NEWSLETTER #135
Country, Bluegrass & Old Timey
Reno & Smiley ->
Sheb Wooley
| RENO & SMILEY |
Copper Creek 7009 |
Bluegrass Hits |
● CD $9.98 |
12 tracks, essential
Don Reno, Red Smiley and the
Tennessee Cut-Ups was one of bluegrass music's most versatile and
successful bands, helming a long-running Roanoke daily television show and
recording scores of sides for King. The '60s urban folk revivalists never
fully embraced Reno & Smiley – they were too country on some levels and
too sophisticated on others. But decades after their untimely deaths, the
duo still attracts eager new bluegrass converts – not just for Reno's
idiosyncratic, highly distinctive banjo, but also for Smiley's great
baritone leads, Mack Magaha's dynamic fiddling and John Palmer's inventive
bass. The band's finest moments on vinyl include six singles Mac Wiseman
produced for Dot Records in 1957. This collection – a straight reissue of
a 1963 Dot LP anthology – marks the first compact disc release of these
sides. Despite the album title, none of these songs were hits, but some
became standards: Howdy Neighbor Howdy is an early Jimmie Driftwood
song; Sweethearts in Heaven was penned by the then unknown Buck
Owens. Other standouts include Your Love Is Dying, Sawing on the
Strings, Kiss Me One More Time, and a rare bluegrass take on
Cotton-Eyed Joe. Producer Wiseman adds trio harmonies to Where Did
Our Young Years Go? and Kiss Me One More Time. Most tracks
feature twin fiddling by Magaha and Benny Martin. A welcome, long overdue
reissue. (DS)
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| THE ROANE COUNTY
RAMBLERS |
County 3530 |
Complete Recordings, 1928-1929 |
● CD $15.98 |
12 tracks by this excellent Tennessee string band
featuring James McCarroll/ fiddle, Luke Brandon/ guitar, John Kelly/
mandolin & Howard Wyatt/ banjo. Includes Callahan Rag/ Johnson City
Rag/ Green River March/ Step High Waltz/ Southern No. 111/ Tennessee Waltz,
etc.
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| HANK SNOW |
Fabulous 126 |
We'll Never Say Goodbye |
● CD $7.98 |
22 tracks, 63 mins, recommended
Previously available as
ABM 1023. Excellent collection of sides from Hank from the period 1936 to
1943 when he recorded for Canadian Bluebird as "The Yodeling Ranger"
before he broke into the U.S. country market. These tracks feature Hank
with his fine guitar accompanied on half of the tracks by steel guitarist
Eugene Beaudoin and on a few by bassist Teddy Miller. Most of the tracks
are Snow originals and the earliest sides show the influence of his idol
Jimmie Rodgers, the later sides find him more of his own man. Songs
include My San Antonio Mama/ Lonesome Blue Yodel/ Blue For Hawaii/ My
Little Swiss Maiden/ Someday You'll Care/ Bluer Than Blue/ Answer To Blue
Velvet Band/ Wandering On/ Polka Dot Blues/ The Galveston Rose/ I'm
Sending You Red Roses/ We'll Never Say Goodbye and others. 10 tracks
duplicate the album we offered some time ago on the Music Trax label but
this one is better value since it has more than twice as many tracks.
Sound is decent and there are brief notes. A nice taste of early Hank to
let you know if you should spring for the Bear Family box set of all his
early sides! (FS)
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| THE SONS OF THE
PIONEERS |
B.A.C.M. 078 |
Western Harmony & Hot Swing, Vol. 1 |
● CD $13.98 |
32 tracks, highly recommended
The Sons of the Pioneers
wasn't the first cowboy harmony ensemble, but was unquestionably the best.
While some prefer the original group with Len Slye, many consider the
1937-1942 lineup of Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, Lloyd Perryman, Hugh and Karr
Farr, and Pat Brady to be the definitive Pioneers. Although it recorded
for Decca in 1941-42, this group's reputation largely rests upon 200+
titles preserved on 18 NBC Orthacoustic radio transcriptions ex-member
Slye produced under his new stage name, Roy Rogers. These 1940 ETs capture
the diversity of the band's repertoire and abilities: buoyant contemporary
cowboy songs (many penned by Nolan), minstrel-era tunes, sentimental
ballads, sacred numbers, traditional fiddle tunes and hot swing
instrumentals. At times their vocal arrangements are reminiscent of the
Boswell Sisters. Though some Orthas later appeared on LP, relatively few
titles migrated to compact disc. This collection and its companion volume
feature a balanced cross-section of the Pioneers' 1940 repertoire, with 28
songs and four Farr Brothers instrumentals. The compilers wisely chose
lesser-known material over the Pioneers' signature songs, which are
available elsewhere. As with other B.A.C.M. issues, the sound quality
varies but is generally good. Both volumes include Kevin Coffey's
thumbnail sketch of this remarkable band. (DS)
THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS: A Cowboy's Prayer/ Blue Mountain Sweetheart/
Boggy Road To Texas (Instr.)/ Bon Ton Schottische (Instr.)/ Cielito Lindo/
Cody Of The Pony Express/ Come And Get It/ Cottage In The Clouds/ Curly
Joe From Idaho/ Get Along Pinto Pony/ Great Big Taters In The Sandy Land
(Instr.)/ I Belong To The Range/ Lone Buckaroo/ Moonlight On The Trail/ No
Good Son Of A Gun/ On The Rhythm Range/ Ridin' On The Sunshine Trail/
Ridin' The Range With You/ Riding The Rocky Range/ Rise And Shine/ Rocky
Road In The Rockies/ Sally Goodin' (Instr.)/ She's The Lily Of Hillbilly
Valley/ Sunset On The Trail/ The Quilting Party/ We Sat Beneath The Maple
On The Hill/ What Wonderful Joy/ What You Gonna Say To Peter/ When A
Cowboy Starts To Courtin'/ When The Prairie Sun Says Good Morning/ Where
The Rio Rolls Along/ Wonder Valley
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| THE SONS OF THE
PIONEERS |
B.A.C.M. 079 |
Western Harmony & Hot Swing, Vol. 2 |
● CD $13.98 |
32 tracks, highly recommended
The companion volume to the
above, this collection devotes nearly a third of its tracks to
instrumentals spotlighting the Farr Brothers' amazing virtuosity. Though
fiddler Hugh Farr has often been compared to jazz violinist Joe Venuti, he
was actually a more fluid, swinging player - and could handle Texas fiddle
standards as well. His younger brother Karl was a deft soloist and rhythm
guitarist who switched from acoustic and electric as needed. As with the
previous volume, this set contains great solos and harmony singing from
Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer, Lloyd Perryman and the Farrs, plus comic numbers
from bassist Pat Brady. (DS)
THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS: Blue Eyed Little Nell of Narraganset Bay/ Blue
For You/ Climbing Up The Golden Stairs/ Close To Heaven/ Comin' Through
The Korn (Instr.)/ Crawdad Hole/ Don't You Wish You Had Someone (Instr.)/
Dreamy Reverie (Instr.)/ Farr Into The Night/ Frankie And Johnnie
(Instr.)/ Hill Country/ Hoppin' High (Instr.)/ I Ain't A-Worryin'/ I Love
The Prairie Country/ Jim Jam Jiggin' (Instr.)/ Li'l Liza Jane/ Moonlight
Melody/ More Fried Chicken, Uncle Joe? (Instr.)/ Shadows Of The Wildwood/
Silver Threads Among The Gold/ Someone Like You (Instr.)/ Sweet And Low/
The Capital Ship/ The Gypsy's Warning/ They Drew My Number/ Tom And Jerry
(Instr.)/ Under The Willow She's Sleeping/ When They Ring Those Golden
Bells/ When We Get Old And Grey/ Where Is My Wandering Boy Tonight/
Whistle And Wait For Katy/ You Don't Love Me But I'll Always Care
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| MERLE TRAVIS |
Varese Vintage 66370 |
The Very Best |
● CD $13.98 |
12 tracks, 28 min, excellent
Not a new release but not
reviewed before. Don't let the title fool you - this isn't the master
picker's classic Capitol sides - the telling point here is "The Shasta
Masters", the label owned by western great Jimmy Wakely. 11 of the 12 are
recordings done on Wakely's '50s radio shows & includes a medley of his
hit compositions - No Vacancy/ Smoke Smoke Smoke (That Cigarette)/ I'll
See You In My Dreams/ 16 Tons as well as full versions of the last two
from that medley, a great version of Bert Williams' classic Nobody
& a lot of great guitar (Guitar Rag/ Gambler's Guitar). As a bonus
there's an instrumental version of Bye Bye Blues done for a Wakely
LP in '76. (GM)
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| JOHNNY TYLER |
Cattle 300 |
Two Dozen Western Swing Jewels |
● CD $18.98 |
24 tracks from the mid/ late 40s with sidemen like Billy
Hughes, J.L. Jenkins, Jesse Ashlock, Tommy Doss and others.
JOHNNY TYLER: A Nickel In The Jukebox/ A Woman Was The Cause Of It All/
Almost Every Time/ Behind The Eight Ball/ Can't Get My Foot Off The Rail/
City Of Memphis/ Corn Fed Arkansas Gal/ Cornbread And Butter Beans/
Freight Train Boogie/ Gravy Train/ I Don't Know Where To Go, But I'm
Goin'/ I Got Mine/ I Never See My Baby Alone/ I'm A Married Man/ Is It
True What They Say/ It Ain't Far To The Bar/ Jealous Blues/ Little Rock
A-r-k/ Never Turn Your Back To A Woman/ Oakie Boogie (no. 1)/ Oakie Boogie
(no. 2)/ Old Mcdonald's Boogie/ Swamp Woman Blues/ Two Can Play Your Game
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And More Bears 25011 |
Greeting From Texas |
● CD $19.98 |
First in a new series featuring regional country music
about a particular state including both well-known titles as well as more
obscure items. This 25 track compilation is devoted to Texas with tracks
from Cowboys & Indians, Asleep At The Wheel, Darrell McCall, Ernest Tubb &
Sammi Smith, Ole Rasmussen, Jimmie Dolan, Tex Ritter and many more.
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And More Bears 25012 |
Greeting From Tennessee |
● CD $19.98 |
25 tracks devoted to songs about Tennessee and features
Pee Wee King, Tommy Duncan, Kenny Roberts, Tennessee Ernie Ford, Johnny
Cash, Hank Snow, Johnny Horton, Joe Maphis, Tex Ritter, Jimmy Martin and
many others.
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Bear Family BCD 16336 |
Foreign Love Affair |
● CD $21.98 |
Songs about Americans in overseas countries often in the
aftermath of war and their relationships with local female population.
Includes the title song by Hank Snow, Lili Marlene by Hank Snow,
Rhinelander Waltz by Lawton Williams, Little Dutch Girl by
George Morgan, Mademaoiselle (My Used To Be) by Johnny Six (aka
Orval Prophet) and more from Webb Pierce, Slim Whitman, Marty Robbins,
Montana Slim and others. 26 tracks in all.
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Buzzola 008 |
The Iron Horse - Vintage Railroad Songs,
1926-1952 |
● CD $15.98 |
18 songs on the ever popular subject of the railroad -
mostly old time country along a few blues. Includes My Man's A Jolly
Railroad Man by Moonshine Kate, Devil's Train by Roy Acuff,
Wreck Of The Old "97" by Ernest "Pop" Stoneman & Kahle Brewer,
Railroad Blues by Roy Harvey & Jess Johnson, Nine Pound Hammer
by Merle Travis, Waiting For A Train by Jimmie Rodgers plus tracks
by Frank Jenkins & His Pilot Mountaineers, Almoth Hodges, Wilmer Watts &
The Lonely Eagles, The Carver Boys, Cecil Gant, Red Foley and others. Good
sound, brief informative notes and great graphics.
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Collector 2872 |
Foot Loose And Fancy Free |
● CD $17.98 |
The latest in Collector's "Boppin' Hillbilly" series
features 28 rare tracks from the 40s and early 50s drawn from recordings
made on custom or vanity labels or on transcriptions that were only
available to radio stations. Because of the nature of these recordings
most are hardly the cream of the crop and the material includes a lot of
second and third rate performances along with a few worthwhile sides and
only a few actually "bop". Includes tracks by such luminaries as Cecil Lee
& His Western Swing Band, Shorty Holloway & His Prairie Ramblers, Forrest
Field, Harry De Priest with Roger Crandall & His Barn Dance Boys, Frank &
Ernie & Their Blue Mountain Boys, Betty Jo and Johnny Starr, Hank Crow &
His Raven River Ramblers, Shorty Holloway and His Prairie Ramblers, Tiny
Stokes & The Frontiermen and others. Sound quality varies from track to
track. Set comes with booklet with notes, photos and label shots. For real
hard core collectors.
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Copper Creek 7003 |
Weary Blues - The Songs Of Hank Williams |
● CD $9.98 |
Fine collection of 12 Hank Williams songs recorded by
Columbia artists in the 40s and 50s including Carl Smith, Ray Price, Molly
O'Day, Roy Acuff, Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper, George Morgan and Anita
Carter.
Roy Acuff: The Waltz of the Wind/ Jesus Died for Me/ Anita Carter:
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight/ Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper: Are You
Walking and A-Talking for the Lord/ George Morgan: Stranger in the Night/
Molly O'Day: Evening Train/ Singing Waterfall/ Ray Price and the Cherokee
Cowboys: I Can't Escape from You/ I Lost the Only Love I Knew/ Weary Blues
(From Waiting)/ Carl Smith: Me and My Broken Heart/ There's Nothing as
Sweet as My Baby
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Indigo IGOTCD 2558 |
Sick, Sober & Sorry |
● CD $21.98 |
Three CD set with 84 tracks featuring some of the biggest
country hits of 1951, 1952 and 1953.
EDDY ARNOLD: A Full Time Job/ Easy On The Eyes/ Eddy's Song/ I Wanna Play
House With You/ Kaw-liga/ Kentucky Waltz/ There's Been A Change In Me/
JOHNNY BOND: Sick, Sober & Sorry/ THE CARLISLES: Is Zat You Myrtle/ No
Help Wanted/ Too Old To Cut The Mustard/ COWBOY COPAS: 'tis Sweet To Be
Remembered/ The Strange Little Girl/ THE DAVIS SISTERS: I Forgot More Than
You'll Ever Know/ RED FOLEY: Midnight/ There'll Be Peace In The Valley For
Me/ Too Old To Cut The Mustard/ TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD: Blackberry Boogie/
The Shot Gun Boogie/ LEFTY FRIZZELL: Always Late With Your Kisses/ Don't
Stay Away/ Give Me More More More/ I Love You A Thousand Ways/ I Want To
Be With You Always/ DARRELL GLENN: Crying In The Chapel/ HAWSHAW HAWKINS:
I'm Waiting Just For You/ GOLDIE HILL: I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes/
HOMER & JETHRO: How Much Is That Hound Dog In The Window?/ SONNY JAMES:
That's Me Without You/ JOHNNIE & JACK: Cryin' Heart Blues/ Poison Love/
PEE WEE KING: Slow Poke/ Tennessee Waltz/ HANK LOCKLIN: Let Me Be The One/
BONNIE LOU: Seven Lonely Days/ SKEETS MCDONALD: Don't Let The Stars Get In
Your Eyes/ GEORGE MORGAN: Almost/ MOON MULLICAN: Cherokee Boogie/ LES PAUL
& MARY FORD: Mocking Bird Hill/ WEBB PIERCE: Back Street Affair/ It's Been
So Long/ That Heart Belongs To Me/ There Stands The Glass/ Wondering/ RAY
PRICE: Talk To Your Heart/ JIM REEVES: Mexican Joe/ TEX RITTER: High Noon/
MARTY ROBBINS: I Couldn't Keep From Crying/ I'll Go Alone/ JEAN SHEPARD &
FERLIN HUSKY: A Dear John Letter/ ARKIE SHIBLEY: Hot Rod Race/ CARL SMITH:
Are You Teasing Me/ Don't Just Stand There/ Hey Joe!/ Let Old Mother Have
Her Way/ Let's Live A Little/ Trademark/ HANK SNOW: Music Makin' Mama From
Memphis/ Now And Then Theres A Fool Such As I/ The Golden Rocket/ The
Goldrush Is Over/ The Rhumba Boogie/ HANK THOMPSON: Rub-a-dub-dub/ The
Wild Side Of Life/ Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart/ MITCHELL TOROK:
Caribbean/ ERNEST TUBB & RED FOLEY: No Help Wanted 2/ ZEB TURNER: Chew
Tobacco Rag/ JIMMY WAKELY AND MARGARET WHITING: I Don't Want To Be Free/
KITTY WELLS: It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels/ SLIM WHITMAN:
Indian Love Call/ SLIM WILLET: Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes/ HANK
WILLIAMS: Cold Cold Heart/ Half As Much/ Hey Good Lookin'/ Honky Tonk
Blues/ I Can't Help It/ I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive/ Jambalaya
(on The Bayou)/ Setting The Woods On Fire/ Take These Chains From My
Heart/ Your Cheatin' Heart/ DEL WOOD: Down Yonder/ FARON YOUNG: Goin'
Steady
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Indigo IGOTCD 2559 |
The Road To Nashville - A History Of
Country Music |
● CD $21.98 |
Three CD set with 75 tracks tracing the history of country
music from 1926 to 1953.
ROY ACUFF: Fire Ball Mail/ EDDY ARNOLD: Cattle Call/ GENE AUTRY: At Mail
Call Today/ Do Right Daddy/ THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAIN SINGERS: Christine
Leroy/ THE BLUE SKY BOYS: Are You From Dixie/ BILL BOYD: Under The Double
Eagle/ ELTON BRITT: There's A Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere/ CLIFF
BRUNER: Milk Cow Blues/ CLIFF CARLISLE & WILBUR BALL: The Brakeman's
Reply/ MARTHA CARSON: Satisfied/ THE CARTER FAMILY: Dixie Darling/ THE
CARTWRIGHT BROTHERS: Texas Ranger/ HARRY CHOATES: Jolie Blon/ SPADE
COOLEY: Shame On You/ COWBOY COPAS: Filipino Baby/ Hangman's Boogie/
VERNON DALHART: Prisoner's Song/ DARBY & TARLTON: Columbus Stockade/
JIMMIE DAVIS: Penitentiary Blues/ THE DELMORE BROTHERS: Blues Stay Away
From Me/ DICK DEVALL: Tom Sherman's Barroom/ THE DIXON BROTHERS: I Didn't
Hear Anybody Pray/ JIMMY DOLAN: Hot Rod Race/ TOMMY DUNCAN: Chattanooga
Shoe Shine Boy/ THE FARR BROTHERS: Deed I Do/ FLATT & SCRUGGS: Foggy
Mountain Breakdown/ RED FOLEY: Have I Told You Lately That I Love You/
TENNESEE ERNIE FORD: The Shot Gun Boogie/ LEFTY FRIZZELL: If You've Got
The Money/ KELLY HARRELL: Charles Giteau/ ADOLPH HOFNER: Jessie Polka/
FRANK HUTCHISON: Worried Blues/ POWDER RIVER JACK LEE: Powder River Let
’er Buck/ UNCLE DAVE MACON: Farm Relief/ THE MADDOX BROTHERS & ROSE: Sally
Let Your Bangs Hang Down/ DAVE MCCARN: Cotton Mill Colic/ HAYWIRE MAC
MCLINTOCK: Hallelujah I'm A Bum/ BILL MONROE: Blue Moon Of Kentucky/ THE
MONROE BROTHERS: Nine Pound Hammer/ PATSY MONTANA (AS RUBYE BLEVINS):
Montana Plains/ GEORGE MORGAN: Room Full Of Roses/ THE MOUNTAIN SINGERS
MALE QUARTETTE: Bringing In The Sheaves/ MOON MULLICAN: I'll Sail My Ship
Alone/ LEON PAYNE: I Love You Because/ CHARLIE POOLE: Don't Let Your Deal
Go Down Blues/ RILEY PUCKETT: Well I Swan/ TEX RITTER: New Moon Over My
Shoulder/ MARTY ROBBINS: I Couldn't Keep From Crying/ ECK ROBERTSON:
Brilliancy Medley/ TEXAS JIM ROBERTSON: The Last Page Of Mein Kampf/
JIMMIE RODGERS: Blue Yodel No.1 (t For Texas)/ ROY ROGERS: Listen To The
Rhythm Of The Range/ B.F. SHELTON: Pretty Polly/ THE SHELTON BROTHERS:
Just Because/ ARTHUR ’GUITAR BOOGIE’ SMITH: Guitar Boogie/ CARL SMITH: Hey
Joe/ HANK SNOW: I'm Movin' On/ HANK ’THE YODELIN’ RANGER’ SNOW: The Hobo's
Last Ride/ THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS: Cool Water/ THE STANLEY BROTHERS: I'm
A Man Of Constant Sorrow/ JIMMY SWAN: Juke Joint Mama/ GID TANNER & THE
SKILLET LICKERS: Ida Red/ THE GIRLS OF THE GOLDEN WEST: Bucking Bronco/
HANK THOMPSON: The Wild Side Of Life/ FLOYD TILLMAN: Slippin' Around/
ERNEST TUBB: Since That Black Cat Crossed My Path/ Walking The Floor/
KITTY WELLS: My Cold Cold Heart Is Melted Now/ SPEEDY WEST & JIMMY BRYANT:
Railroadin'/ SLIM WHITMAN: Bandera Waltz/ HANK WILLIAMS: Honky Tonk Blues/
TEX WILLIAMS: Smoke Smoke Smoke/ BOB WILLS: San Antonio Rose/ DA COSTA
WOLTZ'S SOUTHERN BROADCASTERS: Are You Washed In The Blood
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JSP JSPCD 7740 |
Mountain Blues, 1927-1938: Blues, Ballads
& String Band |
● CD $28.98 |
Due end of November. Four CD set with 100 tracks of old
time music recorded in the 20s and 30s with a blues flavor ranging from
straight 12-bar blues to string band performances.
CLARENCE ASHLEY: Dark Holler Blues/ Haunted Road Blues/ Bay Rum Blues/
East Virginia Blues/ ASHLEY'S MELODY MEN: Bath House Blues/ I Never Felt
So Blue/ GENE AUTRY: Black Bottom Blues/ Do Right Daddy Blues/ Do Right
Daddy Blues #2/ The Rheumatism Blues/ I'm Blue And Lonesome/ BOWMAN
SISTERS: Old Lonesome Blues/ HERSHAL BROWN: New Talking Blues/ BUCK
MOUNTAIN BAND: Don't let The Blues Get You Down/ Yodeling Blues/ SAMANTHA
BUMGARNER: The Worried Blues/ BURNETT & RUTHERFORD: All Night Long Blues/
BUSTER & JACK: Cross Tie Blues/ Pouring Down Blues/ HOMER CALLAHAN: Rattle
Snake Daddy/ CALLAHAN BROTHERs: Brown's Ferry Blues #2/ CAROLINA BUDDIES:
Mistreated Blues/ CAROLINA TAR HEELS: Apron String Blues/ Farm Girl Blues/
I Don't Like The Blues No How/ CARROLL COUNTY REVELLERS: Georgia Wobble
Blues/ THE CARVER BOYS: Sisco Harmonica Blues/ Wang Wang Harmonica Blues/
COBB & UNDERWOOD: Black Snake Moan/ BILL COX: Georgia Brown Blues/ Got The
Drunken Blues/ Long Chain Charlie Blues/ N.R.A. Blues/ Kansas City Blues/
Oozlin' Daddy Blues/ CROWDER BROTHERS: Depot Blues/ CHUCK DARLING: Blowing
Blues/ WALTER DAVIS & GWEN FOSTER: Crooked Creek Blues/ DIXIE RAMBLERS:
Franklin County Blues/ DUPREE'S COUNTY BOYS: 12th Street Blues/ DYKES
MAGIC CITY TRIO: Huckleberry Bues/ GEORGE EDGIN'S CORN DODGER'S: Cold
Penitentiary Blues/ OSCAR FORD: Married Life Blues/ GWEN FOSTER: Wilkes
County Blues/ THE FREENY HARMONISERS: Travellin' Blues/ GEORGIA CRACKERS:
Stockade Blues/ LONNIE GLOSSON: Arkansas hard Luck Blues/ CLARENCE GREEN:
Johnson City Blues/ LARRY HENSLEY: Match Box Blues/ PRINCE ALBERT HUNT:
Blues In A Bottle/ EARL JOHNSON & HIS DIXIE ENTERTAINERS: John Henry
Blues/ DICK JUSTICE: Brown Skin Blues/ Cocaine/ Old Black Dog/ JUSTICE &
JARVIS: Poca River Blues/ KENTUCKY RAMBLERS: Ginseng Blues/ KENTUCKY
STRING TICKLERS: Leaving Here Blues/ Stove Pipe Blues/ Tipple Blues/ UNCLE
BUD LANDRESS: Rip van Winkle Blues/ LEAKE COUNTY REVELLERS: Dry Town
Blues/ Leake County Blues/ ASA MARTIN & HIS KENTUCKY HILLBILLIES: Lonesome
Broke And Weary/ FRANKIE MARVIN: Barber's Blues/ Dust Pan Blues/
MOATSVILLE STRING TICKLERS: Moatsville Blues/ BYRD MOORE: Jake Leg Blues/
Killin' Blues/ PALMER McABEE: Lost Boy Blues/ NARMOUR & SMITH: Carroll
County Blues/ Tequila Hop Blues/ NATIONS BROTHERS: Bankhead Blues/
Railroad Blues/ PERRY COUNTY MUSIC MAKERS: l'm Sad And Blues/ PRAIRIE
RAMBLERS: Deep Elem Blues/ Go Easy Blues/ Kentucky Blues/ RILEY PUCKETT: I
Get The Blues When It Rains/ Puckett's Blues/ REAVES WHITE COUNTY
RAMBLERS: Hesitation Blues/ Strawberry blues/ ROANE COUNTY RAMBLERS:
Hometown Blues/ ROANOAKE JUG BAD: Triangle Blues/ FlDDLIN' DOC ROBERTS:
Carroll County Blues/ Cumberland Blues/ RODGERS & NICHOLSON: Worried Man
Blues/ MIKE SHAW'S ALABAMA ENTERTAINERS: Tennessee River Bottom Blues/
SLIM SMITH: Bread Line Blues/ SOUTH GEORGIA HIGHBALLERS: Bibb County
Grind/ Blue Grass Twist/ SPANGLER & PEARSON: Patrick County Blues/ LOWE
STOKES & HIS NORTH GEORGIANS: Bone Dry Blues/ Left All Alone Again Blues/
Unexplained Blues/ THREE TOBACCO TAGS: Jersey Bull Blues/ Reno Blues/ V.B
Blues/ LEMUEL TURNER: Jake Bottle Blues/ Way Down Yonder Blues/ KYLE
WOOTEN: Choking Blues
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King 0952 |
Best Of King & Starday Bluegrass |
● CD $44.98 |
Due mid November. Four CD set with 100 tracks of bluegrass
(and some old time) recorded in the 50s and 60s for King and Starday
including tracks by J.E. Mainer, Shannon Grayson, Wade Mainer, Leon
Jackson, The Stanley Brothers, Reno & Smiley, Moore & Napier, Ralph
Stanley, The Lewis Family, The Wright Brothers, Jim Eanes, Bill Harrell,
Charlie Moore, Jim & Jesse, Carl Story, Vern & Ray, Red Allen, Hylo Brown,
Larry Sparks and many more.
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Pazzazz 040 |
Kings Of Western Swing |
● CD $10.98 |
Two CD set with 36 great Western Swing cuts from the 30s
and 40s. This is basically Charly CDGR 182 which was issued many years ago
with 14 cuts removed and the booklet dropped. So if you have that release
you have no need of this one - if you don't this is a fine collection
featuring well known names like Bob Wills, Spade Cooley, Milton Brown, etc
along with lesser known artists like The Sunshine Boys, Shelley Lee Alley
& The Alley cats, The Swift Jewel Cowboys, Modern Mountaineers, etc. and
includes a number of cuts not readily available elsewhere.
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Shout Factory 37487 |
Dylan Country |
● CD $13.98 |
16 tracks, very good
Country artists cover Dylan, ranging
from Kitty Wells' excellent version of Forever Young to Willie
Nelson's version of Heatland, along with The Byrd's classic You
Ain't Goin' Nowhere & the kinda rare Earl Scruggs version of
Nashville Skyline Rag with Dylan on guitar. All tunes previously
released, but the Emmylou Harris rendition of When I Paint MY
Masterpiece is only available on her box set. (GM)
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| THE WHIPPOORWILLS |
Cattle 298 |
In Hollywood In 1951 |
● CD $18.98 |
27 RadiOzark transcriptions recorded in Springfield,
Missouri in 1951 featuring the brilliant guitarist Roy Lanham with group
vocals as well as solo vocals from Dusty Rhoads and Sweet Georgia Brown.
THE WHIPPOORWILLS: Besame Mucho (inst.)/ Blue Skies/ Bye Bye Blackbird/
Caravan (inst.)/ Cimarron/ Dark Eyes (inst.)/ I Get The Blues When It
Rains/ I Hear You Knockin'/ I'm On My Journey Home/ It Had To Be You
(inst.)/ Lay Your Little Head On My Shoulder/ Lover (inst.)/ Peachy Pie/
Playboy Of The Alley/ Prairie Echoes/ Sentimental Journey/ Seven Come
Eleven (inst.)/ Slow Poke/ Sometimes I'm Happy/ Sweet Georgia Brown
(inst.)/ Take Time To Pray/ Taxes/ Trouble, Trouble/ Tweedle-o-twill/ Vaya
Con Dios (god Be With You)/ Waitin' For My Gal To Come Back/ Whispering
Wind
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| SLIM WHITMAN |
Jasmine 3549 |
The Man With The Singing Guitar, Vol. 1 |
● CD $11.98 |
23 tracks from the early 50s by this distinctive performer
including his first hit from 1952 Love Song Of The Waterfall. Plus
By The Waves Of The Minnetonka/ Bandera Waltz/ An Amateur In Love/
Birmingham Jail/ Danny Boy/ Cold Empty Arms/ Love Song Of The Waterfall/
There's A Rainbow In Every Teardrop and others.
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| HANK WILLIAMS |
Mercury DVD 02723 |
Honky Tonk Blues |
● CD $18.98 |
DVD Superb documentary about the greatest of all country
singers and singers originally aired on PBS American Masters series and
expanded here from 60 to 90 minutes. It includes previously unreleased
film footage of Hank performing on TV as well as silent home movie footage
along with interviews with family, friends and musicians who worked with
Hank - many who have never spoken on-camera before. In addition there are
15 minutes of bonus interviews as well as a photo gallery with unreleased
photos.
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| SHEB WOOLEY |
B.A.C.M. 090 |
Texas Tango |
● CD $13.98 |
26 early sides by this fine singer/ songwriter who is best
known for his novelty songs and there are quite a few songs here in that
spirit. In addition there are some fine uptempo numbers with a western
swing flavor as well as some honky tonk ballads. Sheb's vocals are
complemented by excellent instrumental work from musicians like Porky Freeman,
Speedy West, Jimmy Bryant, Noel Boggs, Joe Maphis, Harold Hensley &
others.
SHEB WOOLEY: 38-24-35/ A Cowboy Ought To Be Single/ A Fool About You/ Air
Castles/ Blue Guitar/ Country Kisses/ Don‘t Stop Kissing Me Goodnight/
Down In The Toolies/ Freight Train Cinders In My Eyes/ Hillbilly Mambo/
Hoot Owl Boogie/ I Flipped/ I Go Outa My Mind/ I‘ll Return The Letters/
Knew I Had Lost/ Love Is Just Another Merry Go Round/ Mule Boogie/
Oklahoma Honky Tonk Girl/ Over The Barrel/ Panama Pete/ Rover Scoot Over/
Texas Tango/ Wha‘ Happen To Me Baby/ White Lightnin‘/ You Never Can Tell/
You‘re The Cat‘s Meow
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