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VA - Roughneck Blues 1949-1956 (1949/20007/2020)

VA - Roughneck Blues 1949-1956 (1949/20007/2020)

BAND/ARTIST: VA

  • Title: Roughneck Blues 1949-1956
  • Year Of Release: 1949/20007/2020
  • Label: Cherry Red Records
  • Genre: Rockabilly, Blues, Country
  • Quality: 320 kbps | FLAC (tracks)
  • Total Time: 01:16:45
  • Total Size: 188 mb | 377 mb
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Tracklist:

1. Grady Martin & His Slew Foot Five - San Antonio Rose
2. Red Foley - My Window Faces the South
3. Little Jimmy Dickens - A-Sleeping at the Foot of the Bed
4. Red Foley - Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
5. Grady Martin & His Slew Foot Five - Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves
6. Grady Martin & His Slew Foot Five - (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I
7. Little Jimmy Dickens - Hillbilly Fever
8. Red Foley - Birmingham Bounce
9. Cecil Grant - Don't You Worry
10. Cecil Grant - It Ain't Gonna Be Like That
11. Justin Tubb - I'm a Big Boy Now
12. Danny Dill - My Girl and His Girl
13. Al Terry - Roughneck Blues
14. Don Woody - Bird Dog
15. Red Sovine - Juke Joint Johnny
16. Johnny Horton - I'm a One Woman Man
17. Vernon claud - Baby's Gone
18. Wayne Raney - Shake Baby Shake
19. Wayne Walker - All I Can Do is Cry
20. Autry Inman - It Would Be a Doggone Lie
21. Danny Dill - I'm Hungry for Your Lovin'
22. Roy Hall - Three Alley Cats
23. Johnny Burnette - Rock Billy Boogie
24. Johnny Carroll & His Hot Rocks - Crazy, Crazy Lovin'
25. Don Woody - You're Barking up the Wrong Tree
26. Little Brenda Lee - Bigelow 6-200
27. Bobby Lord - Everybody's Rockin' but Me
28. Johnny Horton - I'm Coming Home
29. Buddy Holly - Rock Around with Ollie Vee
30. Buddy Holly - Modern Don Juan
31. The Johnny Burnette Trio - The Train Kept A-Rollin'
32. Grady Martin & His Slew Foot Five - When My Dream Boat Comes Home

Strictly speaking, this isn't a Grady Martin CD so much as it's a compilation of recordings on which his guitar work as a session player figures prominently, although he's credited as the leader of the featured or backup group on a few of the cuts. Still, on most of these 32 tracks from 1949 to 1956 he was a hired hand, lending his licks to a wealth of hillbilly and rockabilly performers, including stars like Brenda Lee, Little Jimmy Dickens, Red Foley, Burl Ives, Johnny Horton, Wayne Raney, and a pre-fame Buddy Holly. There's even a bit of blues via his help on sides by Cecil Gant, as well as appearances on singles of various styles by a whole bunch of singers known only to collectors. Should you be interested in this material mostly for Martin's contributions, his guitar riffs are certainly excellent whether he's playing country boogie or moving into rock & roll, sometimes reeling off some scorching solos, at others offering more subordinate, sturdy work in service of the particular song. If you've got a wide taste for hillbilly and rockabilly of the period, however, it's a good listen no matter whether you're investigating it for Martin's participation or not. There's much energetic, good-humored music here from the time that country music was becoming more electrified and turning into different forms, including a couple acknowledged classics in Red Foley's "Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy" and the Johnny Burnette Trio's "The Train Kept A-Rollin'" (though, as the liner notes acknowledge, Paul Burlison has accepted credit for playing on this particular rockabilly gem). Other significant pleasures include Holly's early efforts "Rock Around with Ollie Vee" and "Modern Don Juan"; Lee's fine rockabilly number "Bigelow 6-200"; the unhinged rockabilly of Don Woody's "Bird Dog" (not the same song as the Everly Brothers' hit), the best little-known track here; and Ives' nervy novelty "Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves," which is about as raucous as he ever got on record. Even some of the more generic hillbilly/rockabilly sides here, and there are a good number of those, pass by enjoyably enough due to both Martin's guitar playing and the overall ebullience of the performances. The only thing this comp can be criticized for is the absence of original release/recording dates and labels, though Dave Penny's liner notes are good.


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  • mufty77
  •  wrote in 14:19
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Many thanks for lossless!!