NEWSLETTER #143
Country, Bluegrass & Old Timey
Cliff Carlisle ->
Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
| BORDER RADIO: Radio Quacks,
Yodelers, Pitchmen, Psychics & Other Amazing Broadcasters
by Gene Fowler & Bill Crawford |
● BOOK $22.98 |
Paperback, 360 Pages, essential, counts
as three CDs for shipping.
Essential tome for any
roots music fan or American historian. This tells the stories of a whole
host of mavericks, madmen and eccentrics that populated the airwaves
through the border blasting mega-watt radio stations that operated on the
Mexican side of the border from the 1930's through the 1970's. Whether it
is goat glad miracle medicine man Dr. John R. Brinkley or the majestic
Wolfman Jack, there are so many legendary stories captured in this book.
This is easily one of my favorite music books of all time and I am happy
that we are bringing into the fold here. (JM)
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| A GUIDE TO THE
CROOKED TRAIL: Virginia's Heritage Music Trail
by Joe Wilson |
● BOOK $19.95 |
Paperback 228 pages + 2 CDs Highly Recommended, counts as
five CDS for shipping
Planning a trip to Virginia soon? Well if you are
and you are a big country, bluegrass and Old-Timey music fan, you should
take along this book and plan on staying for about a year. This is an
absolutely fabulous travel book that gives you explicate information on
every museum, county fair, bluegrass jam session, homely eatery and
historical (music) landmark, etc. throughout the "Heritage Music Trail" of
Appalachian Virginia and beyond. Whether it is The Rocky Mount Dairy Queen
Jam Session, The Carter Family Home, The Tri-state Gospel Sing, The
Mountain Music School, Lee County Tobacco and Fall Festival or the Sugar
Hollow Campground, if it's picked, plucked or pickled, this guide will
show you how, where and why it's done. On top of all that you get two CDs
jam packed with excellent old time country, bluegrass and some blues that
has emanated out of Old Virginny over the last 80 years or so, with a
wealth of it being material that is not at all easy to come by. Includes
recordings by Lost & Found, Rabbit Muse, Frank Jenkins, No Speed Limit, Jimmy Arnold, E.C. & Orna Ball, Hobart Smith,
The Carter Family, Ralph Stanley & The Clinch
Mountain Boys & many more. Excellent stuff. (JM)
THE LOST AND FOUND: Love of the Mountains/ SAM CONNOR
AND DENT WIMMER: Old-Time Fire in the Mountain/ ARCHIE EDWARDS: I called
my Baby Long Distance/ DRY HILL DRAGGERS: Dry Hill/ RABBIT MUSE: Rocky
Mount Shout/ FLOYD COUNTY RAMBLERS: Granny Will Your Dog Bite/ THE KORN
KUTTERS: Old Jack Gillie/ KENNY AND AMANDA SMITH BAND: Big Ball in Boston/
DELL BLACKARD'S MOON SHINERS: Susanna Gal/ SAMMY SHELTER AND KIRK SUTPHIN:
Darling Child/ RICHARD BOWMAN FAMILY; Liberty/ JAMES KING AND LONGVIEW: A
Few More Years/ FRANK JENKINS: Baptist Shout/ ABE HORTON: The House
Carpenter/ TED LUNDY: Speak to Me Little Darling/ BONNIE RUSSELL WITH THE
RUSSELL FAMILY: Sail Away Ladies/ KILBY SNOW: Wildwood Flower/ AL HOPKINS
AND HIS BUCKLE BUSTERS: Boatin' Up The Sandy River/ BALLARD'S BRANCH
BOGTROTTERS: Those Cruel Slavery Days/ STEVE BARR: Leaving Gracen/ NO
SPEED LIMIT: New East Virginia Blues/ CROCKETT WARD & HIS BOYS:Sugar Hill/
EDDIE BOND, KIRK SUTPHIN, WAYNE HENDERSON AND HERB KEY: Breaking up
Christmas/ KELLY HARRELL: Charlie, He's a Good Man/ WADE WARD: Half
Shaved/ G.B. GRACEN, HENRY WHITTER: Short Life of Trouble/ JIMMY ARNOLD:
Doc Harris's Horn Pipe/ HAYWARD BLEVINS: Old Molly Hare/ BIG COUNTRY
BLUEGRASS: Larry's Song/ FRANK BLEVINS AND HIS TAR HELL RATTLERS: Don't
Get Trouble in your Mind/ E.C. AND ORNA BALL: Home Sweet Home/ ALBERT HASH
AND THE WHITE TOP MOUNTAIN BAND: A Rake and a Rambling Boy/ HORTON BARKER:
The Farmer's Curst Wife/ WAYNE HENDERSON: Beans and Cornbread/ WAYNE
HENDERSON, JIMMY DAUGHTERY, RED RECTOR, DAWN STOVER, & EDMUND BEAUDREAU:
Arkansas Traveler/ HOBART SMITH: The Devil's Dream/ THE SWEET BROTHERS OF
DAMASCUS: Cousin Sally Brown/ WYATT RICE: Fisher's Horn Pipe/ KAY JUSTICE
WITH JINNY HAWKER: Deep Settled Peace/ THE CHESTNUT GROVE QUARTET: Better
Farther On/ CURLY KING: Something Got Hold of Me/ GRANT BROTHERS: Johnson
Boys/ LINDA LAY, SAMMY SHELOR, DAVID LAY, RON STEWART & DAVID MCLAUGHLIN:
Taking the Crooked Road Home/ THE CARTER FAMILY: Mid the Green Fields of
Virginia/ THE GOOD SHEPHARD QUARTET: Mother's Bible/ MARTIN, BOGAN, and
ARMSTRONG: Barnyard Dance/ DOCK BOGGS: False Hearted Lover/ THE COOKE
DUET: Swing Down that Chariot/ JIM AND JESSE: Blue Ridge Mountain Sunset/
The MULLINS FAMILY: Turn Back Turn Back/ RALPH STANLEY AND THE CLINCH
MOUNTAIN BOYS White Dove/ Bright Morning Star
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| 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. |
| JOHNNY CASH |
New West 8015 |
Live From Austin, Tx. |
● DVD $17.98 |
14 tracks, highly recommended
Another fine installment in
the New West records series of classic Austin City Limits concerts. This
features Johnny Cash at a weird point in his career; there wasn't a whole
lot going on for Cash's career in 1987, but he was certainly able to put
on a fantastic performance. This is a great set, punctuated by appearances
by June Carter Cash and Anita Carter. A worthy addition to your Cash
collection. (JM)
JOHNNY CASH: (Ghost) Riders In The Sky/ Ballad Of
Barbara/ Big River/ Folsom Prison Blues/ I Walk The Line/ I Walk The Line
(outro)/ I‘ll Go Somewhere And Sing My Songs Again/ Let Him Roll/ Long
Black Veil/ Ring Of Fire/ Sam Stone/ Sunday Mornin‘ Coming Down/ The Wall/
Where Did We Go Right?
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| KRIS KRISTOFFERSON |
New West 8026 |
Live From Austin, Texas |
● DVD $17.98 |
16 tracks, 57 min., recommended
Kristofferson, who
recorded this material (on September 14, 1981) as part of the Austin City
Limits teevee show, is backed here by a top shelf band that includes
Donnie Fritts and Glen Clark (of Delbert And Glen) on keys, Tommy McClure
on bass, and Billy "I Can Help" Swan on keys, guitar and vocals. Swan
apparently was the opening act, though that show is not part of this. The
set includes such K. faves as Me And Bobby McGee, You Show Me
Yours (And 'll Show You Mine), Sunday Morning Coming Down,
Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again), Help Me
Make It Through The Night, and others. A few of the performances are
previously unissued, not having made the final Austin City Limits edit,
presumably for time considerations. Kristofferson looks like a black
t-shirted stand in for Jesus, but don't hold that against him. Same for
his merely serviceable vocals. It would be easy enough to argue that
Kristofferson keeps getting better as time passes, that his newest album
is his best work. But even so, he always was a talented and influential
songwriter. And as this set demonstrates, he had considerable stage
presence. (JC)
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| JOE MAPHIS |
Bear Family BVD 20011 |
At Town Hall Party |
● DVD $31.98 |
21 tracks, 67 mins, highly recommended
The latest DVD in
the series of footage from the legendary "Town Hall Party" features fine
singer and brilliant guitarist Joe Maphis from 1958 and 1959. Joe and his
twin-necked Mosrite guitar are featured on a selection of songs and
instrumentals including some dazzling guitar duets with Merle Travis. On
the hot rocker Rockin' Along, Joe's teen protege Larry Collins
joins in the fun. Although Joe mostly plays guitar he also demonstrates
his prowess on fiddle, banjo and mandolin. There are vocal duets with his
wife Rose Lee and guitar/ fiddle duets with the brilliant Fiddlin' Kate
Warren. Though the technical quality from rare kinescopes isn't always the
greatest the music more than makes up for it. Includes 16 page booklet
with detailed notes, photos and full discographical info. (FS)
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| HANK WILLIAMS |
Mercury 03919-00 |
The Ultimate Collection |
● DVD $39.98 |
2 CD + 1 DVD , 42 tracks, highly recommended
This came out
for the 50th anniversary of Hank's death. It's a fantastic collection,
with 2 CDs stuffed full of all the classic songs and just maybe a few that
aren't so common. On top of that the DVD features the directors cut of the
essential Williams documentary Honkey Tonk Blues with an added 30
minutes plus 15 minutes of bonus features. Superb sound, beautiful
packaging--Hank Williams fans will not be disappointed. (JM)
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| CLIFF CARLISLE |
JSP JSPCD 7768 |
Volume 2: When I Feel Froggie I'm Gonna
Hop |
● CD $28.98 |
Second collection of sides by this superb early country
artist features 97 tracks recorded between 1930 and 1941 drawn from 78s in
the collection of Joe Bussard. Includes many tracks making their first
appearance on CD
CLIFF CARLISLE: A Little Bit Of Lovin’ From You/ A
Little White Rose/ Alone And Lonesome/ Alone And Lonesome/ Birmingham
Jail/ Birmingham Jail No. 2/ Blue Dreams/ Blue Eyes/ Blue Yodel No. 6/ Box
Car Yodel/ Casey County Jail/ Childhood Dreams/ Childhood Dreams/ Crazy
Blues/ Deep Sea Blues/ Desert Blues/ Dollar’s All I Crave/ Don’t Marry The
Wrong Woman/ Down In The Jailhouse On My Knees/ Dream A Little Dream Of
Me/ End Of Memory Lane/ Flag That Train/ Fussin’ Mama/ Georgia Moon/ Go
And Leave Me If You Wish To/ Going Back To Alabama/ Hen Pecked Man/ Hobo
Jack’s Last Ride/ Hobo Jack’s Last Ride/ I Believe I’m Entitled To You/ In
A Box Car Around The World/ I’m Glad I’m A Hobo/ I’m Lonely And Blue/
Jesus My All/ Just A Lonely Hobo/ Just A Lonely Hobo/ Just A Wayward Boy/
Just A song At Childhood/ Lonely/ Longing For You/ Look Out I’m Shifting
Gears/ Looking For Tomorrow/ Louisiana Blues/ Memories That Make Me Cry/
My Little Sadie/ My Lonely Boyhood Days/ My Old Saddle Horse Is Missing/
My Two Time Mama/ Never No Mo’ Blues/ No Wedding Bells/ Nobody Wants Me/
On My Way To Lonesome Valley/ On The Lone Prairie/ Ramblin’ Jack/
Ramshackled Shack On The Hill/ Ridin’ That lonesome Train/ Ridin’ The
Blinds To The Call Of The Pines/ Rocky Road/ Roll On Blue Moon/ She Waits
For Me There/ She’s Waiting For Me/ Shine On Harvest Moon/ Shufflin’ Gal/
So Blue/ Sunshine And Daisies/ Sweet As The Roses Of Spring/ Sweet Nannie
Lisle/ T For Texas/ That Good Old Utah Trail/ The Bunch Of Cactus On The
Wall/ The Cowboy Song/ The Fatal Run/ The Flower Of The Valley/ The Gal I
Left Behind/ The Little Dobie Shack/ The Plea Of A Mother/ The Poor Widow/
The Rustler’s Fate/ The Vacant Cabin Door/ The Written Letter/ There’s A
Lamp In The Window Tonight/ They Say It Is The End Of The Trail Old Paint/
Traveling Life Alone/ Two Little Sweethearts/ Valley Of Peace/ Virginia
Blues/ When I Feel Froggie I’m Gonna Hop/ When I’m Dead And Gone/ When The
Cactus Is In Bloom/ When The Old Cow Went Dry/ When You Wore A Tulip/
Where Southern Roses Climb/ Will You Meet Me Just Inside/ Won’t Somebody
Pal With Me/ Wreck Of No. 52/ Your Saddle Is Empty Tonight/ You’ll Never
Know
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| THE CARLISLES |
B.A.C.M. 167 |
Tennessee Memories |
● CD $13.98 |
26 tracks, 63 mins, recommended
A delightful collection of
country songs, novelty songs, gospel, pre rockabilly and country boogies
recorded between 1951 and 1954. Starting off with veteran country singers
Bill & Cliff Carlisle and Martha Carson the group went through several
personnel changes over the years after Cliff and Martha left the group but
the lead vocals of Bill and the use of the same group of musicians
including fine guitar by Chet Atkins gave a consistency to the group's
sound. Many of the songs were written by Bill Carlisle and show a
delightful touch for the absurd with songs like Goo-Goo Da-da (Baby
Latin Meaning "Daddy")/ Bargain Day Half Off/ It's bedtime Bill and
others. There's also straight ahead country numbers like their version of
The Louvin BrothersOne My Way To The Show, Martha's composition
Tennessee Memories , Cliff's True Love and others. There are
also a few gospel songs - Rusty Old Halo/ Leave That Liar Alone and
more. (FS)
THE CARLISLES: A Dollar Ain't A Dollar Anymore/ A Rusty
Old Halo/ Bargain Day Half Off/ Blue Arizona Moon/ Bye Bye My Love/ Goo
Goo Da Da/ He Will Lead Safely/ I Would If I Could But I Can't/ It's
Bedtime Bill/ Leave That Liar Alone/ Let Me Hold Your Little Hand/ Maybe
More/ Middle Age Spread/ Moody's Goose/ My Happiness Belongs To Someone
Else/ Nine Have Tried And Nine Have Died/ On My Way To The Show/ Patch Up
Our Old Love Affair/ Pickin' Peas Down Long Pea Row/ Poor Man's Riches/
Teletouch/ Tennessee Memories/ That Little Difference/ This Heart Is Not
For Sale/ True Love/ Unpucker
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| THE CARTER SISTERS |
Country Routes 39 |
With Mother Maybelle And Chet Atkins |
● CD $16.98 |
| Complementing Country Route 35 and 37 this is another
great collection of sides drawn from Radiozark transcriptions featuring 40
tracks recorded in 1949 featuring The Carter Sisters accompanied by Chet
Atkins who plays on almost every track and takes the lead on eight
dynamite guitar solos and three fiddle solos! Mother Maybelle is featured
on a dozen sides on lead or harmony vocals and plays banjo on three
tracks. Only a handful of these tracks were recorded commercially.
Includes I Wish I Had A NIckel/ Please Don't Leave Me Any More,
Darling/ No letter Today/ Ragtime Annie/ Whispering Home/ All Broke Out
With Love/ tramp On The Street/ Divorce Me C.O.D./ Liebestraum/ A Picture,
A Ring And A Curl/ The Kneeling Drunkard's Plea/ A Sinner's Prayer/ Don
Juan and more.
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| JOHNNY CASH |
Columbia-Legacy 94265 |
Personal File |
● CD $24.98 |
2 CDs, 49 tracks, 139 mins, highly recommended
Johnny
Cash's son John Carter Cash and the people at Columbia have unearthed a
treasure trove of never-before heard Johnny Cash material. Over two hours
of just Johnny Cash, his guitar, songs and stories recorded in the
legendary House Of Cash recording studio. About half of the material are
Cash originals, the rest is filled up with traditionals, Carter Family
songs, and songs by writers he loved like John Prine, Cindy Walker, etc.
This is an essential CD for Johnny Cash fans; a more intimate portrait
from the man in black has not been released. (JM)
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| JUNE CARTER CASH |
Dualtone 1216 |
Ring Of Fire - The Best Of June Carter
Cash |
● CD $16.98 |
12 tracks 40 minutes Highly recommended
The last time that
I saw June Carter Cash live, she came out--as she was famous for
doing--barnstorming on the stage, kicking her shoes off into the air as
she danced. This particular time my friend and I were on a balcony
overlooking the stage right above them and my buddy got hit right between
his eyes with one of her shoes. It was great; he couldn't have been more
honored and I was honored to be witness to it. After he got over being
stunned, he asked me what to do with it, we both agreed we should throw it
back, so we tossed it to a roadie and we received a nod of appreciation
from miss June that was worth the ticket price by itself. June Carter Cash
stood firmly by an artist who cast one of the largest shadows in music
history: she never was lost in it, but unless you saw them live, her
musical output is pretty much unknown outside of Jackson, nowadays.
Thankfully the folks at Dualtone records have the good grace and good
sense to put out this beautiful collection. On this you get her sparkling
version of her most famous composition Ring Of Fire. You also get
fine versions of classics from the Carter Family song book, three duets
with Johnny (two of which are vintage, one being The Far Side Banks Of
Jordon from 2002) as well as three previously unreleased tracks
recorded in 1998, 2002 and 2003 respectively, capturing some of the last
sparks of a flame that burned long and bright. The last track, The
Heel, will blow you away when you hear it; I won't give it away here,
but it is almost worth the price of the CD itself. This is an enhanced CD,
which includes a video for "Keep On The Sunny Side." (JM)
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| EDDIE CLETRO |
Bear Family BCD 16510 |
Flying Saucer Boogie |
● CD $21.98 |
26 tracks, recommended
Q: EDDIE CLETRO is an obscure
southern California via New Jersey western swing singer who sometimes
teetered on the verge of Rockabilly, other times pop, right? A: Sure is,
and of course Bear Family has no problem giving him the deluxe treatment
with 26 tracks and a 36 page booklet! Wow! Cletro enjoyed the bulk of his
success in the early to mid 1950's from whence all of these tracks are
culled. Flying Saucer Boogie and Rock 'n' Roll Cowboy are
here for the rockabilly collectors, but the bulk of this material is
definitely of the western persuasion. The bulk of this material is also
very good and by and large the sound is fantastic. Eddie Cletro was also
fine without the spotlight, employing various front men and women
throughout these recordings. Two tracks feature Eddie Dean on vocal, four
Feature Rose Maddox (& Retta Maddox on one of those) and Donna Reynolds
takes the lead on four tracks as well. Biographical material is a great
read, original recording info is also included. (JM)
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| TOMMY COLLINS |
B.A.C.M. 165 |
Think It Over Boys |
● CD $13.98 |
25 tracks, 63 mins, highly recommended
Splendid collection
of honky tonk country, novelty songs and the occasional gospel number from
this brilliant singer and songwriter and pioneer of the Bakersfield sound.
Recorded between 1953 and 1956 and accompanied by musicians like Buck
Owens, Roy Nichols, Ralph Mooney, "Fuzzy" Owen and others he performs
songs (nearly all self written) like Let Me Love You/ High On A
Hilltop/ No Love Have I/ I'll Be Gone/ What Kind Of Sweetheart Are You/
Those Old Love Letters From You/ Feet Of The Traveler/ Think It Over Boys/
Upon This Rock and others. This set also includes his worst song - the
utterly stupid Boob I Lak but one dud out of 25 isn't bad. (FS)
TOMMY COLLINS: A Man We Ought To Know/ Are You Ready To
Go/ Boob I Lak/ Feet Of The Traveler/ High On A Hilltop/ I Always Get A
Souvenir/ I Guess I'm Crazy/ I Love You More And More Each Day/ I Think Of
You Yet/ I Wish I Had Died In My Cradle/ I'll Always Speak Well Of You/
I'll Be Gone/ Let Down/ Let Me Love You/ Love A Me S'il Vous Plait/ No
Love Have I/ Smooth Sailin'/ That's The Way Love Is/ There'll Be No Other/
Think It Over Boys/ Those Old Love Letters From You/ Untied/ Upon This
Rock/ Wait A Little Longer/ What Kind Of Sweetheart Are You
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| THE DELMORE BROTHERS |
JSP JSPCD 7765 |
Volume 2 - The Later Years, 1933-1952 |
● CD $28.98 |
Four CD box set with 97 tracks complementing JSPCD 7727 by
this great brother duo.
THE DELMORE BROTHERS: Ain’t It Hard To Love/ Alcatraz
Island Blues/ Baby You’re Throwing Me Down/ Barnyard Boogie/ Be My Little
Pet/ Blues Stay Away From Me/ Brother Take Warning/ Brown’s Ferry Blues/
Brown’s Ferry Blues No.3/ Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow/ By The Banks
Of The Rio Grande/ Calling To That Other Shore/ Carry Me Back To Alabama/
Don’t Forget Me/ Don’t Forget Me Darling/ Don’t Let Me Be In The Way/ Down
Home Boogie/ Everybody Loves Her/ Fast Express/ Fifty Miles To Travel/
Freight Train Boogie/ Gambler’s Yodel/ Gathering Flowers From The
Hillside/ Goin’ Back To Georgia/ Goin’ Back To The Blue Ridge Mountains/
Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar No.2/ Good Time Saturday Night/ Harmonica
Blues/ Heart Of Sorrow/ Hey, Hey I’m Memphis Bound/ Hillbilly Boogie/ Home
On The River/ I Ain’t Gonna Stay Here Long/ I Believe It For My Mother
Told Me So/ I Don’t Know Why I Love Her/ I Found An Angel/ I Guess I’ve
Got To Be Going/ I Know I’ll Be Happy In Heaven/ I Let The Freight Train
Carry Me On/ I Loved You Better Than You Know/ I Wonder Where My Darling
Is Tonight/ I’ll Never Fall In Love Again/ I’m Alabama Bound/ I’m Going
Back To Alabama/ I’m Leavin’ You/ I’m Leavin’ You/ I’m Lonesome Without
You/ I’m Sorry I Caused You To Cry/ Just The Same Sweet Thing To Me/
Kentucky Mountain/ Last Night I Was Your Only Darling/ Leavin’ On That
Train/ Lonely Moon/ Lonesome Day/ Look Up, Look Down That Lonesome Road/
Memories Of My Carolina Girl/ Midnight Special/ Midnight Train/
Mississippi Shore/ Mobile Boogie/ My Home’s Across The Blue Ridge
Mountains/ New False Hearted Girl/ Nothing But The Blues/ Now I’m Free/
Peach Tree Streeet Boogie/ Please Be My Sunshine/ Precious Jewel/
Prisoner’s Farewell/ Quit Treatin’ Me Mean/ Ramblin’ Minded Blues/
Remember I Feel Lonesome Too/ Rounder’s Blues/ Shame On Me/ She Left Me
Standing On The Mountain/ She Won’t Be My Little Darling/ Some Of These
Days You’re Gonna Be Sad/ Somebody Else’s Darling/ Stop That Boogie/
Sweet, Sweet Thing/ Tennessee Choo Choo/ That’s How I Feel So Goodbye/ The
Farmer’s Girl/ The Fast Old Shovel/ The Girl By The River/ The Only Star/
The Storms Are On The Ocean/ The Trail Of Time/ The Wabash Cannonball
Blues/ The Wrath Of God/ There’s A Lonesome Road/ There’s Sumpin’ About
Love/ Trouble Ain’t Nothin’ But The Blues/ Used Car Blues/ Waitin’ For
That Train/ Who’s Gonna Be Lonesome For Me/ Why Did You Leave Me Dear/
Wonderful There
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| THE DILLARDS |
Varese 66716 |
Early Recordings, 1959 |
● CD $13.98 |
10 tracks, 21 mins, recommended
Fresh faced Doug and
Rodney Dillard on banjo, guitar and vocals with "Special Guest" Dean Webb
were already turning into some fine Bluegrass musicians when they recorded
these tracks in 1959. All of this was recorded in a small home studio in
St. Louis Missouri and has been in the vaults ever since. Re-mastered for
this release, with Dillards member Dean Webb added on for extra flavor.
This is a slim offering, clocking in at just under 21 minutes, but it's
still quite enjoyable. Great photos included from the Dillard family photo
album. (JM)
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| KINKY FRIEDMAN |
Shout Factory 10155 |
Last Of The Jewish Cowboys - The Best Of
Kinky Friedman |
● CD $13.98 |
15 tracks, 51 mins, highly recommended
As I write this,
the honorable Kinky Friedman has fallen short of becoming the next
Governor of Texas; he did, however, get half a million votes, which is
probably more than he has sold of any of his records. Kinky is a helluva
performer, but definitely not everyone's cup of tea. To use a simple comic
book metaphor/formula: If Hank Williams was Superman and Johnny Cash was
Batman, then Kinky Friedman would be the Fabulous Furry Freak brothers.
you know what I mean? This features such sentimental favorites as The
Ballad of Charles Whitman ("There was a rumor, about a tumor."),
Asshole From El Paso (his answer record to Okie From Muskogee,)
Somethin's Wrong With The Beaver, Sold American, and his
biggest hit, They Ain't Making Jews Like Jesus Anymore. Kinky
Friedman is one of a kind and you'll either vote for him or against him,
he conjures no neutral reactions. (JM)
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| HEE HAW GOSPEL QUARTET |
Time Life 21079 |
Hee Haw Gospel Quartet |
● CD $19.98 |
Two CD set featuring 30 country gospel songs performed by
members of the legendary (?) "Hee Haw" T.V. Show in astyle influenced by
the great Brown's Ferry Four. The line up on most tracks is Buck Owens,
Roy Clark, Grandpa Jones (who was a member of The Browns Ferry Four) and
Kenny Price with Joe babcock replacing Owens on half a dozen cuts.
Includes Jesus Hold My Hand/ Turn Your Radio ON/ Amazing Grace/ Empty
Mansions/ Only One Step More/ Gone Home/ Will You Meet Me Over Yonder/ His
Boundless Love/ The Old Country Churtch/ On The Jericho Road, etc.
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| BUD ISAACS |
Bear Family BCD 16798 |
Bud's Bounce |
● CD $21.98 |
25 tracks, 56 minutes, essential
Bootlegs excluded, Bud
Isaacs' pedal steel instrumentals for RCA Victor have never been collected
on LP or compact disc until now. Musically, Isaacs wasn't as dynamic as
Speedy West, as transcendent as Jerry Byrd or as complex as Buddy Emmons.
And despite what annotator Eddie Stubbs claims, he wasn't the first steel
player on record to conquer the instrument's limitations through
string-bending foot pedals. However, Isaacs remains an innovative,
appealing stylist. His benchmark performance on Webb Pierce's 1953 hit
Slowly instantly consigned conventional lap steels into retrodom. Chet
Atkins brokered an RCA contract for the southern Indiana native in 1954.
Besides playing on the guitarist's classic "A Session with Chet Atkins"
album, Isaacs' RCA stint yielded eight singles and an EP before a draft
notice abruptly ended his recording career in 1956. With Atkins present on
one side of the studio glass or the other, Isaacs's records have an
appealing Atkinsesque feel. None of his singles were major hits - postwar
C&W instrumentals never were - but they influenced a generation of
musicians. Hot Mocking Bird and Bud's Bounce quickly entered
the standard steel guitar repertoire. Fiddler Dale Potter shares breaks
with Atkins on some numbers. This set includes four previously unissued
titles and an alternate issued take of Bud's Bounce. The sound
quality is exquisite, sourced from the full-track mono masters. Eddie
Stubbs contributes thorough if overly Nashville-centric notes. Well worth
having and most importantly, it holds up to repeated plays. (DS)
Hot Mocking Bird/The Waltz You Saved for Me/Bud's Steel
Guitar Stomp/Indian Love Call/Skokiaan/Bud's Boogie/Yesterday's
Waltz/Cowboy Conga/Panhandle Rag/Beautiful Mahana/Steel Guitar
Breakdown/Kentucky Waltz/Turn Around/Steelin' Home/By the Waters of
Minnetonka/Blue Mirage/Waltz of the Ozarks/Bud's Bounce/Texas Playboy
Rag/Westphalia Waltz/Boing!/Bud's Waltz/Sweet and Hot/Bohemiana Polka/Buds
Bounce (alt)
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| WANDA JACKSON |
Ace CDCHD 1125 |
The Very Best Of The Country Years |
● CD $18.98 |
30 tracks, 65 mins, highly recommended
Although I
especially love Wanda Jackson's Rock `N' Roll songs, I still have to give
credit to her long and excellent Country music career. Wanda started as a
teenager singing for Country legend Hank Thompson's band, which led her to
a Decca records contract of her own. Her Decca contract lasted for a total
of seven singles, only one of which, a duet with fellow Thompson band
member called You Can't Have My Love, even reached the lower
regions of the charts. Following her graduation from high school, she
signed with Capitol records, a label that she would stay with for the next
13 years. All of the tracks on this CD are from official Capitol records
releases and all but one (1958's I Wanna Waltz) were recorded
between 1961 - 1972. Essentially this is a greatest hits and overview of
her career as a Country music singer. All of her singles that charted are
here, mixed with outstanding album tracks. Ace has already done the
retrospective on Wanda's Rock `N' Roll career; now they do an equally fine
job on this phase of her career. I grew up on Wanda Jackson's Country and
R&R recordings, but I have never heard any of her Gospel outings. With her
magnificent voice, I can imagine there is some good stuff in there as
well. Maybe Ace will go all-out and provide us with a third installment? (JM)
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| KARL & HARTY |
B.A.C.M. 168 |
Old Time Harmony Singing |
● CD $13.98 |
21 tracks, 62 minutes, recommended
Major figures on radio
and record through the thirties, Karl Davis & Harty Taylor have rarely
been tapped for reissues. Their singing style - recalling the 19th-Century
parlor balladry of their idols Lester McFarland and Robert Gardner (Mac &
Bob) - is admittedly a generation removed from the crooning and/or
high-energy "brother" duets that followed in their wake. However, many
close-harmony duet singers cited Karl & Harty as an influence, and their
most popular songs still endure. Natives of Renfro Valley, Kentucky, Karl
& Harty moved to Chicago in 1931 to become a featured act within WLS's
popular string band, The Cumberland Ridge Runners. After making their
first recordings for Paramount, the duo hit their stride in 1934 after
signing with ARC. Such Davis-penned or collaborative songs as Kentucky,
I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail and A Prisoner's Dream
became country harmony standards. By the 1940s Karl & Harty were
continually at odds with their record companies, which demanded racier,
upbeat jukebox novelties. Though Davis penned suitable numbers, the duo's
performances were perfunctory. In 1951 the men dissolved their act rather
than further compromising their ideals. This collection sidesteps Karl &
Harty's best-known songs from the mid-'30s in favor of traditional
material and lesser-known originals. Two songs are from Paramount and
fourteen are from ARC/Columbia, including We Buried Her Beneath the
Willow, a tribute to the Ridge Runners' recently deceased vocalist
Linda Parker. Five Capitol and Gold Seal sides capture the waning days of
their recording career. The sound quality is adequate, though lacking high
end. Brian Chalker's notes distill the duo's fascinating and ultimately
heartbreaking story. A welcome release, if not the definitive anthology
Karl & Harty really deserve. The correct song sequence is below. (DS)
Also Available: Cattle CCD 245 Memories of the WLS National Barn Dance( $18.98) Twenty-six
Karl & Harty tracks, no duplications with the above B.A.C.M. Songs include
I'm Just Here to Get My Baby Out of Jail, The Prisoner's Dream and
Don't Monkey 'Round My Widder
Twenty-One Years/I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at
Home/I Dreamed I Searched Heaven for You/We Buried Her Beneath the
Willow/No Place to Pillow My Head/Tennessee River Farewell/Answer to the
Prisoner's Dream/Two-Faced Preacher/Don't Be Blue Little Pal/I'll Always
Love You/I Hide My Face and Cry/You Let Me Down/Truck Driver's
Sweetheart/What's Wrong with the Women Today/Ain't You Ashamed/She's Got
the Cutest Eyes/Single Man Blues/Down in the Valley/You Cooked Your Goose
with Me/Don't Mix Whiskey with Women/I'm Coming Home This Evening
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| KRIS KRISTOFFERSON |
New West 6098 |
Live From Austin, Texas |
● CD $16.98 |
CD, 16 tracks, 54 min., recommended
You put him in front
of a talented band of total pros and he doesn't sound half bad--it's just
the half that sings flat that assaults the ears, occasionally. But after a
while the songs push such thoughts right away (even newer material such as
Nobody Loves Anybody Anywhere is praiseworthy), but never very far.
So, while he includes his best numbers, circa 1981, his performance is
still bound by his natural limitations. All things considered though, this
set does an excellent job of capturing K. at a particularly bright moment
in his musical development, and since he was one of the most influential
songwriters of his generation, that's something worth hearing. (JC)
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| JIMMY MARTIN |
Gusto-Delux 0603 |
Jimmy Martin's 20 Greatest Hits |
● CD $8.98 |
20 tracks, recommended
Previously issued as Deluxe 7863.
Jimmy Martin is one of the great voices in bluegrass and his classic
recordings for Decca and RCA are the equal of almost anybody else in the
genre. Like most of Decca's traditional country artists he was dropped by
the label in the 70s and started recording for Gusto from where these
recordings come. His singing was still fine and his band The Sunny
Mountain Boys (no personell is listed) provide solid accompaniments on
banjo, fiddle, dobro & bass. The songs are a mixture of remakes of his
more popular Decca songs along with old bluegrass and country standards -
Freeborn Man/ Pete, The Best Coon Dog In The State Of Tennessee/ Uncle
Pen/ Blue Moon Of Kentucky/ Honey, You Don't Know My Mind/ Widow Maker/ I
Know You're Married (But I Love You Still)/ Run Pete Run/ One Woman Man/
Taylor Made Sally Good and more. Very nice indeed. (FS)
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| THE MASTERS FAMILY |
Cattle 327 |
Back In The Good Ole Days, 1948-1954 |
● CD $18.98 |
24 tracks, 63 mins, essential
A fabulous collection of old
time country gospel plus a couple of secular songs by Johnnie & Lucille
Masters and their son Owen recorded between 1948 and 1954. Most of the
tracks feature them accompanied by guitar and mandolin with various other
additional instruments including some wonderful piano, Dobro and on some
of the later tracks steel guitar by Don Helms. Most of the songs here were
written by Johnnie Masters and include That Little Old Country Church/
Gloryland March and Cry From The Cross which have become
country gospel standards. If you liked the recent release by James Roberts
and Martha Carson you're sure to love this too. (FS)
THE MASTERS FAMILY: Back In The Good Old Days/ From
Forty To Sixty-five/ Glory Land March/ Hand Me Down My Silver Trumpet/
Happiness Comes On Spiritual Wings/ I Have Changed/ I Won't Have To Cross
Jordan Alone/ It's All Coming True/ Just A Sinner Saved By Grace/ Marching
On To Glory/ My Heart's Like A Beggar/ New World To Come/ Noah And The
Mighty Ark/ Singing In The Promised Land/ Southbound Passenger Train/
Swing Wide Ye Golden Gates/ That Little Old Country Church/ The Cry From
The Cross/ The Man Of Galilee/ They've Made A New Bible/ When He Heard My
Plea/ When The Wagon Was New/ While The Ages Roll On/ You Gotta Pray
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| SMILEY MAXEDON |
Cattle 325 |
A Hillbilly Voice Like Dynamite |
● CD $18.98 |
20 tracks, 52 mins, recommended
Another fine country
performer rescued from oblivion by Cattle Records. Roy "Smiley" Maxedon
was originally from Illinois but settled in California in the 40s where he
formed his band The Okaw Valley Boys featuring the great electric
guitarist Roy Nichols who may be taken the hot solos on a few of the songs
here. Prior to this release the only other reissue of Maxedon was of his
fine bluesy western swing flavored number Give Me A Red Hot Mama And An
Ice Cold Beer - this is here along with all the rest of his issued
recordings cut between 1951 and 1955 and is a nice mix of slow and mid
tempo honky tonk numbers all sung with his distinctive dark baritone voice
and accompanied by a solid group of musicians. (FS)
SMILEY MAXEDON: Blue As Blue Can Be/ Crazy To Care/ Give
Me A Red Hot Mama And An Ice Cold Beer/ Give Me Your Love For Awhile/ I
Want You/ I'll Swear You Don't Love Me/ I'm Shuttin' The Door On Love/ If
I Should Change My Ways (would You Still Love Me?)/ In The Window Of My
Heart/ Little Brother Joe/ Oh, Why Did I Cheat?/ Sunshine In The Rain/
That's All Right/ Too Late To Cry Over You/ Until Then/ We Can't Live
Together/ What Good Is My Love (if It's Wasted)/ Why Can't You Look Me In
The Eye/ You've Lost Too Much/ Your Old Love Letters
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| WILLIE NELSON |
DBK Works 124 |
54 Songs: The Songwriter Sessions |
● CD $27.98 |
3 CDs, 54 tracks, 140 mins, highly recommended
Outstanding
collection. Willie Nelson is the greatest living Country songwriter and
here's a three CD set bursting at the seams with proof to that argument.
You don't get the hits that Willie recorded, or hits by others like
Hello Walls or Crazy, (you do get an early recording of Willie
doing Night Life); instead, you get fantastic nuggets of gold like
I Let My Mind Wander/ The Ghost, Half A Man/ Pride Wins Again/
Happiness Lives Next Door, and so many more great tunes. A lot of the
tracks on this appeared on big label releases during the 1960s, but what
you get here for the most part are the demo, or stripped down, versions
without the Countrypolitan RCA productions. Tracks are recorded between
the late 1950s through the 1960s, although booklet information isnt very
clear on the matter. Great stuff! (JM)
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| WEBB PIERCE |
Acrobat ADDCD 3026 |
The Complete Four Star & Pacemaker
Recordings |
● CD $13.98 |
Two CD set with 30 tracks featuring the complete Four Star
and Pacemaker recordings recorded by Webb in 1949 and 1950 before his
signing with Decca and his numerous hits.
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| TEX RITTER |
B.A.C.M. 171 |
Pledge Of Allegiance |
● CD $13.98 |
27 tracks recorded between 1948 and 1956 featuring the
deep dark vocal stylings of Maurice Woodward "Tex" Ritter. The emphasis on
western flavored songs and includes his famous theme song from the movie
"High Noon" Do Not Forsake Me plus Long Black Rifle/ Marshall Of
Wichita/ Last Wagon/ Remember The Alamo/ Marshall's Daughter/ A Whale Of A
tale/ Cool water/ San Antonio Rose/ Paul Bunyan Love, etc.
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| THE TURNER
BROTHERS/ KENTUCKY BOYS |
Cattle 326 |
Honky Tonk Boys, 1947-1954 |
● CD $18.98 |
The Turner Brothers (Monroe "Lige" Turner and Ulysses
"Red" Turner) are featured on 22 songs here from 1947. They perform in the
old timne brother style of The Blue Sky Boys or Delmore Brothers though
not as interesting. They accompany themselves on the familiar guitar and
mandolin with occasional added musicians on electric guitar (usually Roy
Lanham), fiddle and steel guitar. There are four cuts by the Kentucky Boys
(aka Zeka & Red) featuring "Red" Turner with James Grimshaw "Zeke" Turner
who were not related. They perform in a more lively Carlisles style with a
small group including some great fiddle by Fredie Langdon.
THE KENTUCKY BOY: A Little Feller Like Mine/ Don't Fetch
It/ THE TURNER BROTHERS: A Mother's Love/ All Night Long/ Beautiful Rose/
Boog Boog Boogie/ Corene Corena/ Could You Take Me Back?/ God's Own Little
Lamb/ Honky Tonk Mama/ I'll Live My Life For You/ It's Better To Be Alone/
Kentucky/ Matthew Twenty-four/ Precious Memories/ Rainbow In The Sky/
Something's Wrong/ The Fallen Leaf/ The Leaf Of Love/ To Be Or Not To Be/
When The Fire Comes Down/ Why Did You Leave Me?/ You Ask Me Why I'm
Crying/ You'll Cry For Me/ ZEKE & RED: Get Your Dad Burn Fingers Offa Me/
The World Would Be A Better Place If It Was A Farm
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Country Stars 55499 |
You've Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley |
● CD $11.98 |
Fine collection of old time and bluegrass gospel - mostly
from the late 30s through the late 50s. Includes sides by The Monroe
Brothers, Charlie Monroe, Bill Monroe, The Stanley Brothers, Flatt &
Scruggs, The Lilly Brothers, Mac Wiseman, Sonny Osborne, Reno & Smiley and
Ricky Skaggs & Keith Whitley.
FLATT & SCRUGGS: Back To The Cross/ Bouquet In Heaven/
God Loves His Children/ THE LILLY BROTHERS: What Are They Doing In Heaven
Today/ BILL MONROE: Cryin' Holy Unto My Lord/ I Saw The Light/ Little
Community Church/ Lord Protect My Soul/ What Would You Give In Exchange
For Your Soul/ Wicked Path Of Sin/ CHARLIE MONROE: O Death/ You'd Better
Be Somewhere Praying/ THE MONROE BROS: Do You Call That Religion/ World Is
Not My Home/ You've Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley/ SONNY OSBORNE: Old
Cross Road/ RENO & SMILEY: Hear Jerusalem Mourn/ I'm Using My Bible For A
Roadmap/ RICKY SKAGGS & KEITH WHITLEY: Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn/
My Main Trial Is Yet To Come/ Wings Of Angels/ THE STANLEY BROTHERS:
Angels Are Singing (In Heaven Tonight)/ Gathering Flowers For The Master's
Bouquet/ Vision Of Mother/ We'll Be Sweethearts In Heaven/ White Dove/ MAC
WISEMAN: Little White Church
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Golden Stars 5421 |
This Is What I Call Country Gospel |
● CD $15.98 |
Three Cd set of country gospel from the 40s, 50s and 60s.
45 tracks in all featuring Red Foley, Patsy Cline, Merle Travis, The Oak
Ridge Boys, Carl Perkins, The Blackwood Brothers, Ralph Staley with Ricky
Skags & Keith WHitley, Prophets Quartet, Sons Of The PIoneers, Hank Snow,
Hank Williams, The Jordanaires, George Jones, Connie Smith, The Monroe
Brothers and more.
ROY ACUFF: It Won't Be Long/ EDDY ARNOLD: May The Good
Lord Bless And Keep You/ THE BLACKWOOD BROTHERS: Family Of God/ BOXCAR
WILLIE: I Saw The Light/ THE CARTER FAMILY: Can The Circle Be Unbroken
(bye And Bye)/ THE CHUCK WAGON GANG: After The Sunrise/ PATSY CLINE: Dear
God/ Just A Closer Walk With Thee/ RED FOLEY: Peace In The Valley/ STUART
HAMBLEN: This Ole House/ GEORGE JONES: I'll Fly Away/ Old Brush Arbors/
THE JORDANAIRES: I'm Working On A Building/ PEE WEE KING: Everytime I Feel
The Spirit/ HANK LOCKLIN: Harvest Is Ripe (the Labourers Are Few)/ BILL
MONROE: Walking In Jerusalem/ THE MONROE BROTHERS: You've Got To Walk That
Lonesome Valley/ THE OAK RIDGE BOYS: I Know/ TOMMY OVERSTREET: In The
Garden/ Rock Of Ages/ DOLLY PARTON: Letter To Heaven/ CARL PERKINS:
Hallelujah Special/ THE PROPHETS QUARTET: Ol' Time Religion/ JIM REEVES:
Padre Of Old San Antone/ Shall We Gather At The River (mother Went A
Walkin')/ TEX RITTER: Rounded Up In Glory/ MARTY ROBBINS: Kneel And Let
The Lord Take Your Load/ CONNIE SMITH: What Child Is This/ HANK SNOW:
Gloryland March/ THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS: One More River/ That Old Rugged
Cross/ RALPH STANLEY WITH RICKY SKAGGS & KEITH WHITLE: Leaning On The
Everlasting Arm/ CARL STORY: My Lord Keeps A Record/ HANK THOMPSON: When
God Calls His Children Home/ MERLE TRAVIS: God Put A Rainbow In The
Clouds/ I Am A Pilgrim/ ERNEST TUBB: Farther Along/ What A Friend We Have
In Jesus/ KITTY WELLS: Don't Wait For The Last Minute To Pray/ Gathering
Flowers For The Masters Bouquet/ SLIM WHITMAN: Lord Help Me Be As Thou/
HANK WILLIAMS: Calling You/ House Of Gold/ TEX WILLIAMS: Daddy Sang Bass/
BOB WILLS & TOMMY DUNCAN: No Disappointment In Heaven
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Jasmine JSMCD 3574 |
A Tribute To Hank Williams |
● CD $11.98 |
25 tracks, 69 mins, highly recommended
A nicely put
together tribute to the greatest country singer and songwriter of all
time. About half the songs are tributes to hank including Ode To Hank
Williams by Ramblin' Lou, The Life Story Of Hank Williams by
Hawkshaw Hawkins, the incredibly moving The Death of Hank Williams
by Jack Cardwell (recorded a week after Hank's death this was the only
tribute song to make the country charts), Guest Star In Heaven by
Earney Vandagriff and others. Most of the rest is versions of Hank's songs
including several that Hank never recorded commercially including Zeb
Turner's Never Been So Lonesome - a song that bears a resemblance
to Long Gone Lonesome Blues. Hank's old friend from Alabama,
Braxton Schuffert is featured (as Braxton Schooford) on three songs
written by Hank that were not issued commercially including the fine
Rockin' Chair Daddy which Hank and Schuffert co-wrote though only Hank
received composer credit. Ferlin Huskys does a version of Tommy Collins'
Hank's Song which string together a bunch of Hank titles into a
song. The set also includes a fine instrumental Swing Shift Bounce
by Hank's great band, The Drifting Cowboys. Excellent sound and
informative notes by Al turner round out a very satisfying package. (FS)
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Jasmine 3575 |
Hillbilly Hot Rod & Automobile Songs |
● CD $11.98 |
24 tracks, 62 mins, highly recommended
It is a bit of a
paradox, I can't stand Nascar, but yet I love Hillbillies singing about
hot rods.this sure is a swell compilation. The first thing that jumped out
at me was how Arthur (Guitar Boogie) Smith & His Cracker-Jacks's cover of
Arkie Shibley and His Mountain Dew Boys's Hot Rod Race was a lot
hotter than the original, which was also clearly the inspiration (i.e.
deserves a big royalty check) for Hot Rod Lincoln. Also included is
a sequel Hot Rod Race No. 2 by Bob Williams & The Nite Owls and
even a third installment by Bob Williams, you could almost do a whole
compilation of that song and it's descendants, but I digress--back to the
race. This is chock full of red hot fuel injected Country Western and
Western Swing, ranging from the novelty Grandpappy's Hot Rod Blues
by Grandpappy Earl Davis to a still Country fried Bill Haley & The
Saddlemen roaring in with a cover of Rocket 88. This is great start
to finish with other rodders like Tillman Franks, Tennesse Buck, Jimmie
Heap, Shot Jackson, Luke McDaniel, Slim Rhodes, Billy Briggs and many
more. Excellent notes by Al Turner and consistently great sound. (JM)
BILLY BRIGGS: The Battery To My Heart/ FLOYD COMPTON:
She Won't Turn Over For Me/ GRANDPAPPY EARL DAVIS: Grandpappy's Hot Rod
Blues/ TILLMAN FRANKS: Hot Rod-shotgun Boogie No 2/ BILL HALEY: Rocket
"88"/ JIMMIE HEAP: Honk Your Horn/ SHOT JACKSON: I'm Trading You In On A
Later Model/ DON JOHNSON: Flying Low/ JIMMY LITTLEJOHN: No Parking Here/
LUKE MCDANIEL: The Automobile Song/ RAMBLIN' LOU: Car - Hoppin' Mama/
JOHNNY RECTOR: If You Drink, Don't Drive/ SLIM RHODES: Sixty Days/ RICKY
RIDDLE: Drivin' Down The Wrong Side Of The Road/ ARTHUR (GUITAR BOOGIE)
SMITH: Hot Rod Race/ DRIFTING JOHNNY SMITH: Service Station Blues/ THE
SOUTHERNAIRS: Hot Rod Blues/ GEORGE STOGNER: Hardtop Race/ TENNESSEE BUCK:
Automobile Song/ JACK TURNER: Model T Baby/ PAUL TUTMARK: Midget Auto
Blues/ PAUL WESTMORELAND: Hot Rod Rag/ BOB WILLIAMS: Hot Rod Race No 2/
Hot Rod Race No 3
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Rev-Ola 129 |
Country Goes Rock 'n' Roll, Vol. 1 - The
Old Guard |
● CD $15.98 |
Fine collection of 32 trackls of rocking country and
hillbilly boogie from the period around the birth of rock 'n' roll
(1953-1955) by established country artists adjusting to the changes.
Includes sides by The Carlisles, Moon Mullican, The Maddox Brothers & Rose,
Bob Wills & The Texas Playboys, Faron Young, Jim Gatlin, Cliffie Stone Orch., Harmonica Frank, Jack
Cardwell and others. 8 page booklet with notes by Dave penney and a bunch
of artist photos and label shots.
EDDY ARNOLD: Hep Cat Baby/ JIMMY ATKINS & HIS
PINETOPPERS: Juke Joint Johnny/ JACK CARDWELL: Whiskey, Women And Loaded
Dice/ THE CARLISLES: Doggie Joe/ Rattlesnake Daddy/ LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS:
Salty Boogie/ HARMONICA FRANK FLOYD: Rockin' Chair Daddy/ RED FOLEY:
Pinball Boogie/ TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD: Catfish Boogie/ TILLMAN FRANKS:
Hayride Boogie/ JIM GATLIN: Would It Matter At All?/ HARDROCK GUNTER:
Gonna Dance All Night/ HAWKSHAW HAWKINS: Waitin' For My Baby (rock Rock)/
JOHNNY HICKS & HIS TROUBADOURS: Pick Up Blues/ SHORTY LONG: Who Said I
Said That?/ THE MADDOX BROTHERS & ROSE: You Won't Believe This/ GRADY
MARTIN: Long John Boogie/ Pork Chop Stomp/ SKEETS MCDONALD: Look Who's
Crying Now/ MOON MULLICAN: Rocket To The Moon/ WADE RAY: Idaho Red/ JACK
RHODES LONE STAR BUDDIES: Eternity/ MARTY ROBBINS: That's All Right/ TOMMY
SCOTT & HIS RAMBLERS: Cat Music/ CARL SMITH: Go, Boy Go/ CLIFFIE STONE:
Barracuda/ THE TENNESSEE DRIFTERS: Boogie Woogie Baby/ MERLE TRAVIS: I'll
Have Myself A Ball/ BOB WILLS AND HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS: Cadillac In Model
"a"/ MALCOLM YELVINGTON: Drinkin' Wine Spodee-o-dee/ FARON YOUNG: If You
Ain't Lovin' (you Ain't Livin')/ TEX ZARIO: Go Man Go, Get Gone
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Smithsonian Folkways 40160 |
Friends Of Old Time Music - The Folk
Arrival, 1961-65 |
● CD $36.98 |
3 CD box set, 55 tracks, 163 mins, essential
Imagine being
able to attend a series of concerts featuring such artists as Doc Watson,
Fred McDowell, Maybelle Carter, Hobart Smith, Roscoe Holcomb, The Stanley
Brothers, Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys, Dock Boggs, Jesse Fuller,
Bessie Jones & The Georgia Sea Island Singers, Mississippi John Hurts and
Joseph Spence - are you in heaven? No, New York in the early 60s thanks to
the efforts of The Friends Of Old Time Music founded by Ralph Rinzler,
John Cohen and Israel Young who put on a series of 14 concerts between
1961 and 1965 presenting these and numerous other great traditional
performers - many of them appearing before a city audience for the first
time. Fortunately for us many of these concerts were recorded by Peter K.
Siegel who selected 55 performances for this magnificent box set - most of
them never before issued. The artists are all at the peak of their powers
and this set features one glorious performance after another. Sound
quality is outstanding and the set is housed in a handsome 12x6" box with
60 page 12x6" book with extensive notes on the organization, the concerts
and a discussion of each performance and is crammed with photos and
reproductions of the concert posters. A year end gift to traditional music
lovers from Smithsonian Folkways. (FS)
CLARENCE ASHLEY: The Coo Coo Bird/ THE CLARENCE ASHLEY
GROUP: Amazing Grace/ Maggie Walker Blues/ HORTON BARKER: The Miller's
Will/ ANNIE BIRD: The Wandering Boy/ DOCK BOGGS: Down South Blues/ Poor
Boy In Jail/ The Country Blues/ GAITHER CARLTON AND DOC WATSON: Brown's
Dream/ Double File/ MAYBELLE CARTER: Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow/
Foggy Mountain Top/ He‘s Solid Gone/ Sugar Hill/ The Storms Are On The
Ocean/ JOHN DAVIS AND THE GEORGIA SEA ISLAND SINGERS: Riley/ JESSE FULLER:
Buck And Wing/ Cincinnati Blues/ Guitar Lesson/ Rockin' Boogie/ San
Francisco Bay Blues/ Stranger Blues/ THE GREENBRIAR BOYS: Amelia Earhart's
Last Flight/ ROSCOE HOLCOMB: East Virginia Blues/ John Henry/ Rising Sun
Blues/ MISSISSIPPI JOHN HURT: Coffee Blues/ Frankie And Albert/ My Creole
Belle/ BESSIE JONES AND THE GEORGIA SEA ISLAND SINGERS: Before This Time
Another Year/ FRED MCDOWELL: Going Down To The River/ Write Me A Few Of
Your Lines/ BILL MONROE AND HIS BLUE GRASS BOYS: Grey Eagle/ I Saw The
Light/ Live And Let Live/ Lord, Build Me A Cabin In Glory/ Shady Grove/
The Brakeman's Blues/ Walkin' The Dog/ THE NEW LOST CITY RAMBLERS: Jordan
Is A Hard Road To Travel/ MCKINLEY PEEBLES: Tell Me Why You Like
Roosevelt/ ARTHUR SMITH: Hell Among The Yearlings/ HOBART SMITH: Soldier‘s
Joy/ JOSEPH SPENCE: Bimini Gal/ THE STANLEY BROTHERS: Hard Times/ Have A
Feast Here Tonight/ Mansions For Me/ The Dream Of The Miner's Child/
STANLEY THOMPSON: Kneelin' Down Inside The Gate/ DOC WATSON: Hicks'
Farewell/ DOC AND ARNOLD WATSON: I'm Troubled/ Short Life Of Trouble/ THE
WATSON FAMILY: Lonely Tombs/ ED YOUNG AND EMMA RAMSAY: Chevrolet
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| BILLY WALKER |
Gusto-Deluxe 7706 |
20 Greatest Hits |
● CD $10.98 |
Previously available as Deluxe 7825. Enjoyable collection
of 20 sides recorded in the 70s or 80s by this fine Texas singer. Billy
has had a hitmaking career going back to the mid 50s and this selection is
mostly remakes of his hits like Charlie's Shoes/ Matamoros/ When A Man
Loves A Woman/ Cross The Brazos At Waco/ She Goes Walking Through My Mind/
A Million And One/ Circumstances and others.
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| BOB WILLS
& THE TEXAS PLAYBOYS |
Country Routes 34 |
In Hollywood, 1943-1944 |
● CD $16.98 |
30 tracks from incredibly rare Armed Forces radio
transcriptions, film soundtracks and a demo acetate cut in 1943 and 1944
during the commercial recording ban. Musicians on these sessions includes
Jesse Ashlock, Louie Tierney, Alex Brashear, Jimmy Wyble, Millard Kelso,
Joe Holley, Noel Boggs and others including fine jazz trumpeter Chuck
Mackey who never otherwise recorded with Wills. Most of the vocals are
from the great Tommy Dunacn along with contributions from Wills himself
and Laura Lee Owens. Includes San Antonion Rose/ Miss Molly/ 8th Of
january/ Ida Red/ Oh Henry (featuring Bob's father "Uncle" John Wills
on fiddle)/ My Confession/ Sunbonnet Sue/ Too Late/ Home In San Antone/
Ida Red, etc. Excellent sound and 20 page booklet has informed notes
by Kevin Coffey.
BOB WILLS: 8th of January/ Betcha My Heart I Love You/
Bob Wills Special/ Dev'lish Mary/ Goodbye Liza Jane/ Goodbye Liza Jane/
Home In San Antone/ I'll Be True To The One I Love/ I'm Talking 'Bout You/
Ida Red/ Ida Red/ Maiden's Prayer/ Miss Molly/ My Confession/ My
Confession/ Oh Henry/ Perdido/ Right or Wrong/ Right or Wrong/ San Antonio
Rose/ Silver Bell/ Silver Dew On The Bluegrass Tonight/ Stay A Little
Longer/ Steel Guitar Rag/ Stumbling/ Sunbonnet Sue/ Take Me Back To Tulsa/
Thanks For Your Letter/ Time Changes Everything/ Too Late
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