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Billy Jack Wills & His Western Swing Band - Troubles (Those Lonesome Kind)
I dig the jazz chordings that get this going. The cut has a real down-home country vibe mixed with some jazz and rock and roll. It's bouncy and rather fun. |
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Don Ruby - Rockin' Piano - Outta Tune Guitar
This energetic rocker is so much fun. It has a great energy, groove and drive. It also has some killer piano. |
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Arthur Smith & His Cracker-Jacks - Teen-Age Rebel
I really dig the cool rockabilly sound on this. It's catchy, energized and entertaining. |
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Don Gibson - I Ain't Gonna Waste My Time
The arrangement on this is much more stripped back, and the song is of the hillbilly variety. It's not my kind of thing, but it is a bouncy tune. |
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Andy Starr - No Room for Your Kind
I really dig the guitar work on this thing. It's an old school rocker that's so much fun. |
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George McCormick - Doubt
Down home country music, this makes me think of Johnny Cash, but with different vocals. |
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Sheb Wooley - Honey I'm Lonesome (The Telegraph Sound)
While not my kind of thing, this is fun. It has sort of a silly vibe to it. The piano is on point, and the honking horn is a nice touch. |
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Gary Walker - Runaway Heart
There is a fun shuffling vibe to this cut. I'm not overly crazy about the vocals, but the music is definitely entertaining. |
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Bill Flagg - Doin' My Time
An energized tune, this has plenty of country and folk music built into it. It's down=home in nature, but it has some killer instrumental work. |
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Randy Atcher - Indian Rock
This tune is silly. Add in the horrible stereotypes of Native Americans, and I'd argue that this should have been left off the set. It's basically a novelty song, but I'd recommend passing this one by and pretending it doesn't exist. I'd consider this a blemish on the set. |
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Bob Riley - The Midnight Line
I dig the driving blues meets country and rock and roll groove on this tune. It's also about trains, and I'm a big fan of that type of transportation. The down-home nature of it doesn't work well for me, though. |
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Bill Carter - Shot Four Times and Dying
Another that makes me think of Johnny Cash, this is a solid tune. |
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George McCormick - The Blues Moved in This Morning
I dig the rockabilly groove on this quite a bit. It's a fun romp. |
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Buck Griffin - Bow My Back
This is a slower groove with folk, country and blues all in the mix. I like this one a lot. |
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Ricky Scott - I Didn't Mean It
I'm reminded a bit of Buddy Holly on this. The recording feels kind of distant. I can't decide if that's a good thing or bad. |
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Ronnie Isle & the Blisters - Wicked
This a rocking little groove with some cool blues and surf guitar sound built into it. An instrumental, this is one of the highlights for me. |
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Marvin Rainwater - My Brand of Blues
I can also hear that Johnny Cash thing here. The vocals feels more like his on this one. It has a good energy and interesting hooks. |
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Gary Walker - Makin' Up with You
This one is really odd. It has some strange little changes. I don't really get this number. It pulls it together well enough, but parts of it seem really awkward. Beyond that, there is a lot of country and some hints of jazz in the mix. |
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Arthur Smith & His Cracker-Jacks - Your Way
Bouncy and energetic, this is kind of fun. I'm not a fan of the vocal arrangement, but the piano and musical arrangement works pretty well. |
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Andy Starr - She's a Going Jessie
An old school rock and roller, this is pretty fun. The opening vocal part is a little odd. |
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Conway Twitty - I Vibrate (From My Head to My Feet)
I really love the guitar work on this. It's on fire. The whole tune works with a great rockabilly groove. This is one of the standouts here. |
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Kenny Lee Martin - One Night Stand
Rock and roll meets blues on this romp. This is a fun tune. The vocals are more spoken than sung, and this is one of the highlights here. |
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Johnny Rivers - The Customary Thing
Doo wop vocals don't work so well for me on this, but the guitar lines are so classy that they help to make up for it.
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Chuck Alaimo Quartet - Hop in My Jalop
Another fun rock and roller, this a good energy and groove. |
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Jan & Jerry - Bandstand Baby
This tune is so much fun. It's another highlight of the set for me. It's a little silly, but in a great way. It doesn't break any molds, but it does groove. |
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Jack Turner - Shake My Hand (Meet Mr. Blues)
There is an electric country groove to this cut. It's another entertaining romp. |
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Buck Griffin- Jessie Lee
I dig the country meets slow rock groove on this tune quite a bit. |
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Gary Walker - Everybody's Got to Go Sometime
Bluesy country is on the menu here. This is a slow shuffling number. |
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Don Gibson - I Ain't A-Studying Baby
More of a bouncy groove, this is fun stuff. It's stripped back, just one guitar and vocals, but it manages to rock. |
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Jimmy Swan - Frost on My Roof
Down-home country and bluegrass are on the menu here. It has a good energy and some catchy hooks. |
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Marvin Rainwater- Dance Me Daddy
This cut hops and literally bops. There is a lot of jazz in the mix, with wailing horns. This is another highlight of the set. |
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Rita Faye - We've Got Some Dreaming to Do
There is a jazzy groove to this. The lead vocals are extremely high register.
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