"Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands" Vol. 5 "Last Kiss Of The Drunken Driver"

Great collection of twisted country in the vein of “God Less America” comp!

Those whackos at Trailer-Park are back with another thematic collection subtitled "Last Kiss Of The Drunken Driver" it's a collection of 50s/ early 60s songs about suicide, drunks, car wrecks, dead teenagers and funerals. Two of the most popular songs in the genre were Last Kiss and Endless Sleep and those two songs are here but in cover versions by Wayne Cochran and Lee Kram respectively. And if you think those are grim wait until you hear Susie Forgive Me by Kenny Karen - a delightful tale about a boy who injures his girl friend in a car accident and then gets shot by the cops while robbing a store to get money for her surgery. More delights include Two Hour Honeymoon by Paul Hampton, Jimmy Cross's truly sick I Want My Baby Back, The Grave by Tony Casanova and more from Honey May, Cliff Gleaves, Benny Joy, Don Bailey, Terry Tyler and others. About the only familiar track is Buddy Knox's great I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself - he sounds so cheerful at the prospect. Get out your handkerchiefs before listening to this one. (FS) (Roots & Rhythm)

trax:
1. Intro - Various 2. Last Kiss - Wayne Cochran 3. Susie Forgive Me - Kenny Karen 4. No Return - Stanley Kimball 5. Ballad Of A Drag Race - Tommy Dee 6. Freeway U.S.A - Ronnie Layne 7. He's A Good Boy - Ronnie & Lynda 8. Two Hour Honeymoon - Paul Hampton 9. Teenage Honeymoon - Kenny Ancel 10. Star Crossed Lovers - The Mystics 11. The Prom - Dee Robb 12. I Want My Baby Back - Jimmy Cross 13. Ballad Of Billy Brown - Mort (Doc) Downey Jr. 14. The Grave - Tony Casanova 15. I Miss My Teen Angel - James Mask 16. Suicide - Honey May 17. The Rumor - Julian Rose 18. Long Black Hearse - Cliff Gleaves 19. Suicide - Louie Innis 20. Dark Angel - Benny Joy 21. Angel - Bobby Swanson 22. Suicide - Bobby Leeds 23. Fourteen Stories Down - Don Bailey 24. The Pickup - Mark Dinning 25. I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself - Buddy Knox 26. A Thousand Feet Below - Terry Tyler 27. Endless Sleep - Lee Kram 28. A Tear For Jesse - Jody Reynolds 29. Three A.M. - Bill Anderson 30. Welcome Touch Of Death - Billy Hunt 31. The Bottle & The Throttle - Skit 32. The Drunken Driver - Ferlin Huskey 33. Paralyzed - Cal Veale
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