Truck-drivin' songs hold a narrow but proud niche in the mythology of country & western music. Red Simpson, a Bakersfield songwriting compadre of Buck Owens and Merle Haggard, came into the game late, following the success of Dave Dudley and Del Reeves, and scored but one bona fide hit, 1971's dryly comic "I'm a Truck." But Simpson's work has held up better than most, thanks to his blue-collar voice and those twangin' Bakersfield Telecasters. This 20-track collection is taken from Simpson's mid-'60s and early '70s Capitol albums. Besides "I'm a Truck," highlights include the original version of "Highway Patrol" (memorably covered by Junior Brown on 1993's Guit with It) and a chugging version of "Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves." --Rick Mitchell
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01 truck drivin' fool 02 the highway patrol 03 nitro express 04 roll, truck, roll 05 i'm a truck 06 motivatin' man 07 happy go lucky truck driver 08 truck drivin' man 09 six days on the road 10 give me forty acres 11 truck driver's blues 12 highway man 13 diesel smoke, dangerous curves 14 born to be a trucker 15 johnny law 16 jeannie with the light brown cadillac 17 mini-skirt minnie 18 country western truck drivin' singer 19 awful lot to learn about truck drivin' 20 truckin' trees for christmas
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RED SIMPSON "The Best Of Red Simpson"
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BONUS 5 0F 8
FRED McDOWELL - Long Way from Home (1966) @320
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This is a haunting, trance-inducing album.. Simply wonderful.
Unlike his Mississippi Delta colleagues, Fred McDowell played in the Hill Country style. This basically means that his timing was eccentric, from a relative perspective, that his music was more closely related to what Lonnie Pitchford played on his diddley-bow, and that Fred's music was closer to what West African music sounds like. Fred possessed an excellent library of Blues lyrics in his head, he was one of the greatest slide players of all time, and his vocals were always convincing. This is a great album to own. (D. B Pepper, Blues World)
INFO
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http://www.amazon.com/Long-From-Home-Mississippi-Mcdowell/dp/B000000XY6
BONUS 6 0F 8 (Pt. 1)
JOHNNY ADAMS - The Great Johnny Adams Blues Album @320
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Rounder Records presents a legend with an all star cast of the blues greats in an original as original can be "The Great Johnny Adams Blues Album", featuring 12 killer blues tunes that will set your soul on fire...it's just what the doctor ordered, the best medicine from the likes of Johnny Adams (vocal), Wilbert Arnold (drums), David Barard (bass), Wayne Bennett (lead guitar), Jon Cleary (piano), Herman Ernest III (drums), Darrel Francis Sr. (bass), Donald Harrison Jr. (alton sax), George "Geeje" Jackson Jr (congas), Craig Klein (trombone), Charlie Miller (trumpet), Ed Petersen (tenor sax), Jimmy Ponder (guitar), George Porter Jr (bass), Shannon Powell (drums), Mac "Dr. John" Rebennack (piano), Duke Robillard (lead guitar), Elijah Rodgers (rhythm guitar), Bill Samuel (baritone sax), James Singleton (acoustic bass), Dr. Lonnie Smith (Hammond B3 organ), Jim Spake (tenor & baritone sax), Donnell Spencer Jr. (drums), Scott Thompson (trumpet), Michael Toles (rhythm guitar), David Torkanowsky (keyboards), Eric Traub (tenor sax), Terry Tullos (trumpet), Alvin "Red" Tyler (tenor sax), Johnny Vidacovich (drums), Craig Wroten (piano & organ), Walter "Wolfman" Washington (rhythm guitar)
With some of the best song writers in the business and songs ever to grace blues album:
DANGER ZONE (Percy Mayfield)
FORTUNE TELLER (Johnny Adams)
GARBAGE MAN (Willie Hammond)
IMITATION OF LOVE (Doc Pomus/Mac Rebennack)
LAUGHIN' AND CLOWNIN' (Sam Cooke)
MY BABY'S QUIT ME (Doc Pomus/Joe Kookoolis)
MY HEART IS HANGIN' HEAVY (Percy Mayfield)
NOT TRUSTWORTHY (A LYIN' WOMAN) (Percy Mayfield)
ROADBLOCK (L.J. Welch)
ROOM WITH A VIEW (Lowell Fulson/Billy Vera)
SCARRED KNEES (Janis Tyrone)
THIS TIME I'M GONE FOR GOOD (Oscar Lee Perry/Deadric Malone)
Want to thank Scott Billington (producer), Mac Rebennack (producer), David Farrell (tracks recorded in New Orleans), Jonathan Wyner (remastered Cambridge, Mass.)...and Rounder Records for this one-of-a-kind album for us, the fans of the best music around...BLUES!
This CD is proof, once and for all ~ that the "BLUES" was then, is now and IS FOREVER ~ we've hit pay-dirt...and that folks, is the truth, plain and simple...Johnny Adams is the best in blues...just the way we like 'em! (J. Lovins, Blues World)
Total Time: 53:00 on 12 Tracks ~ Rounder Records 11661-2182 ~ (10/11/2005)
BONUS 6 OF 8 ( Pt. 2)
This collection of more blues-based tunes from recent Adams vintage is a nice starting point for those less than familiar with the late, great Johnny Adams' long storied career in rhythm & blues, southern fried soul, gospel and, of course, the blues. Vocally and stylisticly Adams probabaly has more in common with Charles Brown, Bobby "Blue" Bland, and Capitol Records-era Lou Rawls, than say more gritty cats like Junior Wells or Howlin Wolf. Once indoctronated with Adams magestic voice (he was dubbed the "Tan Canary" as a young man) and tasty song-selection, you will eagerly want to delve into more of his sophisticated blues fair. Adams started out in the late 1950s and found some chart success in the 1960s with the now classic "Reconsider Me". There is nothing quite as commercially successful as that gem on this package, but those who enjoy Adams singing will find immediate pleasure in blues tracks, such as "Room with a View of the Blues", "Imitation of Love" (from the Doc Pomus catalogue and Adams tribute LP), or "My Heart is Hanging Heavy", which adds solid guitar licks to Adams fine vocal interpratation. One can't help but think Welch crooner and 60s heart-throb, Tom Jones, should donate a penny from every song he sells in homage to Johhny Adams, who's voice Jones still-draws on to this day. Just for kicks go back and check out Johnny Adams spilling out his heart on "Release Me", then follow that up with Tom Jones take, for a great sample of that. As for Johnny Adams Greatest Blues CD, its a great jumping in place and those newly-smitten with Adams infectious sound. (Diamond Dave)
INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-great-johnny-adams-blues-album-mw0000180620
http://www.amazon.com/Greatest-Johnny-Adams-Blues-Album/dp/B000B8I8ZA
BONUS 7 0F 8
Zoe Muth - World of Strangers (2014) @320
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Again! You know how sometimes you get where you are going and you can't shut off the car because you have to listen to the end of this song. This is a beautiful album by a singer who deserves more acclaim. Her voice just melts a person and her lyrics are creative, heartfelt, and sometimes playful and clever. She is every bit as good as Emmylou, Nancy Griffith, Patty Griffin, and Steve Earle. Like Steve, she can write new songs that seem like they are old standards...like you knew them all along and like they were handed down from old mountain folklore traditions. The backing band is sophisticated, subtle, and intricate, adding to the atmosphere without intruding on Zoe's most wonderful voice. I really loved "Mama needs a marguerita" and especially "Somebody I know"...that one ended and I wanted to hear the chorus about 5 more times. The whole album is great, and worth the long wait. Zoe is a real down to earth person and you all should support her and buy this album! Musicians like this don't come around that often. (Scoop Nation)
INFO
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BONUS 8 0F 8
THE UNDERTONES - The Sin of Pride (1983) @320
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The Sin of Pride was by far the most exploratory album the Undertones ever issued and, other than their debut, fares the best. Whereas Hypnotised had been another punk rave-up album and Positive Touch had been a psychedelic outing, The Sin of Pride was a deep look into the soul music of the '60s done with a post-punk sensibility. Obviously, ABC and Paul Weller's Style Council were reference points on this trail, but O'Neill's own way of hearing created a kind of psychedelic soul that was very different in approach and execution than either of those chart-topping acts. Covers such as Leon Ware's "Got to Have You Back," which opens the LP, and Smokey Robinson's "Save Me," which closes it, are bookends for a moving blend of funky, driving, deeply textured psychedelic soul music that makes pearls of tracks such as "Untouchable," with its driving basslines and horn section, the roiling melodic line of "Bye Bye Baby Blue," and the sweet Motown groove of "Conscious." Vocalist Feargal Sharkey's range limitations make him more expressive and offer a kind of innocence that is refreshing and enduring. With songs like the title track and "Love Parade" crossing Marvin Gaye's rave-up territory with Arthur Lee and Love's Baroque pop sensibilities, The Sin of Pride is one of the great unsung albums from the early '80s and sounds much fresher and more adventurous today than many of its more well-known contemporaries' albums (check "Chain of Love" to see if you recognize the harmonica line -- it was stolen wholesale for "Karma Chameleon" by Culture Club). This album may have been the Undertones' swan song, but it reveals that they were headed into exciting waters musically and called it quits at a creative peak rather than in some lonesome, tired, aesthetically bankrupt alleyway of potential spent and gone. (Tom Jurek, Allmusic)
INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-sin-of-pride-mw0000110715
Thanks so much to G and Johnny D and RYP. Never have I seen so many "home runs" in the offerings in one day. The soul, the old time, the trucking songs, the country: ALL GOOD. Have a great weekend!
Iggy
Thanks G. One of Johnny Adam's best albums in a long distinguished career. Most everyone of his Rounder albums is worth a listen.
I'll be listening to my friend Billy Vera sing Room With A View tonight ironically enough. Lou Rawls, mentioned in the write-up, also did a version of the song along with many others. Percy Mayfield who wrote a number of the other songs on the album is Billy's favorite songwriter. His band does a killer version of Percy's Strange Things Happening. Another songwriter named Dylan is quite the Percy fan too as a matter of fact.
So glad I was able to catch Johnny live years ago down in N'Awlinz before he passed. A very underrated treasure except for anyone who was ever blessed to hear him.
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