"Honky Tonkin' Rhythm" 1950s Country Boppers

One of the most valuable digital-era compilations of '50s honky tonk and country boogie, Honky Tonkin' Rhythm: 1950s Country Boppers assembles over 50 valuable tracks by a parade of artists (from the famed to the obscure) and labels (major or very minor). Certainly not for the faint of heart (or those new to honky tonkin'), it includes very few hits and, nearly everywhere, it seeks to resurrect some of the most obscure sides or forgotten artists. The sound quality isn't stellar, but it's easy to forgive a small issue when so much of this music is impossible to find elsewhere and sounds so good. Another feature rarely found on country compilations is the range of artists, including a good share of the most popular honky tonkers (Lefty Frizzell, George Jones, Bob Wills, Webb Pierce, Wanda Jackson, Merle Travis, Little Jimmy Dickens) with less-known performances to rank alongside some of the most obscure ever recorded and released. (It's probably a function of the 50-year copyright limit in Great Britain that a label like GVC [Great Voices of the Century] is able to combine the output of so many classic honky tonk labels, including Decca, Capitol, Columbia, RCA, MGM, King, Hickory, Starday, and many others.)(John Bush, Allmusic)

trax disc 1:

1. Plantation Boogie - Red Foley 2. False Hearted Girl - Tennessee Ernie Ford & Ella Mae Morse (W/ Cliffie Stone's Orchestra) 3. We Love To Live - Wayne Raney 4. I Let The Freight Train Carry Me On - The Delmore Brothers 5. Rattlesnakin' Daddy - Hawkshaw Hawkins 6. Just Can't Live That Fast (Anymore) - Lefty Frizzell 7. Where D'Ja Go? - Marty Robbins & Lee Emerson 8. Hey Worm! - "Little" Jimmy Dickens 9. Any Old Time - Webb Pierce 10. Gonna Come Get You - George Jones 11. I Don't Mind - Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys 12. Honey Chile - Jerry Reed 13. Leave That Liar Alone - The Carlisles 14. Smoke Comes Out My Chimney Just The Same - Skeets McDonald 15. Ida Red Likes The Boogie - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys 16. Hey You There! - Rusty & Doug Kershaw (W/ Wiley Barkdull) 17. Guitar Shuffle - Hank Garland & His Sugar Footers 18. Deep South - Merle Travis & The Whippoorwills 19. Hangin' Around - Bobby Helms 20. Town Hall Shuffle - Joe Maphis 21. Gotta Get You Near Me Blues - Buddy & Bob 22. Guilty Conscience - The Cochran Brothers 23. I Want Some Lovin' Baby - Jimmy & Duane (W/ Buddy Long & The Western Melody Boys) 24. It's Music She Says - Lucky Wray 25. I Gotta Know - Wanda Jackson 26. Alligator Comes Across - Arlie Duff 27. Rockin' And Rollin' With Grandmaw (On Saturday Night) - Carson Robison & His Pleasant Valley Boys

trax disc 2:

1. Honky Tonkin' Rhythm Bobby Sisco 2. New Step It Up And Go - The Maddox Brothers & Rose 3. Mean, Mean, Mean - Bud Hobbs & His Trail Herders 4. I Wanna Hold My Baby - Onie Wheeler 5. Hot Shot Baby - Bob Luce & The Stardusters 6. Baby's Gone - Vernon Claud 7. Ole Jack Hammer Blues - Jimmie Lawson 8. I'm Settin' You Free - Harold Allen & J.T. Watts 9. I'm Not Free - The Country Playboys 10. Gonna Paint The Town Red - Tommy Scott & His Ramblers 11. Everybody's Rockin' But Me - Jack Turner 12. Tired Of Rockin' - Bob Burton 13. I Wonder If I Can Lose The Blues This Way - Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan 14. Hey! Mister Cotton-Picker - Moon Mullican 15. Boogie My Blues Away - Merrill Moore 16. Little Boy Blue - Sonny Defreest & His Western Rhythm Boys 17. Fiddle Bop - The Rhythm Rockers 18. Honky Tonk Baby - Billy Briggs 19. She's A Hum-Dum Dinger - Hank Stanford 20. There's Good Rockin' Tonight - Billy Jack Wills 21. The Beetle-Bug-Bop - The Collins Kids 22. Ambridge Boogie - Dale Brooks 23. It Took An Older Woman - Jimmie Dawson 24. Popcorn Boogie - Hank The Cowhand 25. My Square Dancin' Mama (She's Done Learned To Rock And Roll) - Bob Gallion 26. Dixieland Rock - Cecil Campbell & His Tennessee Ramblers 27. Country Boy Rock 'n' Roll - Don Reno, Red Smiley & The Tennessee Cutups

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