lover/
Mainliner/ The Next Voice You Hear/ Would You Mind/ Yellow Rose/ Silver
Bells/ HANK THOMPSON: Breakin' Another Heart/ Don't Take It Out On Me/
ERNEST TUBB: Thirty Days/ Yellow Rose Of Texas/ PORTER WAGONER: Satisfied
Mind/ KITTY WELLS: Making Believe/ There's Poison In Your Heart/ As Long As
I Live/ SLIM WHITMAN: Cattle Call/ THE WILBURN BROTHERS: I Wanna Wanna
Wanna/ HANK WILLIAMS: Please Don't Let Me Love You/ FARON YOUNG: For The
Love Of A Woman Like You/ Forgive Me Dear/ Go Back You Fool/ It's A Great
Life/ Live Fast Love Hard Die Young
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B.A.C.M. 157 |
Country Music On Capitol |
● CD $13.98 |
Excellent collection of 28 honky tonk country songs
recorded for Capitol from the late 40s through mid 50s. Some of these have
appeared on single artist CDs on Bear Family but quite a few tracks are new
to CD.
JOE ALLISON: What Happened To Our Summer Love/ BOOTS
(FAYE) & IDAHO (CALL): Shifting Sands/ FREDDIE CHAPMAN: My Life Is Not My
Own/ LEON CHAPPEL: Double Up And Catch Up/ DUB DICKERSON: My Gal Gertie/
RAMBLIN’ JIMMIE DOLAN: Wine, Women And Pink Elephants/ BILL DUDLEY: If I
Cry/ TOMMY DUNCAN & WESTERN ALL STARS: Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy/ TOMMY
FAILE: I'll Never Have A Chance With You Again/ WERLY FAIRBURN: Nothin' But
Lovin'/ THE FARMER BOYS: Charming Betsy/ JACK GUTHRIE & HIS OKLAHOMANS:
Answer To Moonlight And Skies/ FREDDIE HART: Butterfly Love/ JOE “RED™
HAYES: I'll Be So Good To You/ JIMMY HEAP’S MELODY MASTERS: Heartbreaker/
COUSIN HERB HENSON: Bouncing Heart/ JACK HUNT: I'll Fly Away Some Golden
Day/ GENE O’QUIN: Boogie Woogie Fever/ LEON PAYNE: Mailman/ CARL SAUCEMAN &
GREEN VALLEY BOYS: Down The Road To Love/ JEAN SHEPARD: I'd Rather Die
Young/ JIMMIE SKINNER: Women Beware Of The Ramblin' Kind/ CHESTER SMITH: No
Wonder/ TEXAS BILL STRENGTH: Cry, Cry, Cry/ BUCKY TIBBS: Just Like Two
Drops Of Water/ MERLE TRAVIS: Re Enlistment Blues/ JESS WILLARD: Turn That
Gun Around/ JIMMY WORK: If I Should Lose You
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Big Beat CDWIKD 260 |
Country & West Coast - The Birth Of Country
Rock |
● CD $18.98 |
24 tracks drifting in at just over 66 minutes, highly
recommended
There are two patron saints of country rock: Gram Parsons, whom
a lot of people know about, and Clarence White, whom although a cult hero
nowadays, is still one of the most underrated musicians of the rock and
roll era. Both artists are featured prominently on this compilation, with
White playing on a full third of its 24 tracks. This compilation covers
extensively the west coast country rock scene from the mid 1960s up to the
cusp of the 1970s when this sound exploded with lesser acts cashing in on
the glorious foundation laid for them. "Country & West Coast: The Birth Of
Country Rock" features the cuts that you would expect from the likes of the
Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers and Gram Parsons, but it also covers a wide
spectrum of great artists working in the style and has some real gems like
Willin' by Johnny Darrell, Nine Times Blue by Michael Nesmith
& The First National Band, April AnneHong Kong
Hillbilly aka Nashville West by Clarence
White and Beware of Time by The Corvettes, described as "the great
lost country rock combo." Also included are tracks long deserving some
appreciation like I'm On The Way Home Again by The Everly Brothers
(yes there were still putting out fantastic music in the late `60s) and
Butchie's Tune by The Lovin' Spoonful (Nashville Cats would have
also fit nicely, but it's not included here). All in all, this is a
fantastic collection with 24 winning tracks and wonderful extensive booklet
with liner notes and great pics. (JM)
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Casual 008 |
Country Got Soul, Vol. 2 |
● CD $21.98 |
15 tracks, 50 min., recommended
An album which focuses on
the country-soul nexus, and pays homage to those white songwriters and
performers who were as much a part of the soul music engine as anyone. Abe
Lincoln once said that "people who do not understand the connection between
country music and soul music do not understand either." Okay, Lincoln never
said that, but it's still true. Most of the tracks here were recorded
between the mid 1960s and early 1970s, and a lot of it is great, especially
Wayne Carson's Soul Deep, which the Box Tops covered for a hit;
Sandra Rhodes' Sowed Love And Reaped The Heartache (yes, it's the
James Carr song); the Memphis Horn boasting, James Brown-like Stone Head
Blues Band by Eric Quincy Tate; Bobby Gentry's Fancy, Eddie
Hinton's I Can't Be Me, and Bonnie Bramlett's Your Kind Of
Kindness (she was the first white Ikette!). Other artists include
Donnie Fritts, Tony Joe White, Townes Van Zant, Larry Joe Wilson, Shirl
Milete, Jim Ford, Travis Womack, Rob Galbraith, Dan Penn and Chuck Prophet.
(JC)
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CMH 8421 |
American Gothic: Bluegrass Songs Of Death
And Sorrow |
● CD $16.98 |
23 tracks, 78 minutes, highly recommended
"American Gothic"
is a fantastic compilation of some of the most morbid and mortal tunes in
bluegrass history. The track listing speaks for itself. The sound on this
CD is excellent and it is wonderful to have all of these songs all in one
place. This also features some excellent liner note that would be a good
companion to the superb "Briar and The Rose" book edited by Greil Marcus
that came out a couple of years ago. Careful, this one is a tearjerker. (JC)
THE BASS MOUNTAIN BOYS: He Will Open The Gate/ Take Me In
Chains/ THE BLUEGRASS CARDINALS: Darlin' Corey (live)/ TOMMY FAILE: Barbara
Allen/ LESTER FLATT & THE NASHVILLE GRASS: Will The Circle Be Unbroken
(live)/ THE HEARTBREAK VALLEY BOYS: O Death/ The Little Girl And The
Dreadful Snake/ JIM & JESSE: Grave In The Valley/ GRANDPA JONES: Young
Charlotte/ BENNY MARTIN: The Wexford Girl/ BILL MONROE: With Body And Soul/
THE OSBORNE BROTHERS: I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling/ Lonesome Day/ The White
Dove/ CARL STORY: Angel Band/ Family Reunion/ Rank Strangers/ MAC WISEMAN:
Bringing Mary Home/ Little Blossom/ Poor Ellen Smith/ The Ballad Of The
Lawson Family/ I'm A Stranger Here/ Keep On The Sunny Side
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Collector 2877 |
Tough Texas - Boppin' Billy & Rockers |
● CD $16.98 |
33 tracks, highly recommended
Great collection of sides
recorded between 1953 and 1957 featuring up tempo honky-tonk, country
boogie and proto-rockabilly recorded in Texas. Most of these sides are
making their first appearance on CD and includes sides by Glenn Barber,
Biff Collie,
Louisiana Lannis, Bill Mack, Benny
Barnes, Fred Crawford (really fine honky tonk with great band!), Mark
Hamilton & His Drifting Texas, James O'Gwynn & His Cry-Babies, Ken
"Peeweee" Short and others. Excellent sound and informative, if somewhat
pompous, notes plus rare artist photos and label shots. (FS)
GLENN BARBER: Feeling No Pain/ Livin'high & Wide/ Styles
And Ways Of The World/ BENNY BARNES: No Fault Of Mins/ BETTY BARNES & THE
FOUR SHADOWS: What Would You Do/ BETTY BARNES WITH DOUG & THE SWING BOYS:
Pepinest, Pettinest, Pappy/ BIFF COLLIE: Goodbye, Farewell, So Long/ Joy
Joy Joy/ RILEY CRABTREE: Tattle Tattle Tale/ FRED CRAWFORD: Ain't Never
Gonna Get Married Again/ Cant Live With ’em/ Me And My New Baby/ BUDDY DEE
STRING BAND: Shuffle The Blues(inst.)/ DOUG & THE SWING BOYS: Swingin'with
Doug(inst.)/ SANDY FORD: Cat Man Boogie/ MACK HAMILTON & HIS DRIFTING
TEXANS: Moaning In The Morning/ Sweet Little Rosebud/ BENNIE HESS: You Are
In My Heart To Stay/ DOTTI JONES & WINSTON O'NEAL: I'll Be Yours/ RANDY
KING: Be Bopping Baby/ BENNIE LEADERS: Hey Miss Fannie/ LOUISIANA LANNIS:
Tongue Twister Boogie/ Walking Out/ BILL MACK: Sue-suzie Boogie/ JAMES
O'GWYNN & HIS CRY-BABIES I WISH YOU MUZ: I Wish You Wuz My Darlin' But You
Ain't/ JAMES O'GWYNN & HIS CRA-BABIES: Love In An Old Fashion Way/ JAMES
O'GWYNN & HIS CRY BABIES: Ready For Freddie/ KEN ™PEEWEE™ SHORT: Big Time
Gal/ GENE TABOR: A Real Gone Jesse/ PECK TOUCHTON: Let Me Catch My Breath/
WALTON & THE SILVER LAKE BOYS: Man What A Party/ SLIM WATTS: Tu-la-lou/
FIDDLING PETE WILLIAMS: Pete Williams Rag(inst.)
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Country Stars 55511 |
The Road To Bakersfield |
● CD $11.98 |
26 tracks, 63mins, very good
Kind of a mish-mash of
Bakersfield greats and semi-greats. There are far more hits than misses on
this, the tracks aren't the most obscure, though all do represent the
legendary southern California town with pride. This gives us multiple
tracks by Buck Owens, Ferlin Husky, Merle Haggard, Tommy Collins, Billy
Maze and Ronnie Sessions as well as classics by Maddox Brothers and Rose,
Hank Thompson, Red Simpson and others. The liner notes on this are short
but acceptable, although there certainly is a lot more to the Bakersfield
story that could be told. This is a good start, there could easily be a
multi CD box set based on this theme (Bear Family, if you are reading this,
what do you think?). (JM)
JOHNNY BOND: Green Light/ TOMMY COLLINS: There'll Be No
Other/ You Better Not Do That/ DAVE DUDLEY: Six Days On The Road/ MERLE
HAGGARD: (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers/ Bottle Let Me Down/ Slowly
But Surely/ FERLIN HUSKY & JEAN SHEPARD: Dear John Letter/ FERLIN HUSKY (AS
TERRY PRESTON): Gone/ THE MADDOX BROTHERS & ROSE: I Wish I Was A Single
Girl Again/ JOE MAPHIS & ROSE LEE: Dim Lights Thick Smoke (and Laud Music)/
BILLY MIZE: Flower Of Love/ Make It Rain/ BONNIE OWENS: Excuse Me For
Living/ BUCK OWENS: Love's Gonna Live Here/ Together Again/ Streets Of
Bakersfield/ Loose Talk/ RONNIE SESSIONS: Sally Was A Good Old Girl/
Walking Down The Road/ JEAN SHEPARD: Crying Steel Guitar Waltz/ RED
SIMPSON: Roll Truck Roll/ WYNN STEWART: If You See My Baby/ Playboy/ HANK
THOMPSON: Wild Side Of Life/ BILL WOODS: Phone Me Baby
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Documents 223238 |
American Road Songs |
● CD $19.98 |
Another fun budget collection from Documents - this one
devoted to the American landscape. 200 songs on 10 CDs about the American
landscape, The first and third discs are general discs covering the whole
country. The second discs appears to trace the route of the famed Pan-American
train
and the fourth disc covers Route 66. Disc 5 is about the South in general,
6 and 7 are about Tennessee, 8 & 9 are devoted to Texas and disc 10 covers
Hawaii. Mostly country with some blues, jazz and pop.
ROY ACUFF: Wabash Cannonball/ CHARLIE ADAMS: Gee But It's
Dry In Texas/ HARRY ADAMS: Arkansas Traveller/ ANNISTEEN ALLEN: Arkansas/
REX ALLEN: Pedro Gonzales Tennessee Lopez/ TANI ALLEN: Tennessee Jive/ EDDY
ARNOLD: Texarkana Baby/ The Missouri Waltz/ GENE AUTRY: Blue Hawaii/ It's
Roundup Time/ South Of The Border/ Texas Plains/ DALE BELMONT: Gonna Go
Back To Texas/ RUBY BLEVINS: Montana Plains/ THE BLUE SKY BOYS: Are You
From Dixie?/ JOHNNY BOND: Alabama Boogie Boy/ Cream Of Kentucky/ BONNIE
LOU: Tennessee Wig-walk/ JIM BOYD: Waxahachie/ VIRGEL BOZMAN: Blues For
Oklahoma/ BILLY BRIGGS: Amarillo Rose/ JOAN BROOKS: Heading Back To
Houston/ GEORGIA BROWN: I Want To Go Back To Mexico/ MILTON BROWN: Down By
The Ohio/ The Eyes Of Texas/ BILL BROWNING: Hula Rock/ CLIFF BRUNER: I Was
A Gambler In Texas/ That's What I Like About The South/ CECIL CAMPBELL:
Hawaiian Skies/ JENKS TEX CARMAN: Hillbilly Hula/ JENKS "TEX" CARMAN:
Mississippi Valley Blues/ Sunny Tennessee/ CLAUDE CASEY: Pine State Honky
Tonk/ THE CASS COUNTY BOYS: See That You're Born In Texas/ THE BLUES
CHASERS: Birmingham Special/ HARRY CHOATES: Louisiana Boogie/ TOMMY
CLAYTON: Tennessee Moon/ ZEKE CLEMENTS: Oklahoma Blues/ Oklahoma Bound/ NAT
"KING" COLE: Route 66/ SPADE COOLEY: Oklahoma Stomp/ COWBOY COPAS: Kentucky
Waltz/ Tennessee Waltz/ PEE WEE CRAYTON: Texas Hop/ JEAN DAVIDSON: Forth
Worth Boogie/ LINK DAVIS: Trucker From Tennessee/ MARTHA DAVIS: Cincinnati/
FREDDY DAWSON: Dallas Boogie/ THE DELMORE BROTHERS: Mobile Boogie/
Tennessee Choo Choo/ THOMAS DICK: Tennessee Local/ FATS DOMINO: Detroit
City Blues/ JIMMY DORSEY: Hollywood Pastime/ MARTIN DUDE: Tennessee Baby/
TOMMY DUNCAN: Chattanooga Show Shine Boy/ Mississippi River Blues/ TOMMY
DURDEN: Hula Boogie/ JEFF DURHAM: Tennessee Boogie/ DAILY DURWOOD: East
Dallas Dagger/ RAMBLIN EVERETT: Cincinnati Woman/ RED FOLEY: Chattanooga
Shoe Shine Boy/ Giles County, Pulaski Post Office/ Kentucky Fox Chase/
Mississippi/ Night Train To Memphis/ Tennessee Border 2/ Tennessee Saturday
Night/ TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD: Cincinnati Dancing Pig/ Philadelphia Lawyer/
Tennessee Border/ TILLMAN FRANKS: Hayride Boogie/ PORKY FREEMAN: Rollin
South/ CLARENCE GARLOW: Route 90/ THE GEORGIA YELLOW HAMMERS: Big Ball In
Memphis/ DON GIBSON: Carolina Breakdown/ LLOYD GLENN: Texas Man/ CURTIS
GORDON: Mobile Alabama/ ROSCO GORDON: Just In From Texas/ HARDROCK GUNTER:
Birmingham Bounce/ Dixieland Boogie/ JACK GUTHRIE: Oakie Boogie/ BILL
HALEY: My Sweet Little Girl From Nevada/ Tennessee Border/ HANK HARRAL:
Fabulous Oklahoma/ HAWKSHAW HAWKINS: Pan American/ ROY HAWKINS: Highway 59/
R.D. HENDON: Music Making Mama From Memphis/ THE HI-FLYERS: Reno Street
Blues/ ROY HOGSED: Slow Train Through Arkansas/ PAUL HOWARD: Oklahoma City/
Texas Boogie/ BILLY HUGHES: Tennessee Farm/ BULLMOOSE JACKSON: Cleveland
Ohia Blues/ Memphis Gal/ ELMORE JAMES: Hawaiian Boogie/ DICKIE JONES:
Houston Texas Blues/ GRANDPA JONES: Happy Little Home In Arkansas/ LOUIS
JORDAN: Salt Pork West Virginia/ THE KELLEYS: Leaving Tennessee/ FRED
KIRBY: My Carolina Home/ LAUREL & MILES: Sweet Hawaii/ JULIA LEE: Show Me
Missouri Blues/ TEXAS JIM LEWIS: Missouri/ JIMMY LIGGINS: Mississippi
Boogie/ THE LIGHT CRUST DOUGHBOYS: Texas Song Of Pride/ THE LIGHTCRUST
DOUGHBOYS: Gulf Coast Blues/ SHORTY LONG: Goodnight Cincinnati Good
Morning/ THE LOUVIN BROTHERS: Alabama/ Kentucky/ Tennessee Waltz/ JACK
LUKER: My Smokey Mountain/ NELLIE LUTCHER: Chi-chi-chi-chicago/ MARTIN &
BROWN: Sweet Georgia Brown/ PERCY MAYFIELD: Louisiana/ DICKIE MCBRIDE:
Tulsa Twist/ STICKS MCGHEE: Southern Menu/ Tennessee Waltz Blues/ LANI
MCINTYRE: Hula Chant/ South Sea Moon/ AMOS MILBURN: Birmingham Bounce/
Rocky Mountain/ CHUCK MILLER: Hopahula Boogie/ GLENN MILLER: Pennsylvania
Six-five Thousand/ St Louis Blues/ THE MILO TWINS: Downtown Boogie/ BILL
MONROE: Blue Moon Of Kentucky/ PATSY MONTANA: Deep In The Heart Of Texas/
CARL DEACON MOORE: Arkansas Boogie/ ELLA MAE MORSE: Tennessee Saturday
Night/ MOON MULLICAN: Alice From Dallas/ I Left My Heart In Texas/ Nine
Tenths Of Tennessee/ BUMPS MYERS: Memphis Hop/ JIMMY MYERS: Ding Dong Mama
From Tennessee/ JIMMY NEWMAN: Dreamland Island/ THE NORTH CAROLINA
RAMBLERS: Milwaukee Blues/ DOYE O'DELL: Okies In California/ BILLY O'NEAL:
Kentucky Blues/ GENE O'QUINN: My Tennessee Talkin' Doll/ Texas Boogie/ JEAN
OPAL: Tennessee Courtin' Time/ BILLY OUDEANS: Texas On The Sleepy Rio
Garnde/ ANDY PARKER: Texas Belle/ HANK PENNY: Alabama Jubilee/ Hawaiian
Honeymoon/ Jersey Bounce/ Tobacco State Stomp/ WEBB PIERCE: California
Blues/ Georgia Rag/ THE PRAIRIE RAMBLERS: I've Got A Gal In Every State/
ELVIS PRESLEY: Blue Moon Of Kentucky/ WAYNE RANEY: Del Rio Boogie/ THE
RANGE RIDERS: Deep In The Heart Of Texas/ ROCKY RAUCH: Colorado Boogie/ RED
RIVER DAVE: Yellow Rose Of Texas/ LULA REED: Going Back To Mexico/ RICKY
RIDDLE: Boogie Woogie Tennessee/ THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOYS: Down Texas Way/
JIMMIE RODGERS: In The Hills Of Tennessee/ JIMMY RODGERS: T For Texas/ ROY
ROGERS: I'm Gonna Gallop New Mexico/ JOHNNY ROWLAND: Ohio Baby/ TEX
RUSSELL: Texas Tornado/ BOB SANDY: Music Making Mama From Memphis/ STEVE
SCHULTE: Texas Blues/ HOYT SCOGGINS: Tennessee Rock/ MABEL SCOTT: Right
Around The Corner From Basin/ DEL SHARBUTT: Never Aks A Man If He's From
Texa/ DINAH SHORE: Far Away Places/ HANK SNOW: Bluebird Island/ On The Old
Hawaiian Shore With You/ THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS: Blue Hawaii/ Hawaiian
Lullaby/ Stars Above Hawaii/ REDD STEWART: When I'm In Indiana Home/ TIN
EAR TANNER: I Used To Work In Chicago/ HANK THOMPSON: California Woman/
ERNEST TUBB: There's A Little Bit Of Everything/ Yellow Rose Of Texas/ THE
TUNE WRANGLERS: El Rancho Grande/ Hawaiian Honeymoon/ Texas Sand/ ZEB
TURNER: Chattanooga Boogie/ Travelin' Boogie/ T. TEXAS TYLER: Ten-ten
Tennessee Line/ JIMMY WAKELY: Oklahoma Hills/ OZIE WATERS: I Can't Get Out
Of Texas In My Dre/ YOUNG JOHN WATSON: Highway 90/ CURLEY WILLIAMS: Georgia
Boogi4e/ L.C. WILLIAMS: Louisiana Boogie/ SLIM WILLIAMS: Kentucky Highway/
Tennessee Avenue/ TEX WILLIAMS: I Got Texas In My Soul/ BOB WILLS: Neath
Hawaiian Palms/ San Antonio Rose/ JIMMY WILSON: Big Town Jump/ SHEB WOOLEY:
Goodbye Texas Hello Tennessee/ JIMMY WORK: Tennessee Border/ MARVIN WRIGHT:
Kentucky Home Boogie/ THE YORK BROTHERS: Tennessee Tango
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Hip-O 6965 |
Roots & Branches - Songs & Recordings That
Inspired Johnny Cash |
● CD $13.98 |
16 tracks, 46 mins, highly recommended
This features a
great mix of performers who influenced one of the greatest of all time.
Artists like Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Warren Smith, Ernest Tubb, Bill Monroe
and Hank Williams are represented, and on top of that you get the original
(or at least earlier) versions of some of the Man in Black's most renowned
tunes. Top amongst these are Anita Carter's wistful, beautiful (Love's)
Ring Of Fire, folksinger Peter LaFarge's The Ballad Of Ira Hayes,
Obscure country honky tonker Roy Hogsed and his groundbreaking Cocaine
Blues and, of course, Sunday Morning Coming Down by Kris
Kristofferson. The only down spot on this for me was Tim Hardin doing If
I Were A Carpenter, which is a song that I personally can't stand, no
matter what version it is. Other than that it's all A+ material in my book.
(JM)
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Jasmine 3539 |
Flying Fingers - The Best Of Country Guitar,
Vol. 1 |
● CD $12.98 |
22 track collection of mostly instrumental sides from the
40s and 50s featuring some of the greatest country guitarists. It includes
familiar names like Merle Travis, Chet Atkins, Hank Garland, Jimmy Bryant,
Joe Maphis, Grady Martin, Les Paul as well as fine lesser known artists
like Cecil Campbell, Big Jim DeNoone, Porky Freeman and Sheb Wooley. The
great Boogie Woogie Boy features both Merle Travis and Porky
Freeman!
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Jasmine 3555 |
You All Come! East Texas Honky Tonk |
● CD $12.98 |
25 fine honky tonk tracks recorded for the important Texas
label Starday in the early/ mid 50s from the likes of Bob Heppler, Arlie
Duff (including his original hit version of You All Come),Sonny Burns, Patsy Elshire, "Smilin" Jerry
Jericho and others.
SONNY BURNS: Blue Blue Rain/ Tho' You're In My Arms/ Too
Hot To Handle/ MARY JO CHELETTE: Cat Fishing/ Son Of Mexican Joe/ BLACKIE
CRAWFORD: Huckleberry Pie/ Stop Boogie Woogie/ ARLIE & LOIS DUFF: Million
Tears/ ARLIE DUFF: Poor Ole Teacher/ Stuck In A Mud Hole/ You All Come/
PATSY ELSHIRE: Pieces Of A Heart/ Someday I Know He Will/ You Can't Play In
My Play House/ BILLIE HARBERT: Ain't That Whiskey Hot/ BOB HEPPLER: I Don't
Like That/ If You Don't Mind/ One Step Ahead/ JERRY JERICHO: Moanin' In The
Morning/ BILL POTTER: I Lost My Gal/ JACK RHODES & AL PETTY: Al's Steel
Guitar Wobble/ JACK RHODES & FREDDIE FRANKS: Gypsy Heart/ THE WESTERN
CHEROKEES: Cherokee Steel Guitar/ Hot Check Baby/ Left Over Love
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JSP JSPCD 7774 |
Paramount Old Time Recordings |
● CD $28.98 |
Four CDS, 100 tracks, highly recommended
A terrific
collection of old time music made for the Paramount record company between
1925 and 1931 including a few Cajun items. Although best known for its
blues recordings, Paramount also recorded some superb old time music and
thanks to JSP's collaboration with legendary collector Joe Bussard much of
this is being made available for the first time since the 78s were first
issued. The first disc is devoted to string bands including the fabulous
Wilmer watts & The Lonely eagles, The McClung Brothers and Cleve Chaffin,
Red Brush Rowdies, Arthur Tanner (brother of Gid Tanner with the great Earl
Johnsonon fiddle) and others. The second disc features ballads and blues
from Welling & McGhee (including two very powerful labor songs) , Emry
Arthur, The Gentry Brothers, Brock Sisters, Rufus K. Stanley and others
including slide guitarist Jack Pennewell whose material was not included in
the country discography but who does a couple of fine instrumental blues.
The third disc is devoted to religious music with contributions from
Welling & McGhee, Kentucky Thorobreds, Joe Reed Family, Sid Hardreaker,
etc. The final disc is a miscellany including The Kentucky Ramblers,
Soileau & Robin, Bertrand & Gonzales, The Blue Ridge Highballers, etc.
Considering the technical quality of Paramount 78s the sound quality here
is generally remarkably good though a few tracks can be pretty rough going.
(FS)
EMRY ARTHUR: George Collins/ Got Drunk And Got Married/ I
Tickled Her Under The Chin/ The Bluefield Murder/ The Married Man/ There’s
A Treasure Up In Heaven/ BERTRAND & PITRE: Cousinne Lilly/ BERTRAND &
GONZALES: La Delaisser/ Le Pond De Nante/ BERTRAND & PITRE: Miserable/
Upstairs/ Valse De Gueydan/ THE BLUE RIDGE HIGHBALLERS: Are You Angry With
Me Darling/ Julie Girl/ Red Wing/ THE BROCK SISTERS: Broadway Blues/ CHEZZ
CHASE: Log Cabin Blues/ DAVIS & NELSON: Death Is No More Than A Dream/ I
Shall Not Be Moved/ THE DIXIE CRACKERS: Bile Them Cabbage Down/ The Old
Bell Cow/ FAY & THE JAY WALKERS: Longing For Home/ Those Dark Eyes I Love
So Well/ THE FRUIT JAR GUZZLERS: C & O Whistle/ Cackling Hen/ Fox In The
Mountains/ Kentucky Bootleggers/ Old Joe Clark/ THE GENTRY BROTHERS: I Was
Born 4000 Years Ago/ Sara Jane/ GIBB’S STRING BAND: Chicken Reel/ Double
Eagle March/ In The Good Old Summertime/ I’m Going Crazy/ My Little Girl/
Swinging In The Lane/ ROY GONZALES: Anuiant Et Bleu/ Choctaw Beer Blues/
SID HARKREADER: In The Sweet Bye And Bye/ The Land Where We Never Grow Old/
The Old Rugged Cross/ Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown/ THE JOE REED
FAMILY: I Will Tell A Wondrous Story/ Jesus Is Getting Us Ready/ Little
David Play On Your Harp/ Two Little Children/ REX KELLY: Down By The
Railroad Track/ THE KENTUCKY RAMBLERS: A Pretty White Rose/ Give Me That
Old Time Religion/ Glory, Glory, Glory, Glory To The Lamb/ Good Cocaine
(Mama Don’t Allow It)/ Little Mamie/ Some Mother’s Boy/ The Prisoners
Sweetheart/ The Unfortunate Breakman/ THE KENTUCKY THOROBREDS: He Cometh/
Room For Jesus/ This World Is Not My Home/ ‘Til We Meet Again/ THE MCCLUNG
BROTHERS & CLEVE CHAFFIN: Alabama Jubilee/ Trail Blazer’s Favourite/ OWEN
MILLS (DAVID MILLER): It’s Hard To Be Shut Up In Prison/ JACK PENEWELL: Hen
House Blues/ Memphis Blues/ THE RED BRUSH ROWDIES: Harbour Of Home Sweet
Home/ Hatfield McCoy Feud/ Midnight Serenade/ Tuck Me In/ SOILEAU & ROBIN:
La Valse De La Ru Canal/ Ma Mauvais Fille/ RUFUS K. STANLEY: Down In
Arkansas/ Only A Tramp/ Six Feet Of Earth/ When The Whipoorwill Is
Whispering Goodnight/ ARTHUR TANNER: Chickens Don’t Roost Too High For Me/
Little Old Log Cabin In The Lane/ Show Me The Way To Go Home/ Soldier’s
Joy/ The Knoxville Girl/ When I Was Single My Pockets Did Jingle/ Whoa Mule
Whoa/ WILMER WATTS & THE LONELY EAGLES: Banjo Sam/ Been On The Job Too
Long/ Cotton Mill Blues/ Knocking Down Casey Jones/ Say Darling Won’t You
Love Me/ WELLING & MC GHEE: Are You Washed In The Blood/ WELLING & SHANNON:
Brighten The Corner Where You Are/ WELLING & MCGHEE: Busted Bank Blues/
WELLING & SHANNON: I’m A Child Of The King/ WELLING & MC GHEE: My Mother’s
Bible/ WELLING & MCGHEE: Picture On The Wall/ The Marion Massacre/ The
North CarolinaTextile Strike/ WELLING & MC GHEE: What A Friend We Have In
Jesus/ When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder/ GEORGE WASHINGTON WHITE:
Gambler’s Blues/ Idaho Joe
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JSP 7780 |
Serenade In The Mountains - Early Old Time
Music |
● CD $28.98 |
Four CDs, 94 tracks, highly recommended
Another fabulous
collection of old time music from JSP. This is a varied selection with the
first disc being mostly devoted to string bands like The Scottdale String
Band, Uncle Eck Dunford, Narmour & Smith, The Fox Chasers and others
including two two-sided comedy skits with music by Ernest Stoneman & The
Blue Ridge Cornshuckers. The second disc has an emphasis on the banjo
including solo vocal and banjo performers by the unique "Minstrel Of The
Appalachains" Bascom Lamar LUnsford and Dock Walsh - the latter playing
slide banjo on two cuts. There are several superb banjo instrumentals from
Hendley, Small & Whitter, Marion Underwood (the magnificent Coal Creek
March) and is rounded out with sides by the superb Blue Ridge Mountain
Entertainers (with a couple of skits) and Carolina Tar Heels (the latter
group featuring Walsh on banjo). The third disc features artists from
Georgia - many of them associated with The Skillet Lickers including Ted
Hawkins & Riley Puckett, Clayton McMichen & Dan Hornsby, The Monroe County
Bottle Tippers (doing the two part sktch The Fiddlin' Bootleggers),
McMichen & Puckett, The Hometown Boys, Georgia Yellow Hammers and more. The
final disc is mostly devoted to the more urbane sounds of artists Carson
Robinson, Vernon Dalhart and Frank Luther performing solo and in various
duet combinations. It opens with two tracks from 1929 by The New Arkansas
Travelers featuring guitar and two harmonicas with vocals by an Englishmen
performing what sounds like a couple of English music hall songs. Apart
from the unexpected English working class accent these can certainly be
considered old time country even though they were omitted from the Country
Music discography and they were issued by Victor in the USA - intriguing!
This disc ends with two tracks by the splendid Otto Gray & His Oklahoma
Cowboys and two from the Texas Rangers - a western two part comedy sketch
Dude Ranch Party. Lots of great music with excellent sound and
brief, informative notes by Pat Harrison. A number of the tracks have been
out on CD before but it's nice to have them gathered together here and
quite a few are making their first appearance on CD. (FS)
BUD BILLINGS: How To Make Love/ BUD & JOE BILLINGS:
Birmingham Jail/ Left My Gal In The Mountains/ BUD BILLINGS & CARSON
ROBISON: Oklahoma Charlie/ BUD BILLINGS TRIO: Settin‘ By The Fire/ THE BLUE
RIDGE MOUNTAIN SINGERS: Lorena/ THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN ENTERTAINERS: Over
At Tom‘s House/ THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN SINGERS: The Engineer‘s Last Run/
THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN ENTERTAINERS: The Fiddler‘s Contest/ THE CAROLINA
TAR HEELS: Her Name Was Hula Lou/ I‘m Going To Georgia/ My Mama Scolds Me
For Flirting/ Shanghai In China/ Somebody‘s Tall And Handsome/ There Ain‘t
No Use In Me Working So Hard/ Your Low Down Dirty Ways/ VERNON DALHART:
Ain‘t Gonna Grieve My Mind/ Get Away Old Man Get Away/ DALHART & ROBISON:
Little Green Valley/ Shine On Harvest Moon/ DALHART, ROBISON & HOOD: Oh
Susannah/ UNCLE ECK DUNFORD: Barney Mccoy/ Skip To My Lou My Darling/ The
Savingest Man On Earth/ What Will I Do When My Money Is All Gone/ THE FLOYD
COUNTY RAMBLERS: Granny Will Your Dog Bite?/ THE FOX CHASERS: Eighth Of
January/ THE GEORGIA ORGAN GRINDERS: Georgia Man/ THE GEORGIA YELLOW
HAMMERS: Black Annie/ Come Over And See Me Sometime/ Kiss Me Quick/
Warhorse Game/ OTTO GRAY & HIS OKLAHOMA COWBOYS: Four Thousand Years Ago/
Who Stole The Lock From The Hen House Door/ TED HAWKINS & RILEY PUCKETT:
Down In The Valley/ Hawkins Rag/ Rainbow Waltz/ Tokio Rag/ Zelma/ HENDLEY,
SMALL & WHITTER: Shuffle Feet Shuffle/ THE HOMETOWN BOYS: Cindy/ Hometown
Rag/ Raccoon On A Rail/ BASCOM LAMAR LUNSFORD: Dry Bones/ I Wish I Was A
Mole In The Ground/ Italy/ Kidder Cole/ Little Turtle Dove/ Lost John Dean/
Lulu Wall/ Mountain Dew/ “nol Pros” Nellie/ FRANK LUTHER TRIO: Swaller Tail
Coat/ Ten Hours A Day - Six Days A Week/ CLAYTON MC MICHEN & DAN HORNSBY:
The Original Arkansas Traveler - Pts 1 & 2/ MCMICHEN & PUCKETT: Slim Gal/
THE MONROE COUNTY BOTTLE TIPPERS: The Fiddlin‘ Bootleggers - Pts 1 & 2/
NARMOUR & SMITH: Avalon Quick Step/ Captain George Has Your Money Come/
Mississippi Breakdown/ THE NATIONS BROTHERS: Magnolia One-step/ Sales Tax
Toddle/ THE NEW ARKANSAS TRAVELLERS: Handy Man/ I Tickled ’em/ PIPERS GAP
RAMBLERS: I Ain‘t Nobody‘s Darling/ Yankee Doodle/ RILEY PUCKETT: Don‘t Let
Your Deal Go Down/ Everybody Works But Father/ Short Life Of Trouble/ The
Boston Burglar/ Ragged But Right/ CARSON ROBISON: Everybody‘s Goin‘ But Me/
Wolf At The Door/ An Evening On The C.r. Ranche - Pt 1/ An Evening On The
C.r. Ranche - Pt 2/ The Back Porch - Pt 1/ The Back Porch - Pt 2/ THE
SCOTTDALE STRING BAND: Carbolic Rag/ Japanese Breakdown/ Waitin‘ For The
Robert E. Lee/ SMITH & ALLGOOD: American And Spanish Fandango/ THE SOUTH
GEORGIA HIGHBALLERS: Mr. Johnson Turn Me Aloose/ THE SPOONEY FIVE: Chinese
Rag/ My Little Girl/ ERNEST STONEMAN & THE BLUE RIDGE CORNSHUCKERS: A
Serenade In The Mountains - Pts 1 & 2/ Possum Trot School Exhibition - Pts
1 & 2/ GID TANNER & RILEY PUCKETT: Three Nights Drunk/ THE TEXAS RANGERS:
Dude Ranch Party - Pt 1/ Dude Ranch Party - Pt 2/ MARION UNDERWOOD: Coal
Creek March/ DOCK WALSH: A Precious Sweetheart From Me Has Gone/ Bathe In
That Beautiful Pool/ Goin‘ Back To Jericho/ In The Pines
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K-Tel 3795 |
Country Drinking Songs |
● CD $9.98 |
18 tracks, 52 minutes, very good
Typical K-Tel style
collection featuring a barroom-full of classic drinking songs with stereo
remixing or enhancement. Pretty much all of these were big radio hits and
all will be familiar to any country fan over the age of 30. For someone
like me, this comp has the appeal of a bunch of great songs that I grew up
hearing on the radio and never hear on the radio anymore. Not for the
hardcore country collector looking for rare tracks. What I would like to
see from K-Tel or anybody would be a collection of drinking songs only by
Porter Wagoner; you could probably fill up a box set of those. (JM)
BOBBY BARE: Tequila Sheila/ JIM ED BROWN: Pop-A-Top/ BEN
COLDER: Almost Persuaded # 2/ LEFTY FRIZZELL: If You've Got The Money (I've
Got The Time)/ MERLE HAGGARD: I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink/ The
Bottle Let Me Down/ TOM T. HALL: I Like Beer/ DAVID HOUSTON: Almost
Persuaded/ ROGER MILLER: Dang Me/ WEBB PIERCE: There Stands The Glass/ RAY
PRICE: City Lights/ TEX RITTER: Rye Whiskey/ JOHNNY RUSSELL: Rednecks,
White Socks & Blue Ribbon Beer/ CAL SMITH: Country Bumpkin/ RED STEAGALL:
Lone Star Beer & Bob Wills Music/ HANK THOMPSON: Smokey The Bar/ PORTER
WAGONER: Skid Row Joe/ FARON YOUNG: Wine Me Up
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| VERN & RAY |
Arhoolie 524 |
With Herb Pedersen - 1968 |
● CD $12.98 |
17 tracks, 38 min., highly recommended
Farms in Berkeley?
Nope. But what about bluegrass? Well, of course--at least it was so in the
1960s when Vern and Ray (originally from Arkansas) were living in Stockton.
They met in 1958 or '59, eventually bringing their bluegrass intentions to
San Francisco, Modesto, Berkeley and throughout Northern California. They
had an EP on Starday in 1961 (a four-song 45 rpm), but spent most of their
waking hours raising their families, dedicating spare moments to making
music. The boys joined youngster Herb Pedersen and eventually moved to
Nashville, where bluegrass was only mildly more popular than it was in the
S.F. Bay Area. Vern and Ray performed together until 1974. These songs were
recorded live at the San Francisco State Folk Festival in 1968 while
Pedersen was still harmonizing and playing banjo with the boys. And while
the sound quality is surprisingly high under the circumstances, the
musicianship is even higher. Vern and Ray turn in an amazing performance,
complete with fiery fretwork and tight harmonies that the Louvins or
Delmores might admire. A lost treasure recovered by the fine folks at
Arhoolie. Any more Vern and Ray recordings out there? (JC)
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| PORTER WAGONER |
B.A.C.M. 166 |
Dig That Crazy Moon |
● CD $13.98 |
A fine 25 track collection featuring some of
Porter's earliest sides from 1952 through 1956. The earliest sides show the
influence show the influence of Hank Williams and Left Frizzell but by 1954
he had developed his own style. Includes I Can't Live With You, I can't
Live Without You/ That's It/ Bad New Travels Fast/ Hey Maw/ How Quick/
Living In The Past/ Tryin' To Forget The Blues/ I Guess I'm Crazy (a
great cover of the Tommy Collins hit)/ Flame Of Love, etc.
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| BILLY WALKER |
B.A.C.M. 158 |
Thank You For Calling |
● CD $13.98 |
Fine collection of early sides by this excellent Texas
honky tonk country who was recently killed in a traffic accident at the age
of 77. The 24 tracks here cover the period from 1949 through 1955 before he
was a regular on the country charts and the only hit here is the title
song. Most of the titles are original compositions though there's a some
fine cover of Webb Pierce's hit Back Street Affair. Billy is also
featured in a duet with Jeanette Hicks on Which One Of Us Is To Blame.
BILLY WALKER: Back Street Affair/ Don't Let Your Pride
Break Your Heart/ Fool that I Am I Still Love You/ Go Ahead And Make Me
Cry/ Hey/ I Didn't Have The Nerve It Took To Go/ I'm Gonna Take My Heart
Away From You/ I'm Looking For Love/ If I should Live That Long/ It Hurts
Too Much To Laugh/ Let Me Hear From You/ Little Baggy Britches/ Mexican
Joe/ One Heart's Beatin' One Heart's Cheatin'/ Pretend You Just Don't Know
Me/ So Far/ Thank You For Calling/ Time Will Tell/ What Makes Me Love You
Like I Do/ Which One Of Us Is To Blame/ Whirlpool/ You Didn't Try And
Didn't Care/ You're The Only Good Thing That's Happened To Me/ you Have My
Heart Now
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| CINDY WALKER |
B.A.C.M. 159 |
Till The End Of Time |
● CD $13.98 |
24 tracks, recommended
Cindy Walker is best known as a
songwriter having written many songs that have become standards in both the
country and pop field including Cherokee Maiden/ Bubbles In My Beer/
When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again/ Warm Red Wine/ You Don't Know Me
and many more. She recorded herself infrequently though she had an
appealing if not particularly country flavored vocal style. This set
includes 15 tracks recorded as radio transcriptions around 1944/45 as well
as an obscure single recorded Ben Pollack's Jewel label with backing by
Deuce Spriggens Western Band and six sides recorded for Decca between 1941
and 1944 including her original 1944 recording of When My Blue Moon
Turns To Gold Again which is best known from Elvis's 1956 hit version
and which became a regular part of his repertoire. It also includes another
original version of a song which has become a country standard - Pins
And Needles (In My Heart). The 1941 recordings of Don't Talk To Me
About men finds her accompanied by Spike Jones & His City Slickers in
very restrained mood. Excellent sound and informative notes by Kevin
Coffey. (FS)
CINDY WALKER: Don't Be Too Sure/ Don't Meddle In My Mood/
Don't Talk To Me About Men/ I Hear You Talkin'/ I Want To Go To Mexico/ I'm
Tickled Pink Because You're Blue/ If I Knew What I Know Today/ It Never Can
Be/ It's All Your Fault/ Love Is A Lingering Thing/ Me And The Moon Aren't
Speaking/ No More (1)/ No More (2)/ Now Or Never/ Pins And Needles (in My
Heart)/ Texas With A Capitol T/ Till The End Of Time/ Triflin' Man/ Weary
Heart/ When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again/ Why Don't I Trust The Men/
You Can't Break The Chains Of Love/ You Have No One To Blame But Yourself/
You'll Be Sorry
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| BUDDY WILLIAMS |
B.A.C.M. 155 |
Down The Old Bush Track |
● CD $13.98 |
22 tracks, recommended
Fine collection of sides recorded
between 1940 and 1952 by this popular and prolific Australian country
performer. Buddy was a fine singer, an excellent songwriter (he wrote most
of the songs here) and splendid yodeler. All the tracks feature Buddy just
with his guitar. The songs often deal with aspects of rural Australian life
as in My Sunny Southern HomeThe Stockman & The Outlaw/ The Bushman's
Rodeo (a duet with Lenore Miller)/ Pentridge JailI
Love You A Thousand Ways
which is may be the only version of this song with yodeling! Delightful.
(FS)
BUDDY WILLIAMS: A Mother Lovely As You/ Blue Since You've
Been Gone/ Can A Black Sheep Be Forgiven/ Down The Old Bush Track/ Eureka
(The Stockade Song)/ Give A Little Credit To Your Dad/ I Can't Stand
Sitting In A Cell/ I Can’t Forget My Memories/ I Love You A Thousand Ways/
I'm Gonna Tear Down The Mailbox/ Maple On The Hill/ My Darling River Rose/
My Pretty Quadroon/ My Sunny Southern Home/ Pentridge Jail/ Somebody's
Stolen My Honey/ The Bushman's Rodeo/ The Chicken Song/ The Face On The Bar
Room Floor/ The Ring/ The Stockman And The Outlaw/ There's An Empty Bunk In
The Bunkhouse
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| BOB WILLS |
Big A 5010 |
Live From Panther Hall, 1963 |
● CD $12.98 |
13 tracks, 30 min., good/recommended
Thirteen tracks, yes,
but seven of them are "intros," which means there are more introductions
than songs. Not a problem, I guess, since this is a "lost" Bob Wills
recording finally hitting daylight. The sound quality is rough at times,
with some drop out and occasional volume oscillation, but it's not a deal
breaker. In fact, this "air check tape" from a show broadcast live on KCUL
by deejay "Wild Bill" Reynolds on July 7, 1963, as part of the grand
opening of Panther Hall allows its listeners to approximate the experience
of driving around Fort Worth in a Chevy with the windows down and the radio
on. A self-contained western swing time capsule. Highlights include Hank
Thompson's La Golendrina and the cover of Chuck Berry's 40 Days.
This isn't the first recording of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys to pick
up, but it is worth hearing. (JC)
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